May 1
It's May day!
Today a year ago, I'm nearly certain, was the day Martyn was conceived....that is fantastic! It's been just a beautiful day today, gave me a much needed dose of vitamin D...Martyn too.
I decided to give the church I was going to last year another chance, so Martyn and I went there this morning...it was pretty good. I forgot what a good church for kids that is...maybe when he's a little older, if we're still going there Martyn will get to really enjoy all the things they have for kids.
I had to take him downstairs to the nursing mothers room in the middle of the service...which was ok, they have a live feed tv so nursing moms can still get the sermon. We went down there before he got wound up, and he was a good boy after that. I love that I don't have to worry about whether or not he's going to be good when I take him places....I suppose that could change some day, but for now it seems I can always just count on him being a good boy.
What a beautiful day it's been. It was kind of too sunny to take the boy out in the yard or for a walk when we first got home from church...he's pretty white and sun sensitive still. I was feeling much better physically, but still really tired, so we just kind of hung out in the house with the back door open. We laid on some blankets, and played for a little bit, right next to the back door, but not in the direct sun light. Then we took a nice long nap. When we got up from our nap, it was about 4:30, and the intensity of the sun was much less, and I felt it would be ok to take Martyn out in it. So we took Sheba for a nice walk, and got some exercise in. I think this was the first time Martyn has stayed awake for the entire ride in the stroller.
When we got home, I decided we still needed some outside time, so I put some blankets down in the grass in the back, and a big cloth diaper, and laid Martyn on his belly on it, naked. It was in the shade. He totally rolled right over from his belly to his back, within a minute of me laying him down. I grabbed the camera, and repositioned him on his belly, in hopes that he would do it again, but no such luck.
That was pretty awesome though, I was totally floored. He just rolled right over. What a good boy! It totally made me feel like it was ok that I missed his first laugh. I realized there will just be somethings that I'll miss "the first" of, but there will be other things that I won't miss....and I'll get to see him do stuff, even if it's not for the first time.
He really enjoyed naked time in the yard. After a little while of laying on the blanket, I took him out in the yard, into the sunlight which was much softer by then, and let him stand up in the grass. He was really interested in the way the grass felt on his bare feet. So I tried sitting him on his bare butt, and he didn't seem to mind that so much either. So I tried laying him on his back, and he did NOT like that one bit. It was like sensory overload for him. I quickly grabbed him up, and stood him back on his feet, or sat him on my leg so he could touch the ground with his feet. He was so happy with that!
I have a feeling he's going to be one of those babies who's always running around naked every chance they get, ha!
I couldn't bring myself to do anything terribly productive in the house yesterday, because it would mean pulling myself away from playing with and enjoying spending time with Martyn. So when Eli got home, we went out for dinner.
We were expecting to watch the Amazing Race, like we normally do on Sunday night, but the stinking new coverage about the death of Osama Binladen was on instead.
Today was a really good day. I felt good, and I got to spend a lot of quality time with Martyn. I feel like that was much needed after being at work the last couple weeks. I think Sunday's may just become my new favorite.
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