Oh what a month

This month is coming to an end already and being a stay at home mommy sure has been harder than I thought. My first week someone left a flyer on our front door for their daycare that offered 2 and 3 day programs and I seriously almost called them up and signed him up. Overall it has been good it's just a matter of playing all day with him so he is entertained. He has his good days and his bad days and those are the days that I count the minutes for Randel to get home so I have some kind of break. Saturday night Anthony fell asleep at 7! So I decided to leave Randel with him and go to the mall. As I walked around I realized that was the first time in weeks that I have been completely alone without Randel or Anthony besides going to the dentist and an interview last monday which weren't fun at all. It was an hour and a half of just quietness inside a busy loud mall but it was nice.

Anthony has been having issues wanting to take his naps and go to sleep at night. It hasn't been easy dealing with this and I thought I was doing something wrong but the other night I was reading my message board and a few of the other mothers had posted that their kids were also doing the same thing so it made me feel better that I wasn't doing something wrong. Some babies just go through this at this age. This has led to some funny situations when he finally does go to sleep. First, when he is on the verge of sleeping and I or Randel is patting his back you seem to hear EVERYTHING! I find myself humming while in my head saying "Sophie if you bark one more time......." or "Why must that bird chirp so loud and so close to the window??" When he is asleep I walk away so so gingerly to not make any noise. I didn't realize how silly I probably look until I started watching Randel do it at night. He actually is usually the one to lay him down at night. When he is asleep I see randel slowly lift one leg backwards and then the other very gently stepping down and in slow motion moving towards the door. Once he accidentally stepped on a toy and he froze with one leg in the air and staring back at Anthony hoping he didn't hear that. Even the sound of your foot stepping off of the play mat can seem loud in those few moments you try to make your escape.
As tired as I feel sometimes and frustrated though, that little guy has to just smile and laugh and it's all ok again. Until he throws a book at my face. :)

Two new things Anthony is up to

I forgot to mention in the last post that Anthony now understands his first spanish word. He has learned "besito" which means "little kiss". When you say it to him he will get excited and then come up to you with his mouth open and "kiss" your cheek. Also, today while he was eating his lunch he decided that he no longer needed me to feed him. He took the spoon and dunked it into his food and then stuck it in his mouth. By the end he was actually able to scoop the food instead of just coating the spoon. It was messy but he was very proud each time he did it. We will see what he learns tomorrow. :)

Music

If you are around Anthony play some music for him. He loves to conduct it for you. Yesterday he even picked up a pen and starting conducting Mickey to the song he was singing.

My Toddler

I get a weekly email from babycenter that says "My baby this week" and it tells me what he is learning that week. On Friday I got my first "My toddler this week" email. One year sure did fly by and I spent much of that tearing up at all the memories of that day one year ago. The email did say that some people call their babies toddlers as soon as they turn one and others don't consider them toddlers until they begin walking. Because of this I will make Anthony younger in my mind and still call him a baby. :)