Rice Cereal, How Exciting! =)~

So, among getting diapers, the night time formula oragel swabs, and infant pain relief, we stopped and looked at the rice cereal and compared things. We ended up buying a small pack. How exciting! Baby boy will be starting solids! lol. That means, with any luck he will sleep LONGER! ::Crosses fingers::


We wanted to wait until we saw his Pedi on the 31st, but he seems to be getting hungrier and hungrier and depleting my stash of frozen milk in the freezer. We keep him on the boob as much as possible, but when it just isn't getting the job done we give him a bottle and I try to pump and or express some milk out. 


So, with my in laws help, and my in detail research online, we will be starting the rice cereal a week early. No biggie. 


I'm excited because I've heard so much good, mostly helps with sleep and teething. However, a part of me is sad. This step means my baby boy is growing up. Right before my very eyes. ::sniff sniff::


Let's see how this goes. I am excited for his Pedi appointment and scared. I'm excited to see how much he's grown and see what milestones he has in "goal" and which ones he's hit (Officially, according to the Pedi of course.) I'm scared because we are getting more vax's. =( We decided only to do vaccinations that are necessaries to go to school. We don't believe in over vaxing. So no flu shot, none of that crap. When Scott or I get it, it makes us sicker than a dog for like a year. When we don't vax, we are healthy and rarely get sick. I have a feeling Jayden will be the same.


Today was a LONG day at work. I am glad that this weekend, is OVER. (I consider Monday's part of the weekend, since I work, and hubby has the day off.) Now I can "sort of" relax a little. I still have typical  mommy and wife duties to attend to, like cleaning, laundry. But I have working out, play dates, and the remaining moving/cleaning to do. So it wont be a low key week, it will still be busy, but I get to do it at my own pace, in my own time. =)


What will I do with myself this Saturday? I have it off. (I work only Saturday's and Monday's. Child care, plus I don't want to miss out on raising my own son. That's why I'm working hard in school to start my own in home business. Not that we NEED me to work, but it gives me a sense of self worth and accomplishment.)


I love my husband to death. But this whole band stuff, is getting on my nerves. It seems like every night, he's either at band practice, or "practicing on his own". I'm sort of sick of it. Not that I don't want him to pursue his dreams. but man, can we take a break? Can he be home sometime during the day and spend time with Jayden and I? I know a LOT of mother's out there give their children baths by themselves, and they feed them by themselves, and they get them to bed by themselves. But Scott and I are NOT typical. 


We are different. We believe in shared roles. I do what I can to provide, he does what he can to provide. I do my wife/cleaning duties, he does his husband/cleaning duties. We view ourselves are EQUAL partners. We "answer" to one another of course, by all means, but not in a submissive wife, dominating husband roles. It's not our cup of tea. 


We are fully aware that the bible states that there are "specific" roles and behaviors for a wife and for a husband. We get that. We do in fact follow that, however, we take it a step further, and we lend a hand. If I can't finish the laundry because I chose to go on a play date, or to get out of the house, hubby picks it up where I left off. Vise versa. There isn't anything one two things that are "role" genderized in our family. Those roles are, Scott goes to work to provide for us, and I stay home to raise our child. Yes when grandma and grandpa or daddy is home, I get to work, but it's to give me sanity, not to provide and not out of a need. IF the roles had to change, like something happened to Scott's job, or him, I will work to provide, and he would stay home. Point is, we take shared responsibility in roles and obligations. 


We are "submissive" to each other. By that I mean, we communicate our needs, wants, desires, and together come up with a goal and a plan. We talk everything out before doing. 


So what? My house may be a tiny messy? Or the toliet needs a scrub, or the bath tub has a mild ring to it. The dishes may not get done, and I might not vacuum four times that week? Is it gonna kill us? No. Is hubby gonna be mad? No. Will it get done? Yes. We just believe it's important to each of us to be valued, supported, and helped. 


That's why I can't be too upset with this band thing. Hubby supports me in going back to school for Photography. He supports me to do my photography. It may even take me away from him a night or two. But in the end, we have each other's consent, support, love, value, and help. Isn't that what a thriving marriage is? To be each other's "helper"? 


Anyways, I just realized this rant went on longer than I wanted it to. Time for bed! oh sweet sweet bed, how I love thee! =) Good night peeps!


Oh, one more thing, if you haven't noticed we are TTC, send us baby dust, PINK BABY DUST~~~~~ Thanks! Nighty night!