SCREEEEAAAM!!!

Open your eyes WIDE. Open your mouth, take a big long breathe, tighten your stomach muscles... now SCREAM!!! Screaming loud? Screaming at the top of your lungs? Higher... higher... higher...
Yup. That's the sound my adorable little son is making these days. More like a "screech". Ooooh fun.
He's "learning" how to control his voice. It's either the high-pitched screaming, or a really soft goo-goo-ga-ga sound. Nothing in between. He tends to screech when something is bothering him-- wet diaper, sleepy, or teething woes. Makes me want to scream, too.
So I went grocery shopping with my mom and I hear screeching in different aisles. I peek over and each little munchkin about 6-9 months old is making the same sound. Phew. I'm not the only one going crazy. Meanwhile, my little son is cooing softly being carried in the Bjorn and I'm thinking... see how good my son is? LoL. What a conveniently proud parent I am.

I realize what a country bumpkin I've become. I went walking with my baby around my parent's neighborhood, and I got honked at. It actually wasn't an angry honk, it was a sleazy honk... if you know what I mean. Thinking about it later, I guess I should've been happy as a young woman to be noticed at least in an attractive sort of way even after blowing up like a balloon giving birth, the first thought that went through my mind was... OMG I'm going to be attacked!!! And I walked faster. Shoot, if I was a cold-blooded NY city folk, I probably wouldn't even blink. I miss my lazy daisy country lakeside home...

Motivation

I hear and read a lot about starting your own business. It sounds so fantastic, to be able to set your own goals, be your own boss, work from home, and determine your own work-life balance. So I started a T-shirt shop online. I had two full months without a full-time job before my baby was born, so I designed a couple of shirts and published it online. But darned if I didn't have the drive to continue it! It was great up until I drew out the images. I didn't want to spend time advertising it, marketing it, vamping up my website, adding new designs, etc etc... basically, I hardly put any time and effort into it. Now that I have a baby and am literally working non-stop as a housewife, I need EXTRA motivation to get it back up again. I have tons of ideas for graphics in my head, but I haven't put it down on paper. So here's my motivation. I'll just go ahead and post it on this Blog and hope that will give me the right kick in the booty. If people know about it, I'll HAVE to get it back up, right?

http://www.cafepress.com/trillz

I feel so sticky and gross... I need a shower. Sleep baby, sleep.

The Pigeon Pose

I don't have much time for this post, since it sounds like my baby woke up and is fiddling with the baby monitor. It cracks me up because I can only imagine what he is doing with it...! All I hear is heavy breathing, occasional "ah"s, and beeping because he keeps pressing the button to turn it on and off. And he doesn't get tired of it!!!

Anyway, babies are so supremely flexible, it is amazing. What happens to our body as we age?? I am stiff as a rod. Amazingly, he can do the most insane positions without a wince. I can't even touch my toes... Here's Yuta's pigeon pose (for those of you who do yoga):

Do you see where his front leg is?!?! Try this at home, ya'll...

Top 10 reasons why it's great to be a mom

10) Sleep is overrated anyway.
9) You can act totally stupid and someone will laugh as if it's the best thing they've ever seen.
8) You get to wipe someone else's butt.
7) The new boss is very flexible, but has extremely strong demands.
6) You get an idea of what you must've been like at the start of time. (you've come a long way!)
5) Food fights.
4) New weapon: Milk Squirter
3) You find that your husband's a bigger baby than your baby.
2) It's trying, but you are certainly getting stronger.
1) The huge, gummy, drooly, squishy face smile you get for just being you!