does it seem strange to anyone else that the chinese are crushing it in diving? i mean, please don’t get me wrong i think that they are AMAZING and i really have no idea what to look for, but it seems like they are getting these really high scores and other divers that are diving (at least to me) just as well are getting A LOT lower numbers.
anyway, chris and i were talking about it, and you know me, i wanted to blog about it!! haha! i’ve really enjoyed watching the olympics this year. i think i like the summer olympics better than the winter ones. the track and field is great! did anyone see the women marathon runners? it was awesome and those girls can run….incrediable!! they were averaging a 5 minutes mile!! can you imagine running at a 5 minute mile pace for 2 and 1/2 freakin’ hours??? so cool! i’ve been running three days a week for almost 2 months and i cannot imagine doing that….ever! haha!
so, all is well on the home front. chris is busy with work and freelance and i’m busy with a fussier baby. that has been wearing on me a little bit. i think, after talking with grace today, that ian may be starting to go through some separation issues. he starts to fuss and cry as soon as i start to walk out of the room. it’s not all the time, but it’s becoming a little more frequent. i’ve really been trying to make sure that i’m spending quality time with him throughout the day, but i want him to learn that he needs to be okay by himself for a bit. overall i have to say he’s pretty good, he seems to be worse at home, but if i take him to clean , he usually does pretty well. maybe that is because i have to let him cry some and i can tune him out more because i know that i have to clean…i don’t have to clean my house. does that make sense? he is so wonderful though, i just feel like we are reaching a new stage in his development, so any advice would be great, but please don’t feel like you have to leave it! ha! he’s doing so much now….he can do “the worm” to get to something that he wants…very persistent he is! he can sit up without support now, he babbles and we’ve heard a “da da” in there, but i don’t think he knows what he is saying. he likes to be around people and he smiles a lot, even at new people that he meets. he’s quite charming and sooo cute! i want to bite him sometimes….like hard..haha! he’s been really good about going to the nursery at church, which is great, so i’ve been able to hear sermons again. he’s an easy baby…he likes his food and if he does eat something that he doesn’t like, he gags and scrunches his shoulders. i have rare moments now that he will fall asleep on me for any length of time and i try to cherish those times. he slept on my chest while i read the other night for about an hour. it was nice. chris covered us up with a blanket and i just enjoyed the time with my little guy. those moments don’t happen much anymore and i know that they will be gone so quickly. it makes me sad at times to think that he is getting older. i love this baby phase so much and i can’t imagine what he is going to be like as a little boy. i know that it will be filled with all sorts of new, fun things, it’s just hard to imagine! chris is a wonderful father and ian really loves him. his daddy makes him laugh and is constantly saying and singing silly things to him. i know that is really hard to imagine if you know my father in law….i love you joe! thank you for being wonderful parents and having a wonderful son…who i got to marry!!
anyway, as always it’s hard to be away from family, but jessica is going to come and visit us for a week in september with wyeth and my dad is coming for a week before that, so that will help. YAY! so much fun, we get to do mommy things together and i can’t wait for her to really get to meet all of our friends. and how freakin’ cute is my nephew??
getting long, but i wanted to write and update for everyone, and myself.
