Trip Update and a hard day

Right now I am having a glass of beer. Why? because I feel that I needed and desrved one. Don't get me wrong, I'm not about to start drinking beer every time I have a hard day but it just felt good to do it. (you'll know the reason why in a second) Plus, beer is suppose to help you get engorged when you're breastfeeding anyway so that's a plus :)

Man, what a day! I have pretty much spent 90% of the day trying to help and comfort my son. He only napped for 1/2 hour in the morning and 1/2 hour in the afternoon. This is because he has been crying non-stop! And, he has been screaming like crazy too like his throat is bothering him. Anyway, I don't know what that is. Maybe it's because he is in pain from teething? or he's sick or something else. We totally regret making fun of the kid next door (Alister who is 2 months older than Micah when we hear him screaming all the time) because right now, Micah pretty much did the same thing all day! I even tried everything: from giving him baby Tylenol, to teething rings to baby anbesol, baths, lots of food and walk outside to just calming him down. All I know is something is bothering him and by the time he passed out from crying I was ready to pass out myself. I guess I just have to remember what Mark said one day: "This too shall pass". I hope so...and I am hoping it will tomorrow as I have to drive all the way to Wetaskiwin again to return my parents van and pick up Cassy. Ok, enough of the not so fun stuff. I just have to remind myself to not blame myself even though I can't help it. I guess since I am pretty much with Micah all day and just as a mother, I tend to blame myself when something is bothering him. It's probably just my personality......or do other Mom's do that too?

Some Milestones I would like to note:




Micah is starting to form his own personality now. He will tell you in his own way when he doesn't like where he's at or is tired of something. He has also started reaching things more now. I will show him something and he will just automatically reach out for it and put it directly into his mouth. Also, he started to suck his right foot (well right big toe) and it's pretty funny to watch. He has also mastered the art of rolling to his left side so quickly that I always have to watch him all the time now. He is loving being on his tummy and is able to push with his arms now. He loves to giggle and smile and it just melts my heart. He is so much fun to be with that it is hard to comprehend when you get bad days like I had today but I just have to accept them and learn from them I guess. Yeah, parenting is hard work -- whoever tells you that it's not is a hmnn...how do I say it nicely....ok i won't....you can just finish it with your own words.

As for our trip to Panorama, it was pretty awesome! Jenn, you are right about not being the same vacation to pre-baby days :) Let's just say that we did a lot of relaxing (which was great).

Some time well spent with Dad:




Some time well spent with Mom:





We however managed to do a few things with our little guy though which were his first experiences at 4 months. We took him swimming to the pool in the upper village in Panorama (which had a warm pool) and he loved it!






He also had a mini swim at Kinsmen Beach in Invermere (btw, what a beautiful beach...a little cool for our boy but he still managed to be in the water with no complaints). We also took him trail biking with us in his Chariot and he liked that too. We took him everywhere we went and most of the time he was good about it.



We had some days when he had enough so we just stayed in during those days. But all in all, we had an awesome time! The mountains are beautiful and we had such amazing weather in the week that we stayed there.







Anyway enough pics, I'm going to finish my beer and pass out!
K