New Day, New Blog

I decided to start another blog. We enjoyed writing it and it was like having mini-therapy sessions.

I was going to start another blog after a week of being home with Everest. However, it has only been about 5 days. Feels like 5 years. With little sleep. Everest sleeps like a rock once he is asleep but it is getting him to sleep that is the problem. Yesterday was the first day in which Everest actually slept in his own room the entire night. Last night, all I had to do was say, “Momma here” and point to the bed or “Momma out there” and point to the kitchen. He pointed out to the kitchen and it was a done deal. I was a bit put out, but mostly relieved. Last night was also the first night that we had a baby monitor in place. You see, our little man has some pretty frequent night terrors where he will start crying/screaming in is sleep. We thought the baby monitor would relieve us in that we knew for certain we would be able to hear him and we would sleep soundly, however it had the opposite effect as it woke us up continuously. You hear a scream or a wail and you are out the door in a flash just to see him sleeping. And then back to bed you head where you lay awake. We actually heard a big thump and a wail only to find our little Mr. had rolled out of bed and hit the wood floor. Slept right through it. Wish we had.

I am scared for Ryan to go back to work. No wait, I am petrified. I mean, realistically, how am I going to entertain a non-English speaking 4 year old for 10 hours? Everest is on the move constantly. Constantly. He doesn’t sit still. He won’t even watch a full half hour of Ultra Man. Momma would sit and watch Little Nemo or Cars. I would even sit and watch them in Chinese with English subtitles. What kind of kid doesn’t watch TV? I mean seriously? Momma just needs a few minutes. Just a few. I don’t know whether or Right now our main in-home entertainment consists of lifting Everest up, spinning him around or carrying him on our shoulders. Things mom can’t do continuously. But have you seen my husband’s arm muscles!? I think I was naïve to believe that I would be adopting a complacent shopping buddy. I would be walking from store to store with a tall skim latte in one hand and his little hand in my other. It would be 75 degrees and sunny. He would tell me, “No momma that does not make your butt look big.” After a few hours of meandering around the mall, we would split an appetizer while I sipped a glass of cabernet. Who am I kidding it is the end of November in Wisconsin, it won’t be 75 and sunny?!?

All kidding aside, I am glad Everest has the energy that he has. We were initially worried that his skin condition would keep him from enjoying things Ryan and I like to do. It does not look to be the case and we couldn’t be happier or more relieved.

So we’ve decided to continue our blog. It may not be classy and it may not be well-mannered at times. But then again, sometimes I’m not either.