November Recap

Lord, have mercy. I am tired. Really, really tired. That's what I have to say about myself and the month of November. It's made me really tired and wonder if I'll ever feel healthy again.

Joe is also really tired. The end of the semester bears down upon us like a rushing locomotive and that means a lot of work. Plus, everything is kind of a lot of work for him right now because his job is new and all the kinks are being worked out.

Z is not tired at all. He's full of energy. At our gym playtime last week one of the moms watched him running around and quipped, "If only I could have a tenth of that energy." Seriously, me too. It would be glorious.

I can't believe how fast this child is growing and changing. His legs are getting long and skinnier, he's losing his fat baby tummy. He's finally starting to talk a leeeeeetle bit, which is a relief to me. He's started singing real songs, which is adorable. He makes us laugh all the time with his antics, inventions and goofy facial expressions. He's still very cuddly, which I love. He's got a glorious smile and wonderful smiling eyes.

Not to say he's all roses and sunshine. He tantrums a lot right now. He can't cope with his frustration at all. Not even a little. It's hard since communication is still a big barrier and also, because he's what he is: a young toddler. To him, life is truly difficult and I have to remind myself of that constantly. He doesn't understand that I can't play with him because I need to make dinner. He doesn't understand that we have to wake him up now or we will be late for work. Heck, I'm pretty sure he doesn't understand why we insist on oppressing him with diapers. But, he will, eventually.

A big and unexpected highlight of this month was getting to see my good friend Adam and meet his lovely fiancee, Tanya. One of the things that really made the beginning of this pregnancy not exciting was discovering I was going to have to miss their wedding because I will be too far along to safely travel. Devastation for so many reasons. Of course, there is the obvious- that I very much wanted to be a part of their big day and I was excited about seeing other friends that I rarely see due to distance. But also, I wanted to meet Tanya! We'd never gotten a chance to meet in the time they have been together and it broke my heart a little to think Adam would get married to someone I'd never even gotten to meet. Basically the universe aligned in a magical way and we all ended up in the same Wisconsin town over Thanksgiving. It made me so, so happy and will definitely help with the sadness on their wedding day when I'm stuck in WI, all giant and grumpy, instead of being there with them.