August 4th, 2011

10 months

Summer is 2/3 over and I couldn’t be happier. We’ve had several days in the 90s, a couple days in the 100s and as it turns out, the Peanut is built like his Daddy and hates the heat. He’s now 10 months, 2 days old. It’s almost impossible to believe that he’s only been around for 10 months – sometimes it feels like he’s been here forever, just waiting in the wings for his time to shine. And let me tell you, this kid shines. The Chop and I are entertained by him every single day.

Our summer has been nonstop – visitors, events and work. So much work. I’m not sure either of us realized how tough it would be to work from home with a squirmy little baby hanging around. It was easier in the beginning, of course, when he didn’t move much and slept a lot – now he’s thisclose to walking, crawls everywhere and gets into everything. It makes him more entertaining, but also severely hampers our ability to work during the day – which means our best working hours are 8PM to 1-2AM. Extremely tough when he wakes up at 7 or 730 (except when he’s teething, which is currently happening again, and he wakes up at 615 – ugh).

We’ve been discussing bringing in a nanny-type three days a week – but he loves other kids (playground, his little baby gym he goes too), so now I’m wondering if we shouldn’t be looking for something with other kids.

Parenthood. A never ending stream of questions. And wondering if you’re doing it right, lol.