Well, for the third time this year, my laptop needs to be repaired. A few weeks before Jack came along, my laptop started doing this thing where it would randomly shut off after a few minutes. We figured since the hard drive light went off at the same time, it was dying. So we bought a new one. The problem persisted until I wisened up and did something...I don't know what. Reformated after the new hard drive came? I can't remember. Either way, I was miserable. I was on bedrest and used ALL THREE consoles to Facebook and check my mail. We even fixed Todd's old crappy laptop that drove me bonkers because it's just so small.
Then, when Jack was just a few weeks old, I was making a list. I shut the pen I was writing with in the lid and cracked the screen. We had that repaired after I spent hours crying my eyes out that I had broken my only lifeline to the outside world. At least Todd's mom was in town.
The bright sides to both of these situations were that I was not in school. Well, now I'm in school. We were able to back up all the stuff, but it's been too stressful to actually focus on doing any homework. I know it sounds like a lame excuse, but when I get super stressed, I just kind of shutdown. I can't help it. Everything gets infinitely worse than it actually is and I can't handle the pressure. Honestly, I have no idea how I make it through school and this semester has yet again proven to me THAT IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE ALL ONLINE COURSES! It's too stressful and if something goes wrong, I'm basically screwed.
On a much, much, much happier note, Jack is rolling over like a super champ. I'm simply amazed at how milestones are reached in babydom. I don't think that's a word. Oh, well, it is now. First, Jack went from laying on his back and hating tummy time to kind of rolling 3/4 of the way over to rolling all the way over. He played with simply rolling over and then getting incredibly angry that he was on his tummy to rolling over. And over. And over. He can make it all the way across the room. He first did this at our new friends' house. I think it was the newness. He won't really do it over and over at home. I think it's because there's nothing new to see. Either way, it's pretty cool.
After rolling over once and before continuously rolling over, Jack learned to sit up. This was another "all of the sudden" activities. One minute he fell over, the next minute he was sitting up for a minute or two. Now, he spends most of his day sitting up in Boppy just playing with toys.
Tonight, he was watching Sara with incredible awe. She can pull herself up onto surfaces (and occasionally Jack) so I plopped him next to her and put his hands on the table. I spotted him, but he stood up holding onto the table for about 20 seconds before he realized "oh shit, I'm standing and MY MOM DOESN'T HAVE HOLD OF ME!!!" and proceeded to fall down. I was hoping she'd teach him to blow raspberries, because I can't without spitting all over him or myself and then we just look silly.
He was also watching her crawl. I don't think he was as fascinated with the crawling because he sees the kitties crawl all day. Well, they walk, but they're all about the same size as the babies. I don't think he found it anything new and exciting, but he was following her around. He wasn't very fascinated with the bigger kids either. However, he loves the grown ups. He just likes looking at our different faces.
The best thing about being a mom is that my son recognizes ME! If I hand him off to someone and leave the room, his whole face lights up when I walk back in. When I pick him up, I get the biggest baby hug ever. Todd's a bit envious because he doesn't get hugs as often as I do :) I have to admit, I love the feeling that Jack seems to prefer me. And then I watch Todd make Jack laugh his special laugh and my heart melts. I coudn't ask for a better husband and Jack couldn't have a better father.
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