Max turns 8 months on Saturday! 8 months just seems so old for our little man, but then when I see him with younger babies, I am reminded of how far he has come during the last 34 weeks of his life.
Since last week, we survived our week without Luke while he was traveling for work. It definitely wasn't easy, but for the most part, Maxwell is a fairly mild-mannered little boy, so I just made sure to make the most of being close to him ever moment I was home. Honestly, the most difficult part was trying to make sure that my needy dogs were cared for, loved, and given attention as well. Lucy and Kale were probably even more excited about Luke's homecoming than Max and I were!
This week is spring break. Normally, I wouldn't have really found the time to update, but I still have to teach night school tonight, so since enrollment is down, I can continue to take some time to write while my students work. Since I am off from work all week, I have decided to treat this week as a bit of a staycation, and give Max a chance to experience a few of the fun things we have to offer around the Twin Cities. I am thrilled that I am able to spend this week with my son. I've missed spending every day with him. It saddens me to think that on any given weekday, I only get to spend about 4 hours with him after getting home from work before starting the bedtime routine. We still co-sleep after his first wake-up (sometime starting around 9 or 10pm, while some nights it's closer to midnight), and it's mostly for selfish reasons. As a nursing mother, it is SO much easier for me to just flop out the boob and let Max dream-feed when he stirs instead of having to wake up, walk downstairs, get him out of the crib, fight to stay awake while feeding him, put him back down, and find my way back to bed. The other selfish reason is that I miss him a lot during the day. I like having him near. Luke has even admitted on nights where we've attempted to have him sleep in the crib that he misses him when he's not in bed with us. In order to make things a bit more comfortable for all of us, we are going to attempt the IKEA hack where we'll adapt the IKEA crib to become a co-sleeper crib that will bump right up next to my side of the bed. I'll update on how it's going once we get that project completed!
Anywho... that co-sleeping part got a bit long, and I shared more about it than I had planned... I always feel like I need to defend or be embarrassed about the fact that Max is in bed with us more often than not.
Back to the staycation: This wbreak has been fantastic so far. On Saturday, I had a baby shower to attend, so I dropped Luke and Max off at Luke's parents' house for a few hours. Max had a blast playing with his cousin Lily, and then enjoyed going out to dinner. The next morning, we had a playdate set up for Max, Irene, and Emmett. It was fun to see all of the babies from my high school friends so far! Emma's baby will be joining us sometime in May, so once she arrives, it'll be nice to have them all meet up again. Crazy to think that we all will be experiencing first days of kindergarten, prom, graduation, etc., all around the same time. We'll all be able to lean on one another as we ride through the emotional roller coaster of motherhood.
Luke took Monday and Tuesday of this week off, so were able to meet with a lawyer to finalize our wills/health directives/powers of attorney. It's a pretty huge weight lifted off our shoulders. Should something happen to the both of us, it makes me feel good to know that we have a legal document stating where Max should go, and who will be the trustee for the estate. After the depressing discussion of events upon the occurrence of our deaths, we booked it down to the Mall of America to take Max to SEA LIFE. He really enjoyed seeing the fish moving around. The jelly fish exhibit was a big hit, and he did very well going through the different parts of the aquarium. I forgot how expensive that place is- next time we'll make sure to get some discounted tickets, but it was worth it because they gave us passes to use another time because the ray pool was closed. We'll definitely be taking advantage of that!
I'm looking forward to the rest of this week (we've got big plans to go to the MN Zoo again, dye eggs, celebrate cousin Ade's baptism, spend time with family on Easter), and getting into the homestretch to the end of the school year!
***I'm going to attempt to post once more this week with Max's 8 Month Update (though, let's be honest... there's a good chance that won't get posted until next week)***
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