Tooting My Own Horn

I feel pretty accomplished these days.  I have been working my but off writing page after page getting closer and closer to the last page of my new book.  I have been taking care of Mr. Ian and his demands (with some help from time to time) and doing my school work and cooking and cleaning too.  I am tooting my own horn because I feel good.  I have one more chapter to write tonight, Ian permitting. :)

Well, just saying hi.  Back to work for me.  Stay blessed everyone.

Update 9/24/12

Between school and Ian, I hardly have time to do anything else.  Being that I just said that, I have to add one more big task to that list.  I have also entered a writing competition and have to finish writing my latest addition to the Ansheniu Series ASAP.

I have 50,000 more words to go and then I have to edit the whole thing before I submit it on October 12th.  As a matter of fact, I should be working on it now instead of writing on my blog but I just had to give an update.  After mid October, I should be posting regularly again.  As regular as I can between Ian and school.

Mr. Ian is a mess.  These days he is laughing harder, crying louder, and fussing as much as he can when he doesn't get his way.  He keeps me busy.  He is a joy. He is sitting up a lot more too.  He doesn't like to be cradled as much.  He talks non stop too, my grandmother swears he'll be talking so I can understand his words soon.  I think he gets the motor mouth from his father, lol.

Ian's Stage found on Gerber.com

No Ice-Cream for Baby

I was bad yesterday.  I took the baby for a walk last night and when we came back home, I decided to indulge in a Red Velvet Cake Ice-cream Cone.  It was very delicious by the way.  I also let Mr. Ian lick on it for a little while too.  I should not have done that.  My poor baby was yapping out of control last night.  It was funny, cute, and all that jazz.  He was so hyper and he didn't have all that much.  He was yelling and fussing and laughing, all very loudly.  I let him tire himself out playing so he could go to sleep.  When he woke up this morning, he was still talking up a storm.

What I have to look forward to is never giving him sugar, ever.  He will do dried fruits like I try to do for myself and that will be all the sweets he needs.  Dried mangos, apricots, and dates are very sweet so he won't be missing anything.  I promise I won't do anything like that to my baby again.  You had to see him go.  If he could walk, he would have been running all around the house.  My mother told me not to let him have any.....I should have listened to her, ha ha.

Butterflies

When Ian and I were in the hospital for all those weeks, I learned about their significance of butterflies.  I have never been so scared of something so delicate before until when I first made it out of ICU and went to my recovery floor. My nurse told me that all the doors with butterflies on them meant their baby passed away.  On my wing there were 10 rooms and on my first night there, I was one of 3 rooms without a butterfly on my door.

Any other time I would remark on how beautiful a butterfly is, but this time around I didn't want to see a butterfly at all.  Right now, I still don't know how I feel about them.  All I can say is, I used to love them.  Every day for all those weeks, the first thing I would look for was a butterfly on my door or Ian's.  He had a high turn over rate of roommates too.  It was a crazy time.  His birth, but most importantly his life, was meant to be.  I couldn't ask for more than that.  He is my sunshine.

I would like to say that I am very happy I never got that butterfly tattoo I was thinking about in my youth.  If I did, I would have to start drawing my cover up tattoo asap.  Be blessed everybody and count your blessings, I know I do.

Update 9/12/12

My dear little boy has decided he wants to be a star I think.  I am creating a monster with all the photos and videos I take of him, because he loves looking at them.  Now he likes looking at himself in the mirror too.  He is too funny with his antics.  Sometimes he tries to act like he doesn't see the camera or he'll stop talking for a bit when the video is rolling, but he sees it.  He knows what he's doing, lol.  Such a cutie.

He started doing something I don't like.  When he doesn't get his way, he's already started stiffening his body and throwing it back.  I start to get flashes of bad kids acting up in stores embarrassing their parents.  Could that be my future?  I hope not.  Right after he does that though, he gives me the biggest smile and shows off his dimples like that would stop me from fussing at him.  He's right though, he knows me so well.

Mr. Ian is a ladies man.  Every female that came through our doors to visit us this past week he was smiling and cooing at.  Could he be trying to sweet talk them too already?  I had a dream that he was six and there were all these little girls coming to visit me and complain about him not being their boyfriend or being to many of their boyfriend.  Premonition for the future I guess.  All I can do is teach him how to respect women and respect himself and hope & pray that it's enough.

Update 9/6/12

Well as suspected, Mr Ian did not do well with me being away from him for an extended period of time today.  I see we are going to have problems.  He chose to not eat while I was gone today and when we reunited, he fell asleep with his body draped across my stomach.  He is a cutie, but we are going to have to work on his separation issues now before he makes me look like a bad parent later on in life.

One day at a time with him.  He doesn't like my phone anymore either.  I think he craves attention.  He acts like he doesn't get any from me, but he has me all day every day until today.  He loves watching his own videos, but only actively participates when he feels like it.  It's like he's a teenager already.  my baby.

First Day of School

I should be asleep right now, but I am getting myself together for my first day of school tomorrow.  I may be having some withdrawals too, because Mr. Ian will not be to happy with me for not being available to him as he likes.  He seems to think he is the ruler of this Kingdom and in many ways he is.  My little man.

I am excited to be on the path to improving our future, but it is a long road that I have to take one day at a time.  Patience is key in life.  I really need to get on a schedule I can follow to the best of my ability.  I won't be able to follow it exactly as it's created because with a baby priorities shift and it is not just me, but it will give me guidelines and help me to get my tasks completed as they should be.

I will end this short note now and go to bed.  Hopefully Ian has a good night's sleep so I'm not to tired tomorrow and hopefully he won't take our separation too hard.  He gets clingy and cranky whenever he can't get to me for long periods of time.  I guess he loves me......

Childhood Milestones

I decided to look online to find out how Ian's developing compared to other kids his age.  He is close to being right on track according to the development chart.   He is currently 4 months and can do everything but hold his head steady.  He is doing better everyday with that though, I see his great improvement from last week til today.  I found this timeline on WebMd that I will share with you now:

Timeline of Childhood Milestones

 

2 Months	Smiles at the sound of your voice and follows you with their eyes as you move around a room
3 Months	Raises head and chest when lying on stomach Grasps objects Smiles at other people
4 Months	Babbles, laughs, and tries to imitate sounds; holds head steady
6 Months	Rolls from back to stomach and stomach to back Moves objects from hand to hand
7 Months	Responds to own name Finds partially hidden objects
9 Months	Sits without support, crawls, babbles "mama" and "dada"
12 Months	Walks with or without support Says at least one word Enjoys imitating people
18 Months	Walks independently, drinks from a cup, says at least 15 words, points to body parts
2 Years	Runs and jumps Speaks in two-word sentences Follows simple instructions Begins make-believe play
3 Years	Climbs well Speaks in multiword sentences Sorts objects by shape and color
4 Years	Gets along with people outside the family Draws circles and squares Rides a tricycle
5 Years	Tells name and address Jumps, hops, and skips Gets dressed Counts 10 or more objects