Quality time at home!

We have spent a lot of quality time at home lately, due to this yucky swine flu outbreak. I am a HUGE hypochondriac and do not want to take any chances at all at exposing River...which also means I am not going anywhere, too...because if I caught it, there would be no way for River not to, also! I even called the doctor this past Monday and cancelled River's appointment to get some of his shots (we split up the shots he was supposed to get at 2 months into two different appointments- this was the second of those appt's. I didn't want to take him into a place where sick kids gather!) Soooo.........lots of time to hang out at the house and play!! I don't really get too (terribly much) tired of being at home because we are still taking walks every night, and that way we get to get out and see the neighborhood and get some fresh air and exercise. I love taking walks in the evenings with Cody, River and Mattie! River is now riding in his stroller without sitting in the car seat. We just lie him down and he rides around the neighborhood comfy and gets a great view of the sky...he loves it! He has also started really expressing himself through more and more cooing. When he is on his back on his Baby Einstein playmat, he does these really loud "gorilla coos" (we call them) that are a bunch of "Oh's" and "Oooo's" that last a long time and are loud....sooo cute! Let's see...he also started blowing bubbles with his spit and he is drooling a lot, too, haha. He is putting more things in his mouth, and sucking his thumb A LOT!! He has really begun to suck his thumb to help put himself to sleep, which we love. He also scoots around on his playmat some...he started doing this a few days ago, to where he will start out facing one way, and by the time I pick him up, he has turned around 180 degrees! He doesn't do this a lot, but I am excited about it being a sign of him becoming more mobile! Yesterday we got a Baby Einstein "exersaucer" from my sister and put River in it...he likes it, I think. He still doesn't fit in it too well, but can sit up in it and likes to look at the different things on it.

Cody and I have gotten so much better at eating at home since we had River....we love eating at home now! Before River, we usually ate out or picked up food and brought it home six if not all seven nights of the week....and now, we hardly ever eat out or pick up food! Cody has gotten really good at making chicken alfredo and steaks. Those are two of my fav meals right now. Last night he made home-made lasagna and on Friday he made taco's with guacamole and cheese dip...yummmm!!!! We also usually eat either hot dogs, chili cheese dogs, or brawts or sausages on the grill once a week : ) Oh and we also are fans of pop-in-the-oven fish sticks, chicken strips or steak fingers, haha! River will definitely get to enjoy eating like a kid in our house, considering his parents still do!! ; ) I would say I am getting better at cooking, but in reality Cody is still the one who is doing most of it. He gets home at 5:00, which is the beginning of River's wake time (after eating at 4:30), so he starts dinner when he gets home while River and I hang out in the kitchen and watch/play.

I can't believe it is already May, River is going to be 14 weeks old this week, and summer is fast approaching! Time is flying! I keep thinking "I can't wait until River is crawling" or "I can't wait until he is sleeping for 12 hours at night", etc, but I am trying really hard to just stop and enjoy each day and each stage he is in. He honestly is a very easy baby and very laid back, which I am so thankful for. He is such a blessing and I am so in love with that little guy...and I really love this time right now, where we have a routine down and can just breathe and enjoy this time together. I know once he starts crawling, pretty soon he will be walking and it gets hectic! Life is great and things are wonderful with us...I couldn't ask for anything more right now! = - )