Week 8

This is my last week before going back to work and I am not happy about it. It just feels so wrong to leave my little man right now. He is really starting to interact with people and as you will see below he is starting to smile and giggle also. Just when he is starting to recognize me I will be leaving him. This has left me very sad and bitter but unfortunately we have no choice but to be a 2 income family. I truly do love to work and I enjoy my job most of the time, but I would love to be able to spend more time with Maddox throughout the week. My work will not allow me to work at home 1 day a week like I requested after the month of June. But again, because my income makes up for more than half and I carry the insurance on Maddox, making a change right now is not really feasible for our little family.



On a happier note, Jay and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary this week. The Reds are doing so well we thought where better to celebrate than at a game. Plus, we had not been yet this year which is very different for us. It was also the first time we had both left Maddox for an extended period of time. He was in good hands of course, spending his time with Grammy and Aunt Tisha and Uncle Will. We had a great time and the game was great, 6 home runs equals lots of fireworks. Very funny thing happened...we got each other the exact same anniversary card. I bet that will never happen again. Its hard to believe that we have been married for 5 years and together for over 10! They have gone so fast but they have been wonderful. I am very lucky to have such a great husband.

Jay took a shower with Maddox this week. It was soooo cute. You could tell Maddox didn't know what to think about it at first, but he seemed to like it just fine. I took pictures of course but I know some day Maddox would hate that I posted him naked with all his glory all over the web so we will just keep those in the family album.



Maddox's 6 week pictures came in this week, I just love all the different faces he makes. It also amazes me how much he has changed in just 6 short weeks. It goes so fast.

So Maddox smiles all the time now. It is wonderful, he is such a flirt. Sometimes all you have to do is look at him and he starts cheese-n it up. Its really funny when he smiles while sticking his tongue out. Seeing him smile at me is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen and is by far the greatest feeling I have ever felt. I really didn't know it was possible to love this much. His smile and his happiness is my reason for living.

I have been trying to capture all his different smiles...he has so many.

A few more pics I liked from this week.