Part of Your World

Yesterday, Micah and I had a lazy Sunday afternoon after church while Joe went into the office to finish some paperwork. I don't usually let Micah watch a lot of TV, but, when I do, he LOVES the cartoons. I'm amazed at how much he'll actually pay attention to it. Well, yesterday was FREEZING cold. We weren't going to get outside, and Micah just wanted to snuggle. So, I put in a movie. The Little Mermaid. Yes, I own it. We only watched about 30 minutes before Micah had to take a nap, but he enjoyed it so much! He was laughing at the fish swimming and dancing to the music. It was adorable!

Onto an unrelated topic but relavent to the title of this post....Christmas. This Christmas, I've found myself getting caught up in the commercialism of it all...Santa, the gifts, the lights. All of that is well and good. I grew up with that and love all that. But I've found myself mentioning Santa more often to Micah than Jesus this season. Christmas is about the ultimate gift, God's child given to us to become part of our world. What a sacrifice! Now that I have a child, it means even more. So I just want to encourage those of you who may be like me...enjoy all that Christmas has to offer but don't neglect to remember and be thankful for why we have Christmas in the first place. Have a very merry Christmas!!

Random

I don't really have anything specific to write about today. Just a few random happenings lately.

Micah really likes hiding under our kitchen table and pulling all the chairs in around him. It's a counter height table so he can stand under it perfectly.

On to another topic. I think little kids in their PJs are just so cute, especially at Micah's age. Their little bellies just stick out and their diapers are so bulky. It's just adorable.

We finally got all our Christmas lights on the house. Our roof is too steep to put icicle lights this year, which is disappointing. My goal is to buy enough decorations after Christmas (when they're on sale) each year to eventually become the Griswolds. I want to be THAT house...you know the one. The one that's soooooo tacky it's beautiful and everyone comes to see it. We're obviously not there yet, but we're young :)

Yesterday, I baked about 12 dozen cookies. I'm sure Micah was wondering what had come over me, because, honestly, I'm usually not that busy during the day. At least not when he's awake. I wanted to make goodie bags for our neighbors. For some reason, I decide to do this every year thinking it will be "fun" then end up totally stressed by the end of it. But I'm happy when I'm able to make a small gesture of giving this time of year to my neighbors. Everything went well yesterday. The cookies were made. The kitchen was clean for the most part. It was time to start cooking dinner. I opened a cabinet above me to get a dish out. I guess some things had shifted, and all 3 of my pie plates came flying out at my head. I ducked and grabbed Micah. Three glass pie plates hit the quartz countertop then the tile floor. You can guess what happened. It was a mess! Glass was all over the main part of the kitchen, the eat-in part of the kitchen, the living room, and the hallway. I went to the part of the living room where there was no glass and waited for Joe to get home. When he walked in the door, I pushed Micah into his arms and started cleaning. Needless to say, I did not feel like cooking anymore. I've never been so thankful for frozen pizza!

Bummer

So, it looks like Micah has officially given up his morning nap. It was pretty sudden. Last week he took an hour nap in the morning and a 2 hour nap in the afternoon. The past couple days, he will have nothing to do with the morning nap. Selfishly, I was hoping he would keep this schedule forever :) I normally get ready during that time, but I'll figure something out. I may have to get up earlier (the horror!). Though I do have to say now that he's not napping in the morning, he's sleeping later...til about 8:00 instead of 7:00. I know some of you reading this are probably like "Shutup!" I know I'm lucky. I guess it's just another sign that Micah is growing up, and I want him to stay like this forever! Of course I say that during every stage of his life...except that waking up every 2 hours thing...I was so glad when THAT was over :)

There are benefits to the no-morning-nap stage. Now, I have more time to get out of the house. It used to be that I had to do everything outside of the home by 9:30 to get back for nap. Then he didn't get up until 11:30 or so and I wouldn't have a good time to do anything else until after 4:00 because of lunch and afternoon nap. I can have more time with my son. So, maybe it's not such a bummer after all.

Book Worm

If you know Micah, you know that he absolutely LOVES books. Give him a basket full of toys and a basket full of books, and he'll surely go for the books every time. Lately, he likes to go play in his room by himself. I'm trying not to be an overprotective mom and make him stay with me every second or follow him everywhere he goes, but I have to go check on him every few minutes to make sure he's okay. So he goes to his room today, and, of course, I peek in on him a few minutes later. Here's what I find.

How cute! He's going to be a little nerd, just like his mom :)