Election Day and such

I had the great pleasure of having Election Day off today and got to spend some QT with my little man. He's just as sweet as can be. Every day I marvel at how perfect he is...how blue his eyes are (crazy genetics!)...how his smile sort of lights up the universe...you know...usual mommy stuff.
We are in that period before he gets mobile and too curious. I'll admit that it's still nice to be able to lay him on a blanket and go to the next room for a minute without worrying if he'll eat something or take all the DVDs out of the drawer. I keep bracing myself for the day when I find him playing in the toilet water or something.
He fit into a six-month outfit today just fine. YIKES! I guess I'll need to pull that stash of 6-month stuff out of the attic one day soon and continue packing up those littlest clothes. October was a chock-full month of milestones, some sad and some fun. I find myself looking forward to the holidays and already wishing I could find more time in each day to pour into my home and family. It seems so difficult to do the smallest tasks like dishes...I am struggling to figure out how to make the holidays a time of peace and wonder as they should be. I have long-since given up on any sort of Rockwellian perfection and will just go with what we can do in the time we have.

We'll go in for his four-month check-up this week, and I expect to start figuring out other kinds of foods besides just mom's milk.  This is all happening so fast. As everyone has said, one day you turn around and they're in school...sigh. I do want to be sure I'm remembering the little moments well. That's another reason for this blog/site. I don't want his first year to have passed in a blur of seasons changing and not remember his toothless grin at four months.
Oh...and we voted today. Shepard and I. I think it was his first election. Of course, he just perched in his little pouch and fought off being drowsy. The insanity of the campaign was lost on him this time. Thank God.
Now, I need to go check in on those election results and do one more bottle...and dry my hair...and fall in bed.
~The Mommy