Nearly Half A Year

I can't believe how fast time seems to slip by. It was just last week that I was in the hospital giving birth, right? In fact, it has been five months, nearly half a year! (Which also means I have been in Alaska for nearly half a year.) The time I spent at my parents' before I moved is still so clear in my mind. It was such a blessing to stay with them and has been some of the best weeks of my life. Whenever I remember that I have left, and am no longer able to stop by, the feelings I experienced the day I left come back full force, as if I were leaving all over again. So it hardly seems possible that my Little Guy could be five months old already.
Here is a picture of one of his firsts; the first time he ate a meal in his highchair. He is getting better at eating cereal. I think he is finally realizing that it is food, and he spends less time fussing about it.
He looks like a little boxer! He's so cute with the hood up, and it is such a warm outfit, it's great when we go outside.
Here he is; five months old! When he looks so cute and happy it's hard to imagine he gives me any grief, but believe it, he's not always so easy. But I love him anyway. I think that I forget that I love him when he is being difficult, so I have to work on that.
Here's Bubba at five months. You can definitely see a difference in their size, and the color of their eyes. But I still think they look similar. There is no mistaking that they are brothers! I agree with Aubrey; Joey looks just like me, and baby Nick looks more and more like his Daddy.

We get to pick up Nick today, he's going to take a stand-by flight, hopefully getting on at 11:00am. When we pick him up, we are just going to have to drop him off at work, because he has some stops to do here in Anchorage, but it will still be nice knowing he is home. It will especially be nice come bedtime. I may not get any sleep while dealing with Baby Nick, but at least Nick will be able to take care of Joey if he gets up. If Baby Nick is sleeping when Joey gets up I can take care of him, but it's extremely difficult if both boys are up at the same time in the middle of the night. They both want to be rocked, and although I can hold them both in the chair, if they fall asleep, I can't carry both of them to bed at the same time because they both take two hands to lay down!

Joey is excited to pick Daddy up at the "ohport." "Let's get him" he says, but I have to remind him that it is not time yet. The concept of time is still too difficult to grasp.

Well, Baby Nick just fell asleep, so it is my best chance to go take a shower! Better take advantage of it.