Hello blog readers, apologies for the short hiatus. Ashton’s mom (ahem, myself) had a big event in NYC last Wednesday for my old employer and got pretty busy. But there’s good news: First, 3.13.12 was my first night away from my baby and I survived it! Minus the pumping in random closets at the Nasdaq Marketsite as well as in the Amtrak bathroom (yuck). I missed Ashton terribly and thought about him all the time (um, Tate, not so much you, sorry buddy). It’s such a catch-22 because although I yearn for breaks, when I actually get them I feel guilty, sad, or anxious to get back to him. The rare times that I’m not with Ashton, I am either talking about him or looking at his picture. Motherhood is so annoying.
Anyway, I left Ashton in Jason’s incredibly capable hands but even still, I cried when I left 😦 Jason told me it was just one night, I was going to do great and he was so proud of me, and THAT just made me cry more! Again, so annoying. But the event was a great success (too many details to share here) and everyone is already talking about next year, so I guess that’s a good sign 🙂
The more important question is, what has Ashton been up to since my last post?? Well, for one thing, he has been outgrowing his clothes:
Just after I took this picture, the belly snap couldn’t hold on any longer, flew off and hit me in the face. I told Ashton that was it, no more fries.
(Fun fact: the silver rattle in his grubby little fist belonged to me when I was a baby 🙂 )
He also has been on his first playground swing:
I took a few videos of this momentous occasion but they are even more boring than what I usually put up so I’m not going to post them. Picture Ashton swinging back and forth and the only sound: birds chirping. No laughter, cute giggles, nothing. He was like, “Great, I’m swinging. So what?” It must have been the brown bear outfit I put him in. Are the ears not cool?
And that’s about it until today. Today was a perfect 10, the best day of the year so far. 70, sunny, not a cloud in the sky. Jason had the day off but was off doing all kinds of house projects so we were left to our own devices. Ashton had his first iced coffee (along with his peaches) for breakfast:
After that, tummy time. Ashton’s still not up on all fours or scooting but he does do these interesting yoga poses which I will fully document in another post. For now, he just looks cute on the floor.
The most blissful part of the day was 4-6 pm, we went to the park and truly, the clear air, blue sky, perfect temperature, and slight breeze made you close your eyes, breathe in, and think, “My god it’s nice out.” The kind of afternoon where your blood pressure is low and your heart feels calm. We set up a blanket and I just had to take a couple pictures.
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