Mourning the Baby

Aahh!! I'm finished worrying about constantly thinking about if I'm pregnant or not. This is so frustrating! I'm back at the beginning again, day 2.
This weekend has been pretty hot; around 32 or 33 each day and that's before the humidex. And the end of last week was really warm too. I'm looking forward to a break. It's supposed to drop back to normal mid-week.
We're leaving for the cottage Friday night when Craig's done work. And just a moment ago I talked to Craig about bringing the cats with us; we're bringing them! Yay! We both think it just won't be fair to leave them here in a hot, stuffy house all by themselves for 5 days while we're somewhere they'd love to be! I'll have to make a list later this week of stuff I need to pack. And I'd like to give the house a complete once-over before we leave too so I don't have to do any of it when we get home on Tuesday or Wednesday. Yeah, the next session with Melissa is going to start 2 weeks from today since Craig's on vacation (thus, so am I) on the WEdnesday that Aaron leaves. It'll be nice to have 3 or 4 days less... and I think I'm dont with her Sept. 16 maybe. Heh.
Shaun's growing up so fast! Craig and I think he may have had a growth spurt recently because he certainly seems bigger than last weekend. I actually had an afternoon this past week where I just watched Shaun playing and I was able to reminisce. I cried a bit and felt pretty sad for a while; I just miss the baby-baby he was only a few months ago. We both completely enjoy Shaun right now but it's hard to move on from where he was. Especially since it feels like it's going so quickly. Eleven months and before we know it, it will have been a year since I was struggling with breast feeding and changing diapers.

Stair Climber

Shaun learned to do so much last week! On Thursday Craig taught Shaun to go up stairs. Once he figured out he could do that Shaun's been pulling up to stand at everything. He had been so close for so long - pulling himself to his knees and sometimes balancing there for a whole minute - that I'm not surprised at all that he's caught on so quickly. There's been a bunch of times that he's let go of whatever has been supporting him while he's standing and has remained standing for 6 or 7 seconds. He was so proud of himself when he stood for the first time. And the last couple of days he's been cruising the furniture. First it was only a step or two, almost by accident, but now he actually thinks about it. You can tell he cruises deliberately. He'll hold on to the couch too and then turn his body to grab the coffee table. He's learned so quickly.
On a completely different topic I'm finding it really hard to keep up with all the housework lately. I've been so tired. Craig and I had a minor spat yesterday about it. I'm really going to have to be diligent at keeping up on it. His concern was the vacuuming now that Shaun's crawling. Craig's worried about the amount of cat hair Shaun's been picking up on his hands. I can understand that!
So on another topic, I've been feeling pregnancy symptoms again! *sigh* This is getting old real fast. I've been really tired and crampy for just over a week. I don't want to get all excited again so I haven't said a thing to Craig about how I've been feeling. I think there's been enough false alarms lately that he won't get excited until there's a positive pregnancy test. I actually took one a few days ago but it was one that had been out of the package for a month and the line that was supposed to appear in the control window never appeared. So I won't even know if the negative that appeared (or didn't, depending on how you look at it) was accurate or not. It probably was. I only say that because I'm pretty sure it was too early for a test. A few more days to wait!
The nauseousness comes and goes in waves. Ripe bananas make me feel the worst. Blech!!

Changing Again

So it's late, I'm exhausted, and I'm not going to write for long. But Shaun's schedule has changed again. It's becoming more and more like that of a preschooler every day. His morning is the same, eating at 8AM and 12PM with an hour and a half nap between. But it's the afternoon that's different. We've been allowing Shaun to sleep as long as he wants in the afternoon. When he wakes up, somewhere between 3 and 4PM he gets a snack. Yogurt, cheese, applesauce, whatever. And then he eats dinner with us when we eat. It's a bit more hectic but I love that he eats everything we do!

A Bout of Roseola

Shaun has a mystery rash today. He had it yesterday too. I called Lisa and asked her about the rash Joseph had a few weeks ago and strangely enough the two boys are identical. Shaun had a fever around 101 for 2 days on the weekend first. We just thought the fever was from Shaun being in the hot sun but after a night and another day he still had a low fever. By the time we got home from camping the fever was gone but he was still miserable so we blamed the teething. But yesterday morning when I was changing him I noticed a slight rash on his back. By the time evening rolled around the rash was all over his torse and it was still there today although not as bad. But Shaun's been happy and back to normal; the rash doesn't seem to bother him at all. Lisa said Joseph's lasted around a day and a half. We'll see if Shaun still has it tomorrow and if so, I'll take him to the doctor.

On another note, it's official: Shaun can say 2 words, Ted and uh-oh. He actually said Ted first last week on Wednesday when we were walking upstairs at Xan and Bailey's. Xan was going to bed and I think Shaun thought he was going too because halfway up the stairs he started chattering about Det, Det. I had thought he may be saying Ted but it's for sure now because he says it all the time. Uh-oh came on Friday last week in the morning before leaving for camping. Whenever Shaun drops stuff I'll say uh-oh and last Friday he copied me. But the funniest is how he says it: uh............oh, with a huge space between each word.

I have to write a few insignificant things because I'm sure Shaun will stop doing them soon but mostly because I know I will forget. We have a piece of wood between the living room carpet and the laminate floor in the kitchen. When Shaun's approaching it he'll put his bim way up in the air and crawl using his feet instead of his knees. The bump must hurt his knees!

Another thing that's completely hilarious is how Shaun interacts with the cats, especially Pokey. Pokey's such a nut she'll just lay on the carpet and let Shaun molest her; poking her and pulling her hair. There's been a couple of times that he's pulled her hair so hard she's actually been lifted off the floor.

Oh, something else that's official, Shaun likes cat food! Yesterday he got into the container that we keep the cat food in and by the time I got to him he had 1 or 2 pieces in his mouth and a whole hand full waiting. Shaun was so angry at me when I took the food away too! He must have enjoyed it. Crazy monster...