8.5 Months

Wow, it has been a while since I have written. Life had been crazy and I haven't had much time to write. We have pretty much settled into a routine where my husband gets the baby ready and takes him to daycare and I pick him up and get him ready for bed at night. He used to sleep from 9 until 7 or 7:30. Then he started going to be around 8:30, 8, 7:30 and last night was at 7! He gets up now around 6:30 or 7. He sleeps well but I wish I had more time with him. If we don't get home until 6 and he goes to bed at 7 then I only have an hour with him. That is not enough. I do have a selfish side though that enjoys have time to myself = )

My son has changed so much over the past few months. He started crawling while we were on vacation in St. John at the end of November (right around his 7 month birthday). Within a week or two he was pulling himself up and cruising along the furniture. He now has 7 teeth, four on top and three on the bottom. He says momma once in a while but he still prefers to say dada. Generally he is pretty happy. He seems to love daycare, mostly because he gets to play with the other babies I suspect. He also loves the water. We started him in swim lessons last week. He has a great time. All the fathers get in with the babies. Its funny that no women get it. We just stand on the side and chat. I think we enjoy it as much as the babies.

His favorite toys are those that make noise. Here is a picture from November of his playing his piano.

At this point people have started asking me when we are having another baby. If I got pregnant now, they would be about two years apart which is what I've always said I wanted. I AM NOT READY. There are pros and cons to having them closer together. You get to get it all over with, they will be close, you can reuse a lot of the same stuff, etc. However, the first baby doesn't get alone time, it is expensive to have two babies in daycare (I guess we would get a nanny), and hello... do you know what it would cost for a 3 bedroom in NYC? I am going to wait for a while. I think maybe 3 years apart is better. We'll see....