Awesome Day, So It’s Going Down in History
October 12, 2007
This is more of a post to myself, since after a really rough and tough week, I realize I should document the good since there are inevitably more frazzled-Jenn days to come.
The day started off great by me waking up not to the sound of Kai crying and kicking at his door, but because I was done sleeping, having had a good night’s rest with only one middle-of-the-night trip to the bathroom. Amazingly, Kai slept in until 7:05 this morning.
We had a fun-filled morning of meeting up with friends for our regular beach walk, grabbing smoothies, and playing hard at the playground downtown. Aside from a little fussing in the stroller during the walk, my son was happy. And when baby is happy, mama is happy.
Physically, I felt great. I wasn’t weighed down by any debilitating cramping (which I’ve been experiencing off-and-on the past few weeks), my typically crazy hormones were within normal range, and I had so much energy, I had fun chasing Kai around the park. For the first time in forever, I felt normal and so very un-whale like.
Kai napped for three-and-a-half hours after that, and I caught a couple hours myself. Sweetness. To top off an already great day, Ryan got off of work before 6, which is monumental in our household.
There were a ton of other little things that made the day go smoothly; Kai came to me when I called him to put on his socks and shoes (typically, he flees the scene and I have to threaten that we’ll just stay home), he didn’t fight as much during his diaper changes, we were able to leave the train-table at a local children’s bookstore in relative peace, he ate his veggies, and was well-behaved during a quick trip to the grocery store.
I know I can’t expect most days to fall into a nice, neat pattern of predictability and ease, but it’s so rewarding to catch a break every now and then. I feel like my energy is renewed along with my patience for Kai, which makes me feel like such a better mom. Sometimes I really wonder if it’s me that sets the tone of our days, is it Kai, or is it both? Regardless, good days like today make the tough ones so much more bearable!
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Whenever I feel like that at the end of a pregnancy, I’ve gone into labor. I know how refreshing it is to feel so good. Hope it lasts.
Sounds like a great day! Don’t they make you wonder why the other days seem so hard? Hope you have more good days before baby 2 gets here!
Oooh, Mimi, I hope you’re right. And yes, Erin, why must we have so many hard days?!
Seriously though, there is nothing like motherhood to mold you into a better person.