Advanced Capabilities

Our little guy is already getting big! We're not sure how much he weighs, but I'm thinking somewhere around 12-13 pounds. As the title of this post implies, Oliver has a couple of things he is doing that seem pretty crazy (to us) for a 5-week-old. 

First, he's holding his head up pretty well. There have been quite a few times that Brent has looked at him while I'm holding him and said, "Are you holding his head up?" and I was not. He also loves to lay awake in his crib for an hour or so listening to music. 

A favorite place to hang out too is in his bouncer. He watched me mop the floor from it last night. He loves "playing" (aka hitting) his toy snail and turtle.

The age-old pacifier debate...
to let him have it or not, that is the question.
He's so dang cute with it though!

Here he's holding the bottle on his own. Seriously.
He put them up there too.
Can't you see both of my hands?

On Saturday he participated in his first 5K. Oliver even has his own race number! Every year my school does the Mustang Stampede as a fundraiser. We walked the 3.1 miles together, me carrying him in our hiking carrier. I don't have a picture, but a friend took one and is going to send it to me.

And those are our latest adventures. Our next thing will be getting ready for me to go back to work. The day I return is October 28. I try not to think about it too much, but it's there and it's coming! People ask me if I'm ready to go back and I find it to be a loaded question: Yes and No. 

Yes: I know that God made some people to be stay-at-home moms and I'm not one of them. I feel bad about this, but quite frankly I get bored and cranky. It will be better for the whole family if I am teaching and having more adult interaction. It gives me purpose and is something I'm passionate about. I know seeing my love of teaching will be good for Oliver so he can see the importance of loving what you do. As a side note, I have come to seriously admire stay-at-home moms in the last month! It takes special people to do the job. I'm just not one of them.

No: I'm going to miss this little guy. I spend so much time with him right now feeding him, changing his diaper, reading books, singing songs, running errands, and cuddling... and he's a snuggly cuddler! It's going to be stressful going back to work, as teaching tends to be in some way, shape, or form. However, we all know it's what I'm supposed to do and we'll be ready when the time comes.