...And that rhymes with 'B' and that stands for baby. Okay, so it is not a direct quote from the Music Man, but that is what I think of when I watch Baby Nick. The little stinker now knows how to open kitchen cupboards and drawers. It's bad enough that he refuses to stay still, now he is into everything he shouldn't be. I used to think that he couldn't sit on his own unassisted, but now I know that he refuses to sit still. Over the last couple days, I have made him sit up unassisted a few minutes everyday, to give him practice. He can do it....but after a few seconds, he gets back down on all fours and crawls away.
The two sounds that she laughs at every time he hears them are "Shh" and "No"! I am trying to get him to recognize that when Mommy says 'no' she means business. But he just looks over at me, smiles and giggles as if to say "You really don't mean that" and makes me smile. You would think that having already had a baby, I would be well practiced, but since I still can't keep from laughing at Joey when he's cute when in trouble...I guess there's no hope for me.
I have news, for those of you who don't know. I have another baby! Well, at least for a few hours a day for a few days. I was introduced to a lady at church a couple weeks ago who was about to take in a foster baby, but before she could get him, she needed daycare set up. Since Lenore knew that I wanted to babysit for some extra money, she introduced us. Baby Zachary is almost a month old, but was born premature, so is smaller than both my boys were at birth. Baby Nick is thrilled with another little one, but since he hasn't learned the art of being gentle yet, I try to keep Zach up out of Baby Nick's eager reach. Joey is just as sweet with Zach as he was with Baby Nick when he was born. The first morning, Joey woke up, came downstairs to see Mommy holding another baby, and gave the first good morning hug and kiss to Baby Zach. I had to practically beg for loves! Baby Zach's foster mom is a teacher, so she will not need care past next week. But she will need care next fall and will bring him back if I can get my license before then. Since he is a foster child, and the state pays for care, they require it be at a licensed facility. It would be an answer to prayer to have even one child to watch, bringing in a little extra money without my having to get a job outside of the home, leaving my boys in some strangers' care.
Here are a couple pictures of Baby Zachary. He's cute, but I'm sure none of you would blame me if I admitted I felt my boys were cuter! So far he is sleeping much of the day, but hopefully he will start staying awake more during the day and sleeping more at night.
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