Justice: 6 weeks old!

Justice is 6 weeks old today. Notice my first blog was "Justice: The first week". I wrote that back when I was still under the delusion that I was somehow going to have time to write a weekly blog about our bright eyed new little one. But, it seems like I woke up today and he's six weeks old! Where did those other five weeks go? I have gotten used to daily life holding so much activity that it is hard to figure out what moments to pick out and blog about.

Let's see... What have we been up to over the last several weeks? I have been working almost full time. Luckily, I do most of my work from the computer, so he sits right here with me. Over the last several days he has become independent enough to spend an hour per day sleeping in his bouncy seat ALL BY HIMSELF!!! Ladies and Gentlemen, how can I ever explain to you what a big deal that is? I thought that after he was born I would feel less like I was constantly sharing my body with another person. That is not how it worked out! My son, since the moment he was born, attached himself to me and would not let go even to sleep until a couple of days ago. I'm sure there are others of you out there who have experienced having a baby who does not want to leave the womb, or the breast, ever, ever, ever! and I'm sure there will be many more who will experience it in the future.

So, how did I do it? How did I get my little constant cuddler, constant feeder, off of me and into his chair?

Well here is the story; I had given up on the bassinet. He would have nothing to do with it. It seemed like he started crying as soon as he got near it. I gave up on the swing. It only satisfied him for about a minute at a time. It seemed like as soon as the warmth from my body wore off, he knew I had set him down and began to scream. I had nearly given up on the bouncy seat, but red eyed, weary, and in desperate need of a shower, I decided to give it one more shot. I took the warm sleeping body of my 5 week old son, and gently as is humanly possible, and slowly as I could manage, lowered him into the seat that I had previously covered with the softest, most comforting blanky in the house. I then held my breath waiting for the inevitable grunting and kicking that would signal the end of my alone time..................Then Chris (the daddy) came in and we started talking. Then I watched some TV, got up and fixed a cold drink, sat down in a chair all by my self, all the time waiting for the grunting, kicking, and eventual screaming. At some point, I got distracted, and before I knew it an hour had gone by and there he was, asleep like an angel. Folks, let me tell you, that is what he is doing at this very moment!

Haha. Okay so I made this story a little dramatic. But mothers of the world, you know what I mean!

I will, before I close give a short run down of other events this last month:

1) We bought the cheapest electric breast pump in the store, because I am cheap! (a whole other blog on this coming soon!)

2)We took our tax business to H&R Block

3)We swore off all tax preparers, especially H&R block

4)It took four repairmen 3 trips to our house to tell us that there is no hope of ever getting more than ten minutes of hot water out of our shower, thanks to the 30 gallon tank in our utility room

5)I had the flu, but Thank God! no one else in the house got sick

6)Justice made it all the way through a bath without losing his cool!

7)Justice started smiling regularly.

That is really my favorite part of the week. Those smiles just make me weak in the knees

Well, thats it for week 6. Stay tuned..