The Best Things in Life

9 Weeks Old!

Yeah, I can't believe it, either! Time sure flies nowadays. My maternity leave will be over at the end of April. I'm sort of looking forward to going back to work, but not looking forward to being away from Tyler all that time. :( Will he still know that I'm his mom when he's spending most of his waking hours at a day care? I'm going to miss him so much...I won't be able to hug and kiss him whenever I want to, and right when I have to go back to work, he'll be smiling more and sitting up more. I will probably miss a lot of his firsts, too...I'm starting to get teary-eyed right now just thinking about it! I can definitely see why a lot of women decide to stay home with their kids, even if they didn't plan to before.

Anyway, Tyler's starting to hold his head up more, now! When we hold him under his arms, he likes to push himself up with his legs and he can keep his head upright for several seconds at a time. He really loves laying under his play gym and batting at the toys with his arms and feet. He lay there for at least an hour while I put up new curtain rods and curtains in the living room!

He's also getting pretty chubby...we only feed him when he cries to be fed, and if it's too close to his previous feeding, we try to distract him and hold off until it's been 3 hours. Most of the time, he drinks 5 to 6 ounces at a time now. He's just so adorable, I'm kind of glad he's chubby so I can give him hugs instead of little pats on his back :)