"MA MA"

You know, it’s a funny thing that I was writing about heartsoaring/heartbreaking milestones last Friday. That very day when I got J home, I laid him down and got him settled with his toys, walked down the hall to take off my work clothes, and heard this WAIL! “MAA MAA!” Absolutely flat serious, no joke, without a doubt. J started saying “ma ma” on Friday! Could I BE any happier? Nope, don’t think so. All weekend long he kept it up. Unfortunately, he also kept up the whiney, wailing tone. LOL Most of the time that he was saying “ma ma” was when I would dare to get more than three feet away from him. He was quite a little fuss-budget most of the weekend, actually. But that’s ok. We all have our days. He just really needed me, and I was happy to be there when I was needed.

We stayed home all weekend for a change. My mom did some shopping for me, and I never even had to take J out the front door. Yeah! We got a lot of chores done. My floor is actually vacuumed at the moment. LOL

Last night he suddenly decided to be a total Daddy’s boy! R and I were sitting at the table playing a game. We had J in his chair seat at the table playing with some toys. Well, I got a phone call, and J got fussy for his dinner. So since I was talking on the phone and feeding J, R decided to go downstairs for a smoke and get back to the game in a little bit. Well, THAT was NOT going to work for Mr. J! He wanted his daddy! He kept looking at the stairway and he was just fussing and fussing, and refused to open his mouth. He would only turn his head and holler. Finally I picked him up out of his chair and he just looked down the stairs and he’d coo, then listen, then coo, then listen. So I called down and said, Daddy, your boy is calling you. As soon as J heard Daddy’s voice, he started kicking excitedly. Sure enough, as soon as Daddy appeared, J practically dove into his arms and then he was happy as a lark. So I told R what J had done, and he took the bowl and went to feed J the rest of his cereal. The little booger ATE EVERY BITE for his Daddy! LOL Of course, Daddy was then strutting like a peacock. J and I had a bath, and Daddy dried him off, put on his “ba-dreamy” lotion, and his “ba-dreamies” (that would be lavender scented baby lotion and pajamas) and played with him while I got clean. They were both smiling just as big as they could possibly smile. It was the sweetest thing ever.

R starts his new job tonight. He will be hauling groceries from the distribution warehouse to various stores in the general area for a local grocery chain. It will be nights and some weekends, but it is better than going over the road, which is what he was considering. The grain hauling just was not working out for his asthma or our budget. This should be much better, although I will be lonely and miss him terribly. But I would miss him much more if he were over the road and only home two days a month.