Day 38...a better day

Feb 26

Today was much better as far as fussy pants goes. I feel like we were able to get stuff accomplished too. It's nice to have a 'to do' list, and check things off of it as you go. It also helps that Martyn was feeling better today as well.

One of the things on Eli's to do list, my 'honey do' list, was bring in fire wood, both into the house and into the garage. He did this very enthusiastically as the first thing on his list for the day. So once again, I have a house full of wood, and a garage partly full of wood, and will be making fires during the afternoons I'm home...it's been very cold lately and I know my stupid gas bill is going to be through the roof....just like all the heat in this house.

With that in mind, one of the big things on my to do list/honey do list was to re-arrange the living room, so that the main heat vent was more open. We traded places with the couch and desk, and I can already tell a difference in the warmth in the living room, having that vent unblocked by the couch...it may also feel warmer to me too, having moved the recliner to the other side of the room away from the door and windows, which are both really drafty. Either way, I feel SO much warmer, which is great!

So yesterday I was in the process of purchasing my tickets to go to San Diego, both in March in a couple weeks, and in June for Nicole's wedding. Before I had actually purchased anything, the thought occurred to me that I should look up the rules for flying with an infant. One of the things they said was that I would have to show his birth certificate to prove his age basically...and I thought, 'hmm, I haven't received his birth certificate yet..."

So I called the birth center, and found out I had to order it myself. They just send in the information that you fill out at the birth, but they don't order it for you because you have to pay for it. I remember them telling me that when I was there, but I totally spaced it. I thought it was funny that I received his S.S. card already, but didn't have his birth certificate yet. So I ordered one right away.

After thinking about it, I could have just taken his S.S. card down to the S.S office and gotten it right then, but oh well...I already ordered it online. It should be here next week.

It seems strange to me, that I'm in charge of obtaining and holding I.D. documents for this little person. At some point in his life, I will have to hand over those documents and he will be responsible for maintaining them himself...but until then, I'm responsible for them...for his identity. That's such a weird thought.

A friend suggested I apply for a passport for him right now, so we have a solid form of I.D. for him this young, not a bad idea I think. Also, we may want to take a road trip to Canada at some point...haha!

I enjoyed in the middle of the day, a nice long leisurely nap with Martyn, while Eli walked the dog and did some other errands he needed to do. I had strange, half asleep dreams though. I often feel like I should get things done around the house while Martyn sleeps during the day, but I'm learning those are the best times to get caught up on sleep that I didn't get the night before...and last night was a rough night for mama.

Martyn's baby acne is finally looking better (I think anyway) but it's a little dry and peely now...which in a way looks worse. I know it doesn't hurt him, but I'm so ready for it to be gone. I'm glad to see his hair is still red, and it's looking more and more like he's going to have brown eyes like me. I think he's going to be very handsome when he's older, but then again I'm pretty biased.