Gabe will be 3 months old in a week. O_o
Today, for the first time, I really didn’t want to go back to work. I’m going to miss him in the afternoons when I’m gone. He will be super happy with Abby and the girls, but I will miss him so, so much. I only have a few more weeks before I start work again. It will be helpful for us to get out of debt and all, but I can’t wait til I can stay at home with my boy.
He’s so close to laughing, I can’t wait! He’s so ticklish, and is starting to smile a little whenever I tickle him. He’s such a happy baby. I’m so thankful for that. The Lord has blessed us with a beautiful, intelligent, happy baby. It hasn’t been hard to take care of him at all, except for the milk supply issues. Those are getting worked out tho, with the medication I’m on. I have more than enough to feed Gabe and have him gain weight. I might even be able to start storing it for him to take to Abby’s, instead of having to use formula. The Lord is good.
We set up our Christmas tree Saturday night, and we put lights on today. I bought a few little Christmas decorations. Nothing much, but it’s a start. We have a poinsettia on the piano, we set up the crèche, and I got a red glass candleholder with a green sugared-spruce scented candle. I’m also making stockings, so that’s fun. Tomorrow I think I’m going to go to hobby lobby and get some holly garlands to put on our lamp poles in the living room. I haven’t gotten into decorating this much before, but now that Gabe is here, I want him to have Christmas memories. So he gets stockings and decorations and all sorts of things.
I bought him his first ornament today too. It’s a little shiny nutcracker. We are doing toy soldiers/nutcrackers for him as an ornament theme, and every year he’ll get a new one. That way he’ll have his own ready-made ornament collection when he’s got his own Christmas tree. ☺
I love my little family. I am a blessed woman.