5 posts tagged “love”

For the past four or five nights the monkey has gone to bed really easily and has been sleeping through the night.  (I hope I'm not jinxing us.)  The mister started something with the monkey that is just so sweet and I think that it's the reason for the calmness at bedtime.  Every night now we're sitting on the couch in the near darkness with the windows open listening to the various evening noises.  Crickets, dogs barking, fire trucks, planes, the wind through the palm trees out back.  And the monkey just calms down and listens and talks and hugs.  It is so sweet.  After about 15 minutes we say, Okay, time for night night.  And he says, Yea, okay.  And then he either walks with us or gets picked up and put in his crib in his room.  And that's it.  Totally calm, totally sweet.  I could just eat him.  And I credit the mister with this new sweet ritual.  Nice job, Da Da.

Well, I guess first with an apology.  I've been completely neglecting my little vox blog for the past month or so and if you've noticed, then I'm sorry.  I can offer few good excuses other than just being busy and at times overwhelmed.  Thanks for noticing though.  I appreciate it.

There's just been a lot going on.  Everyone finally got over the colds and coughs and cruds that had been plaguing our little family for the past two months.  That was pretty exhausting. 

Work has been a lot for me lately.  Drama, deadlines, boredom, loneliness, frustration, weirdness, brain pain, challenges, all have been going on and seem that they will continue to do so.  I've got what I guess is a "difficult" or maybe challenging relationship with my immediate supervisor.  It's not hostile or anything, just annoying and pestering.  At heart he's a nice person, he's just got a style that makes me crazy.  And he seems to push me on purpose.  And I'm working with him on a big project, which means that I have to be around and communicate with him a lot and that's not easy.  I've met a couple of work deadlines in the past month but still have several looming over my head.  And with my closest friend/colleagues no longer in my department, it makes it kind of sad and boring to be there.  Wah.  It's not THAT bad, just not as fun as it used to be I suppose.  The mister and I have been going out to lunch more often than before, and so that has actually been a nice byproduct of being kind of lonely at work. 

And, well, the big news, the important news, the exciting news is that it looks like we're going to have another baby!  I haven't been to the doctor yet, but all the signs are there and the over the counter tests were positive.  So that is VERY good news.  We were initially shocked but also very happy about it.  We didn't expect it to happen so easily the second time since it took three years the first time.  I can't get in to see the OB for another week or so, so it'll be good to finally get in there and get the confirmation and more.  Start the prenatal regimen.  Part of the reason why I've been neglecting vox is that I am actually pretty nauseated this time around and so in addition to the usual first trimester exhaustion, I kind of want to puke all the time--even though I don't actually puke.  Eating a little something helps me feel better.  This is in stark contrast to my first pregnancy with the monkeymono when I never felt nauseous, just hungry all the time.  Different baby already! 

So, I guess that's the update.  I think that about covers it.  I'll try not to lapse again so badly.  I'll likely post some recent monkey fotos soon.  Can't get enough of those. 

I hope you're well!

We're submitting a foto and a little blurb about our monkey to the Children of Nevada book project.  He's so cute he should get in.  Here is the blurb that the mister (the writer in the family) wrote about our monkey:

No one can pass by Monkey without commenting on his beauty. He smiles at everyone, from the mayor of Las Vegas to the neighborhood mutts. A downtown baby, Monkey loves to be outdoors in the sun, searching under trees for fallen pinecones and playing in the grass. He eats pears, bananas and cheese, and drinks milk with gusto. Monkey takes long walks with his parents through the arts district and gives his dog Wanda sweet hugs. Born in the desert, he still enjoys the ocean surf. See Monkey's gorgeous eyes? They steal your breath away.

Awwww......

I feel like it's time to post another picture of the cutest baby in the world...

Monkey with his monkey

So, here is a picture of one of the most important things in my life.  He is 14 months now.  He is amazing.

MonkeyMono

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He walks, runs, climbs, falls, giggles and laughs, smiles at everyone, says nana for banana and all other foods, and is so sweet.  He is also nonstop action, which makes him exhausting.  But so much fun.  And so worth it.

I am going to try not to make all of my posts about how wonderful he is.  And I am going to try to keep the mister out of them as much as possible as well.  He's got plenty of web-presence already.  He doesn't need more publicity from me--hee, hee.