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Will is 7 Months Old Today
Happy Valentine’s Day and, Happy Birthday Will… Will is 7 months old today.
Will’s first tooth popped out of his gums today on the lower right with the lower left soon to follow. I had noticed a few days ago that his gums were looking a little whiter in that area and suspected that we would see teeth soon. Oh, I feel them too… while he feeds! Oooch!
He is developing his personality more and more. His vocal chords are getting more developed too or, he his getting more control of them. His sounds are so cute.
I heart Will!
I heart Billy too. He made us breakfast in bed. Then we went on a marathon shopping trip at Bay Street Mall. We shopped some bargains and got some things we were needing. Happy Valentine’s day to us!
One of our finds today was a p.j. set for Will. It is a Spaced Invaders type of theme. They were only $1.99 triple 50% off or something like that. Score!
We also got a package in the mail from my mom. She made all three of us knitted socks! Wow! Those take a lot of time. We love them, they fit perfectly and we need them with this cold weather we have been having. And the place we are staying in currently is COLD! We have a space heater going nearly all the time.
Speaking of the space heater. It is loud and seems to help Will sleep for longer periods of time. They say that a fan or white noise is good for that.
Also we bought him a play yard that doubles as a temporary bed. He has been sleeping in that for the most part ever since we moved into our current sub-let. This probably helps him sleep longer too because he is further away from the smell of the “milk machine” (me).
It has been a while since I have posted because I haven’t had the heart to re-cap what has been going on since we were displaced out of our home. It has been a hard road but it looks like the end is in sight. We are hoping to move back by the end of February. All I’m saying is it better be ready because I am not moving to a 5th time unless it is back home. The sub-let we are in now ends at the end of February.
Cross your fingers.
Will n Dad at Work
Billy took care of Will on his lunch break while I had a filling replaced at the dentist office. My appointment ran longer than expected so Will sat in on a conference call with dad. Good thing for the mute button because Will was expressing some concerns about some milk and a nap.
Rained out of our loft
Another fire alarm went off in our loft building on Saturday night. I was irritated. Not again. The last two were false alarms. One was due do a burned bagel in a neighbors toaster… they had opened their front door to air out their space and it set off the fire alarm but not the sprinklers. The second one I was told was due to someone dusting. Wow, they must be the Munsters. Dust? Oh my.
But this one, oh this one, Saturday night was a real disaster. But it wasn’t a fire… it was a faulty sprinkler head that was actually replaced two weeks ago in a sprinkler overhaul that was done on the entire building. Apparently some sprinkler heads in some of the units needed to be replaced for some reason. Well, that backfired.
So, while on the curb waiting for the firefighters to inspect the building I heard from one neighbor what had happened. I felt bad for the poor person that had their home sprinkled on. But the sprinkling went on for hours. I don’t know why but it took them a long time to turn off the sprinkler. Twenty units were affected. Many had to move out. We were one of the many families that had to evacuate.
So, long story short we are in a hotel at the tune of $85 a night out-of-pocket. I spent two days figuring out what to take with us while taking care of Will and being asked a million questions by the packers, investigators, inspectors, neighbors. My sinuses went crazy due to mold and dust from the demolition taking place. They wanted our stuff out asap so they could dry the structure and get to hacking it up so they could replace all the wet stuff.
Our mattress got rained on as well as bills, documents and other stuff. All in all it could have been worse but its bad enough. So we are homeless for 4-6 weeks. I am looking for a place to sublet because its cheaper than this somewhat skanky hotel. Again, it could be worse.
I am grateful that my family is ok and that no one was hurt physically. Well, except one of the workers on the packing crew who twisted their ankle on some steps. (I feel like I will miss a step or fall down ours sometimes too.)
I am so exhausted that driving around today I almost hit a pedestrian in the same way that I was hit in 2001. My heart nearly stopped.
So my plan to do the hair adornments to give pleasure to the wearer and some green to my pocket book is on hold. That stuff got packed away and now lives in a storage vault in Hayward.
Here I am on my newest adventure. Wish me luck.
Two fisted
Will is now grabbing toys hanging down from his jungle gym in each hand.
Just last week he was grabbing one with one hand then reaching over and grabbing with his other hand as well. Today I saw him going to town with both arms swinging and batting at the toys that hang down on either side of him. He was also pausing to grab them one in each hand. He is developing into a big little boy!
It’s funny to say things such as these because, after all, don’t all humans do theses things? Well, each new life seems like a brand new experience… especially for me, being a new mom.
I love my little man!
Now, its off to bed with me. Its late and Will has a good head start on the sleep.
nite!
Will Laughs!
Will laughed for reals for the first time yesterday. He has been working up to laughing with little ‘ha’s and ‘ha-ha’s but yesterday it was a laugh! Sort of a giggle.
He was upset and I was trying to distract and cheer him so I make this gibba-gibba-ga gibba sort of nonsense sound over and over really fast and he laughed at me! Aw. Those kinds of moments are pure gold.
I managed to catch a few seconds on the camera video. I just need to figure out how to post it up here. Stay tuned…
Greatful & Worn
Man am I tired today. And I have a headache. I believe that I am not so desirable company today and my in-laws are in town. I want to be happy and entertaining but I can’t keep it up, my jolly attitude keeps derailing itself like a gutter-ball. I usually get in some morning nap time with Will to help refresh myself but I haven’t been able to lately. Add to that the fact that I keep going to bed late because I want to hang out with the grown ups and I can see why I feel so crummy. I think Will is going through a growth spurt as well so I imagine that that puts more demand on my body.
Will hasn’t been getting enough good sleep either, or rather it is taking him longer to get to it, the good sleep that is.
All this being said, it is great to have the in-laws here. Will gets to bond with them and they get to bond with Will. Good stuff. And they are real nice people to boot. So, really, I am lucky.
I am feeling grateful.
Company & White Noise
We have Billy’s parent’s visiting this weekend. It has been nice to see them get to bond some more with Will. Today, Billy’s mom did a bunch of housework for me today. I also worked even though she intended to give me a break from all that. I was just so excited to go with the momentum and get some stuff done around here. I did however take her advice and have a bath. I soaked in epsom salt and pretended I was in the natural hot springs of Breitenbush. I have been craving a Breitenbush soak for some time now.
This evening Billy and his dad were watching Comedy Central as well as Current TV in the living room (our loft is really just one big room with half wall dividers for the bedroom) they were having quite a nice time, laughing and talking. It was quite nice to hear these family sounds. The only problem was that it disrupted baby’s sleep. So I put on a heartbeat track and a womb track so that they would keep repeating on iTunes so baby would have some good white noise to soothe him. It seems to have done the trick. I feel soothed too.