Day 46...easy day

Mar 6

Not a whole lot today.

Got up around 8, which was crazy...but Martyn was waking up, and I figured we're going to be getting up early the next few days anyway, may has well get up semi early this morning. He had a nice long, active awake time this morning. It's so much fun to play with him and talk to him, and watch him respond to the sound of my voice, and my sight of my face, the feel of my touch on his face, and body and feet. He's just cute!

I think today actually was the longest period of time that I've gotten to play with him, and he's happy and alert....it was probably a good 45 min straight this morning, and again this evening while Eli was home. That's the most fun, when there's two of us for him to look at and flirt with...yes, I think he flirts with his daddy too. Babies do that with people who smile at them, and interact with them, especially people who do it often and the baby recognizes them....like mama and daddy for instance.

He had a huge nap in the middle of the day...one would think I'd have been able to get more done besides just the dishes, but no...I didn't do anything other than that. I got the laundry basket out here in the living room to fold the clothes, but just didn't get around to it.

I have a wic appointment tomorrow morning, so I figured I would go to that, then go to the store to pick up a few last minute items I need for my trip. I'm getting so excited to go to San Diego. Just today, made a plan with an old friend who will be in San Diego the same time as me, to get together and have a sort of reunion with all the kids from the neighborhood I grew up in there...That will be so cool, I haven't seen most of them for 10 years at least, probably more. And all but one of us has kids, boys in particular, so that will be cool to meet all of their kids as well. Martyn will be the smallest by a long ways, ha!

I'm really looking forward to spending time with my mom too. With Martyn starting to have longer periods of alert/happy wakefulness, I'm excited for mom to get to spend some time with him in the mornings.... it seems he's going to be a morning person like her....oh well. Also, I'm looking forward to a bit of warm weather and sun shine. I may even need to wear shorts! My legs are really white though, but that's ok.

Martyn really likes water. He loves taking a bath in the bathtub, but he seems to enjoy shower time too. Part of what he enjoys is a little bit of time to lay naked on a towel on the floor, while mama gets in the shower first and does her washing, then brings him in for a steam too. Usually I have the water too hot to put him directly into it, but I can splash him with it a bit, and clean him that way. I don't often use anything but water to wash him. Once a week or so, I'll use baby soap and give him a gentle scrub, which makes him smell so good. But that good smell lasts a whole week, with just washing him with warm water the rest of the time, even if he's been really dowsed with spit up at any given point. Water is awesome!

In the shower, he will just hold still and not squirm, and look at me really intensely...check me all out in the more natural light. Or look at the window seal, or whatever and is perfectly content to just let me wash him off, or just hold him for a while.

I can't wait to take him to a little swimmer class, I think he'll really enjoy it... Me too for that matter.