Jasper rolled over for the first time today 🙂 from his front to his back, all on his own! it came as a shock – the lovely Amanda and Sean were visiting and we put J down on the floor for some tummy time and all of a sudden over he went! when i flipped him back over, he did it again!
and we think he’s teething already, and has been for at least the past couple of weeks… the finger in the mouth inspection today says there’s some definate hard ridges in there – plus he’s showing other teething signs like the excessive drooling (also known as Lake Jasper), munching on his hands alot, he’s been a bit crankier than usual, his nappies are a bit runny (iykwim) …
my baby’s growing up 🙂
so today is the last day of my maternity leave – tomorrow i start back at work full time.
i’ve been preparing myself for this, for the last 2 weeks, i knew it was coming. but it still doesn’t stop my sadness. i’ll miss taking care of my little Jasper during the day – i’ll probably only see him for a hour when he wakes up, and then a couple of hours before he goes to sleep (and of course on weekends) as he’s pretty much on a 7am wake up, 9pm go to bed schedule.
i feel like i’m going to be missing a huge chunk of his life (he’s giving us daily giggles now!!) but i gotta do what i gotta do – we can’t all just stop working unfortunately. i know Regan would love to be a stay at home dad too and he works so hard for us. i think this makes me plan and work harder, because i certainly don’t want this to be permanent.
just gotta win that lotto. just once please! 😛
i feel that these past 9 weeks have been so amazing and so comfortable, that my ‘past life’ is where i want it to be… in the past. but on the other hand, i know i can do my job and that i need to think about our family now. i’ve been sort of toying with the idea of getting back into professional photography, but to be honest my confidence is shot and i don’t know whether i have enough talent and stamina to work like that again.
i married my best friend Regan 🙂
it feels like we’ve only just begun, and that’s really okay with me because i can’t wait for the rest of our lives.
i adore my husband, the best part of my day (apart from all things Jasper related) is when he comes home from work. we’re three peas in a pod now, and i’m one happy clam!
our beautiful son just gave us our anniversary gift – his first giggle and smile!! it’s an incredible thing, being happily happily married and having this gorgeous little critter our lives. i feel very blessed for what i have, and every day i wake up with a smile on my face.
