Yesterday

Last night Milo finally rolled from his tummy to his back. Its so unusual that he rolled from back to belly at 8 weeks, but its taken him this long to go from belly to back. And he did it so quietly. No fussing... he just gently tilted his head and rolled. Of course, we were so proud. I picked him up and started cheering like a fool. Milo was so funny as he just stared at me, completely unaware of what he did.

Yesterday evening, I enjoyed a "mom's night out" with some ladies from my newborn group. This is was just dinner, so I thought I'd go for about an hour. Some of their evenings are pretty... wild. And that wasn't for me before Milo. And if I'm going to be away from Milo... its certainly not to 'party.' But I did really enjoy dinner last night. And of course, what did we talk about? Our babies and labor!

Its definitely cold season up here. I'm hearing about tons of kids with congestion and colds. Its time to really start pumping that OJ! That means its also time to go nuts with the (natural) hand cleaner and avoid shopping at peak hours. I know Milo will eventually get his first cold, which is fine. That's how we build immune systems, but I do hope we can hold it off for a while.

And last night I had a first. In BG, I used to really enjoy thunderstorms. The thunder would just boom and roll across the sky. Well last night, we warnings of a severe storm moving in. And all of sudden I feared storms. On the Western side of the state they had winds up to 75 MPH. And the warning on the TV said get indoors and stay away from windows. Of course, Milo was asleep in his crib... which is in the corner of the room between two windows. Once the storm moved in there was constant lightening, the electricity went in and out. I felt like a caged lion. I couldn't decide if Milo was safer in his crib, in bed with me, asleep in the swing in the living room?!?!?! I was mostly worried about a tree falling on our house. And if it did, it would fall right on our bedroom. Anyway... I tried to stay calm (sitting wide awake next to the crib) and the storm really moved through fairly quickly. I did put Milo in bed with me after he woke up. I just needed him in my arms after all of that.