Tomorrow's Thanksgiving!

Dear Teagan:
Tomorrow is your very first real Thanksgiving! Not very exciting for you at this point. It'll be the same as the one we had at great grandma Cole's a few weekends back. I'll eat the same food and you'll get a taste later on through the milk (unless I drink too much wine!)Today Aunt Lindsey is babysitting you and Grandpa will be in and out as well. I hope you're having a good day with them! I get out early today, so I'll see you soon!
Saturday when we left you with nana & poppy while daddy and I went to dinner, you did not have a good time. We were gone only an hour and a half and you cried for the entire time except maybe 20 minutes of it while you ate. I felt horrible. Nana looked so frazzled when we got back. I don't know why you were so upset. It seems as though all last week you were having screaming fits at about 5-5:30 every night. Maybe it was a growth spurt? Or maybe it was the fact that you wanted your mom and dad? I like to think that was the reason. :-)
Well time to pick you up!
I love you tons baby boy!
Love,
Mommy

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Dear Teagan:
You will realize very soon in life that nothing is ever "fair." You probably already know this actually. You are probably thinking "It's not fair my mom and dad aren't with me everyday" right now. That's what I'm thinking. It's not fair I'm not with you more. It's not fair to me or to you. It's not fair that when I am home that you are asleep so we never get to spend time together in the evenings. It's not fair that since I work 45 minutes from home I have to wake you up before you're ready to just so I can start getting you ready. It sucks. But for now that's what we have to do!
You are 3 months old now and very social! We had a recheck drs appt yesterday to see how you were gaining weight and you are now up to 12 lbs, 2 ounces! You've grown out of the majority of 0-3 month clothes. I packed them up this morning. It was bittersweet. I packed up the knit hat they put on you when you were first born...it's sooo teeny tiny! I came out and showed dad and I just wanted to cry. But now we're on to the big boy clothes and I'm excited about that because we have some really cute outfits for you to wear!
I went to a job interview last week and was offered the job. It's at a daycare and I'd really like to accept the position, but financially, it's not a good choice. It would Be the same amount of money, same drive, and less hours.
Hopefully a great job opportunity will come along soon!
Grandma Karen babysat you the other day. You loved hangin out with her and Sherm, and they really enjoyed watching you!
Tonight dad and I are going to go out to dinner. We'll only be gone about and hour or 2. So you'll hang out with nana and poppy.
Well, it seems as though you are hungry!
I love you with all my heart.
Love,
Mommy

Life Is Great

Dear Teagan:
You have the best daddy in the whole wide world! WE are so lucky! Last Saturday night I went to a friends for ladies night and was out until 1am and he gave you your bath and got you all put to bed and everything by himself and without any complaints! Then the next day, Sunday, I took you to grandma's and we were there from about 10:30 until probably 2ish and I came home to a spick and span clean house. Daddy cleaned all day while we were gone! I was so relieved. I really did not want to come home and have to clean and get dinner and everything ready for the week. So that was good.
Halloween weekend was crazy busy and I didn't have time on Sunday (Halloween) to get everything prepared for the week and the house was a mess that I got so overwhelmed I had to take Tuesday off. Not to mention you were mr fussybutt for some reason and I wanted to party all night. Which was completely crazy since you've been sleeping through the night since I've been back to work! Then the folowing week I think daylight savings messed with your sleep schedule. You were falling asleep too early and not getting your bedtime snack, so you were waking up hungry around 2ish.
You're such a big kid, and a stud. You sit in your highchair while we eat dinner and since we're good parents we don't lock the wheels on it and you kick and push off the table so you roll backwards. You think it's so funny, and so do we.
Last week grandma had Thursday off for Veteran's day so you got to go spend the day with her and aunt Lindsey. They were so excited and you had such a great day with them! They tuckered you right out and you finally slept through the night again! Then Friday you went with aunt Erin like usual and she took you to girls day lunch. All of her friends have the little girls you'll go to school with. So you were the only boy with 5 little girls! What a pimp!
Yesterday daddy and I were home all day with you and I loved it! Nothing to do but play with you! We played on the floor with some toys and I was trying to get you to roll over- AGAIN, yes, you rolled over last Monday 3 times and now we just can't get you to do it again! Oh well, you will when you're ready.
Today is early thanksgiving with poppy's family! I made an Oreo cheesecake and I can't wait to eat all the thanksgiving food and my cheesecake! Yum! And hopefully we'll have the opportunity to get some nice family photos!
I love you tons and tons baby. To the moon and back.
Love,
Mommy