Apr 1
I need to get some more diapers. I'm having to wash diapers every two days, ha! Right now I don't mind that so much, but in a couple weeks when I got back to work, that's going to be annoying. I probably should just order some more, they're not all that expensive. Actually, now that I think about it, it seems like my mom in law said something about having diaper flannel and making them? I'll have to ask her about that.
It was such a nice day today! Eli took Martyn for a little cruise around the back yard, in the sunshine, and over to meet our neighbor DJ. We took the dog for a walk and the boy of course, and it just felt good to get out in the sunshine for a little bit.
We went shopping and got all the shopping done really efficiently, which I love. Eli was realizing he's going to have to go back to doing that by himself on Fridays....well, he'll have Martyn with him obviously.
We went to game night tonight, for the first time in 8 weeks. It was fun, as it always is...good soup, good company. Martyn did wonderfully as usual. At the end though, he was done. He got a little over stimulated I think.
I'm so glad that I naturally am just a calm person. I think it has made a HUGE impact on my sons mood over all. I'm already noticing him picking up on things in other people that are calming or stressful. For instance, people who are naturally high strung are stressful to me...but last night I noticed Martyn getting stressed out by a high strung person. Then it was time for us to leave because he was over tired...we got him all packed in the car seat and into the car and turned the car on, which usually does the trick. If the engine doesn't calm him, usually the first few feet of driving does. Well he was not calming down as we drove away, and I knew that he would, it just may take a few minutes. Eli was getting stressed out because Martyn's little cries elicited the response from his parent that it was designed to. Eli asked for the pacifier, which is an exercise in futility in the car, which is exactly what I said (I was driving). I told him just wait a few minutes, that he would calm down, and just be calm yourself.
I was totally right. After a few minutes he calmed right down and went to sleep.
With that in mind, it's interesting to me how having a calm spirit has greatly benefited my life when I think back on it. I get stressed out like any other person, but it must be the way I deal with stress, calmly, that helps. I'm pretty mellow. I'm still learning whether my son is going to be or not...I have a feeling he's going to be more mellow like me. Not that Eli is a stressful, energetic person by any means...he's pretty mellow too. He just deals with stress and excitement differently than I do....a bit less calm.
Martyn seems to be pretty mellow over all like me, but he does get worked up and then it's more difficult to calm him once he's worked up...like Eli.
I'm excited to see more of his little personality coming out. So far it does not appear that he has that fiery red headed flare....but it's still early, ha! His eyes are definitely NOT going to be blue. The still could go green, but I'm pretty sure they are going to be the same color brown as mine....and I'm fine with that because all the facial features he has from me, like the shape and color of my eyes, and the shape and...well, juiciness of my lips/mouth, are my favorite features of myself....He has Eli's hair line, and forehead and nose for sure...also where his eyes are set on his face is from Eli. He has Eli's cheeks, and both of our dimples, which is awesome! He has Eli's chin too I think.
We sure did a good job on making a really good looking kid!
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