Cute things of Roran

So I had to go back to hell on Monday (that would be work in laymen's terms). It really sucks. Not only am I not that much of a fan of what I'm doing right now, it is keeping me away from Roran and Jessica. I'm worried about how much I'm going to miss of him growing and changing. Not that we can do anything about it. In a perfect world I would be able to take time off w/o having to worry about how we were going to pay our mortgage, bills and buy food for everyone, but as we are all aware of (I'm sure), we don't live in a perfect world.

Anyway, on to what I had intended to write about: Roran. Today he did the cutest thing. I finally got home and was able to hold him in between feedings. He was out like a light, which is no small feat considering that he was no where near calm when Jessica gave him to me. But Jessica needed to be able to relax a bit and I needed to hold him.

On to the point. While I was holding him, he did the cutest yawn, stretch, eye rub, stretch, yawn back to sleep you could ever have seen. I wish I had my camera so that I could post it here. But I'm sure that there will other times that I can capture.

On another happy note, my aunt Fern, Roran's great aunt, will be coming to visit for a few days the end of August. We are using the guise of her babysitting while Jessica and I have a long awaited date night (we'll be seeing Diana Krall at the Chateaus St. Michelle). It will be her first time actually seeing him in person and one of our first outings with just each other. It should be a great night all around.

Now if we could just figure out how to get more milk stored up so I can help feed him and we can have our 'alone' time, we would be good. =)

And if we could get the cats to get more used to him...

Until next time, have a good night!

I can help with the midnight feedings!!!!

Roran took his first bottle yesterday! He actually took right to it and later when Jessica went to feed him had no confusion at all. He is actually doing both now and seems to be doing great with it!

Other than that, Time Warps are still happening. I'm not sure how, but they are. They do seem to be getting shorter though, so that is a good thing. Yesterday we were trying to get to Olympia by noon and didn't end up leaving until 11:30...needless to say we didn't make it by noon.

But it was great seeing family. I'm really hoping that Roran will be able to see more of both sides of our families than what I did. A lot of that was my fault so I'm trying really hard to not make the same mistakes with him that I did for myself. Family is very important to both Jessica and I and we both want family to be a significant part of Roran's life.

On the flip side for me, it is really the only way for him to connect with my mom. I can tell him all the things that I remember about her, but there is an entire family out there that has other memories of her that will help make it more 'real' for him. It will never be as good as the real thing, but that is what I have to work with.

Anyway, here is a picture of me giving Roran his first bottle. Enjoy and have a good day!