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metaphortunate son ([personal profile] metaphortunate) wrote2013-04-11 10:05 pm

Junebug joys

Thank you everyone!

I note that I am getting congrats in 2 flavors:

1) Yay, how awesome!
2) Congrats! ….huh, didn't really expect that, but…you seem happy, so congrats!

Nobody apologize! There is nothing wrong with that. But it leads me to believe that maybe I have been venting too much and not celebrating the Junebug's awesomeness enough. Don't get me wrong, there is plenty to vent about. He's a toddler. I could complain all day and all night except that I will be passing out in about half an hour. But there is also lots, lots, lots to be in love with, and I don't think it's good to only talk about the bad aspects of the people you love. So let me assure you that, wigglemonster as he is, when I ride the bus home with him in my lap I often look around & think, "Huh, I'm the only one smiling," and then think, "That's because I'm the only one holding the very best monkey in the whole world." I love his nose kisses and the way he says "Yeah!" and the way his whole body wiggles in a million directions when he runs and how he has to announce that he's "Wunning! Wunning!" I love how he's learning to climb and picking up new words every day and being brave going down slides and asking for songs and sharing his blueberries with me and going "Yay!" when I eat one.

The other day, at work, I had a pounding headache - I don't usually get headaches but I got them last pregnancy and now I am getting them again. Left work to pick the Junebug up, headache on the train. Picked him up at daycare, hugged him, took him home on the bus…and by the time we got home, my headache was gone. Mr. E said that it was because I wasn't at work anymore - but after I put him to bed, the headache came back. It just feels good to be around him. I mean, it also feels good to get a break, don't get me wrong. I look forward to all the things I get done when he's asleep or otherwise being taken care of. But I am profoundly satisfied when I am holding my little guy.
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[personal profile] rivkat 2013-04-12 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
Mazel tov!
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[personal profile] sara 2013-04-12 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
Lately I have been starting my days by walking my son to school and it is really cheering and helps me get through the rest of the day. Those small moments in transit, if you can spend them being together, are pretty great.
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[personal profile] snippy 2013-04-12 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
You have every right to feel that way.

I put off having a second child for nearly 4 years because I wanted all that time alone with my first, because I was afraid I'd never love the second baby as much as I did my first, and because I didn't want to make my first child feel bad about a new baby. We finally decided to have a second child and I got to experience love that didn't diminish but expanded separately so that I loved each them for themselves and had different experiences of them.

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[personal profile] alanj 2013-04-13 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Don't worry, your posts leave a clear impression of being wildly happy with the little beast. The occasional venting is what keeps it just barely on this side of sappiness. From the point of view of this non-parent, at least. :)