Holding my baby

Alexander and I have been in Washington a lot since we have been back in the states. This week marks the beginning of our second week up here of our third trip since July 1. It's been great visiting with my parents, doing more redecorating in their house, and helping take care of my mom as she recovers from her hip replacement surgery. It's has really been great, but I have had not much time to rest. Today was special though. Alexander gave me a wonderful reason to sit down, put my feet up and relax for about 20 minutes. When he woke up from his afternoon nap he asked me to wrap him in his blanket (like a baby burrito), then let me rock in him my dads chair while he dosed back off for a gentle end to his nap. He is such a busy boy that he usually sits with me for 5 minutes of cuddle time, then is off on his way, or asking for a snack. So this just meant the world to me to sit and hold my baby while I got to relax. He always seems to know when I need some down time.

More growing up

Everyday Alexander does something that reminds me he is not a baby anymore. This morning we were starting our day as normal with using the toilet and getting dressed. He was laying on his bed getting ready to be dressed and noticed his pants were laying next to him. I had just finished putting lotion on him and turned back from setting it down on the side table, when I noticed he had grabbed his pants and had them half way on already. All I did was stand him up and he pulled them on all the way him self. I had not thought about letting him dress himself yet, but clearly he thinks he is ready.

This picture is of our first ride on the carousel downtown. I wish I could say he had a lot of fun, but I would more say he tolerated it. We will try again some time.

What to do

I have been thinking/praying a lot about what to do with my time now that I am home and staying. I have thought about getting a part time job, working at growing my business and taking more classes to work towards my degree. In the last few weeks I have been feeling strongly to work on getting more weddings, with that I have signed up to be in both the October 2009 and January 2010 Salem Bridal Shows. I am totally excited and just starting the planning process. If I am half as successful with these shows as I was with the last bridal show I did, I will be very happy.

On a separate note, I redecorated a couple rooms in my parents house over the last two weeks with the help of Mary, I am totally exhausted, but so happy with the results. I will post pictures as soon as Josh gets our desktop PC back on the internet.