My little man is 5 months old! I cannot believe how fast the time has flown! Before I know it he is going to be walking and talking my ears off. He has started to jibber jabber quite a bit and loves to flex his muscles. We take those little chubby arms and flex those little arms and he just giggles and giggles. He loves to laugh at his momma and be snuggled by his daddy. If he starts to fuss and cry when I'm holding him, Bradford will take him and he shuts right up. He is definitely a daddy's boy. I can only imagine how much worse it's going to get as Owen gets older. He loves when Bradford sings. When we are in the truck, Bradford will turn on some country and sing and Owen will just be fixated on Bradford. And the minute he stops, Owen starts to scream his little head off.
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| Owen's blessing 2/4/12 |
He has rolled over! I can't even believe it! Let me give you a little background story first so I don't get the second degree about the "back to sleep" program. Since Owen was born we have been trying to lay the little guy down on his back. That little bugger wouldn't have one bit of it. I tried a positioner, swaddling him so tight he couldn't breathe, and lying him up on his side. Nothing would work and he would end up sleeping on my chest with me in the recliner. He would occasionally sleep in his bouncer but like I said, that was on occasion. One night I was in Surprise at my mom's house while Bradford was at a wrestling tournament that weekend, and my mom was rocking Owen to sleep. Needless to say after about 4 failed attempts at laying him down she rocked him back to sleep and went in and laid him on his belly. That little boy slept ALL night!!! I was up every 30 minutes to check on him to make sure he didn't suffocate himself. Since that night that little guy has slept on his belly and has been sleeping all night ever since. He was about a month old. So onto the other day... One morning I laid him down (on his belly of course) after I fed him and jumped in the shower. When I got out of the shower I looked into his cradle and there he was staring right up at me. I asked Bradford if he had turned him over and he said he didn't. The next morning the exact same thing happened. I told Terra (my sister in law) who watches Owen while I'm at work to watch out because he has been rolling over and he naps on her bed. She said, "oh ya, we had him on the floor the other day and he rolled over like 4 times". I was a little devastated that I had yet to see the action. After many failed attempts to get it on camera, I GOT IT!!! Once he gets that little head over he just falls from his belly to his back. And, he's sitting up! Such a big boy!
I'm back to work. I've been back to work since about the middle of January. I am fortunate enough to have gotten a job with the hospital working in their Home Health department. I go into people's homes to do tons of different skills. I feel like my assessment skills are through the roof because I'm the only one there. I don't have someone I can run and ask for a second opinion. I wish I was able to stay home with my little guy but my other little guy needs to get through school and focus on his studies. Bradford has a hard time sometimes with not working but I have to give him a good slap and get him moving again. If I didn't truly enjoy what I do I would have a harder time with it.
Bradford is in full swing with nursing school. It's hard having him gone a lot of the time but I know it will be over before I know it. I have never seen him stressed before so it's a change to see him actually a little stressed out. I told him he has to keep his cool because having too high strung people in this relationship will be like World War 3. There is only enough room for one high strung girl and a super passive boy. That's how this relationship works especially now that we have an extra to the family.
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I'm back to work. I've been back to work since about the middle of January. I am fortunate enough to have gotten a job with the hospital working in their Home Health department. I go into people's homes to do tons of different skills. I feel like my assessment skills are through the roof because I'm the only one there. I don't have someone I can run and ask for a second opinion. I wish I was able to stay home with my little guy but my other little guy needs to get through school and focus on his studies. Bradford has a hard time sometimes with not working but I have to give him a good slap and get him moving again. If I didn't truly enjoy what I do I would have a harder time with it. 
