Snippets

• I now have not one boy, but two. Had John been born first instead of second, we'd have had two long ago. Maybe it's good that he wasn't.
• Yesterday, in the ten minutes I had between getting Parks ready for school and John waking from his nap, I plucked my eyebrows in lieu of showering. Must prioritize. 
• My current favorite phrase of Parks' is when we walk outside on a misty morning and he says, "Mommy! It's froggy out here!" 
• I also love how he pronounces his "y" sounds like they are l's. "Lellow" or "Lou" instead of "yellow" or "you." Sometimes Cal and I will intentionally ask him what color the sun is just to hear him say it.
• I'm enjoying John's baby stage oh-so-much more than I was able to do Parks'. With Parks, I was clinically depressed, frazzled, sleep-deprived, and dealing with a serious identity crisis. Parks was colicky, reflux-y, sleep resistant, and incredibly needy.
• With John, I am on an antidepressant and he sleeps thirteen hours a night. Need I say more?
• I think it's cute when John drools. 
• I've quit my job at the college to stay at home full time with the boys. Surprisingly, I've loved the break. It's nice to be able to read a novel in the downtime that I do have without the guilt of 40-something ungraded papers hanging over my head. Feel free to pass on suggestions.
• I think that Parks will likely sleep in diapers the rest of his life.
• I get really sad when I think about the boys growing up. Like, crying sad. Pre-medication, I was not a bit this way. Then, I was counting the days until I could drop them off at their college of choice. You think I'm exaggerating.
• I am amazed on at least a weekly basis at the creativity of my husband and how good he is at his job.
• I am also resigned to the fact that he is going to tell his facebook friends entirely inappropriate information about our personal lives. Oh well. Whatcha gonna do?
• I miss my family and wish that they could see my boys more often, but not enough to move back to Thomasville. Sorry, Shug and Ninny.
• Parks adores school. I found out today that he invited "Mrs. Cherrie" over to our house to see his new blue bedroom. Must talk to him about how mommy isn't so fond of unannounced company.
• I've been trying to do better about keeping the house clean. Some days I do pretty well, and some days it's a disaster. I've noticed that it all depends on if I can get up the motivation to empty the dishwasher after I run it. If I can't, everything -not just the kitchen- goes downhill super fast.
• We are at a new church, and we love it.
• John is now the size that Parks was when he was almost a year old. John is four months.
• He's learned to flip from stomach to back, but not back to stomach. Not unusual, I know, but -since he sleeps on his stomach and he's a thrasher- it makes for some aggravating wake-ups in the middle-of-the-night, during which I'll have to go flip him back over. Had Parks done this, I would've panicked, called the doctor, surveyed my facebook friends, and done everything within my power to find a solution. My attitude now? Shrug. He'll figure it out in a month or so. No biggie. Love the wisdom that comes with a second child. 
• Also -have I mentioned?- I love my Zoloft.