Adam and I had a playdate today. We went to the home of a friend of mine from La Leche League, and met up with a third mom (also from LLL) where our little buckaroos had a fine time playing with toys and looking at each other warily. The idea was for the moms to be working on some kind of craft (needlepoint, quilting, cross-stitch) while the babes played, but it was more like sew a couple stitches, move the babe away from the cat, sew a couple stitches, turn the babe in a safer direction, sew a couple stitches, pick up the crying babe, sew.. you get the idea. But it was fun. It was nice to be able to talk and laugh and just sort of "hang out". We all agreed we should do it again.
The driving-me-crazy thing is pretty much over now. In hindsight, Adam was having another growth spurt. Those are very, very trying, and it's not always easy when in the midst of them to know what's really going on. At any rate, the spurt is over, and things are pretty much back to normal, thank God. Most of my waking time these days that aren't spent playing with the baby or quilting are spent working on QuiltIndex. It's coming along nicely, but is certainly no small amount of work. It's rewarding, though, and connects me to life beyond motherhood, so I'm going to keep it up.
I love my son. I do. He's a wonderful, sweet, charming, beautiful little boy. He's driving me out of my mind. For the last two days, he's been fussy way more than is normal than him, and he's been clingy and nursy. Especially at night, which has me exhausted and crabby. I want to sleep. I don't want to nap for a couple of hours and be awakened to a cranky baby every two hours like I have been. I want to sleep for oh, I don't know... THREE hours at a stretch. My back aches from arching it to feed the baby lying down so *he* stays asleep. I know I'm doing the right thing for him, but I'm just so tired. During the day, he's been very needy, too. It's not just that he needs our attention - even with us right there he's unhappy. I don't know if he's teething, or this is a growth spurt, or both, or there's something else, but it's really wearing me down.
I've been a busy little beaver! I've been hard at work on my new project - QuiltIndex. I sent off the first newsletter today, and so far have only received positive feedback. Thankfully, there weren't even that many bounced messages, despite the fact that the newsletter was 52 KB each. Yikes! But it was all content - no fluff. I may have to send them out twice a month instead of just once, though. I can't imagine this site will do anything but grow.
Besides that, we all went into Pullman today. I started seeing a therapist, and today was my first appointment. It went well, and I feel comfortable with her, so I hope it's a positive thing. While I was at my appointment, Mike took Adam off for Daddy-baby time. They drove over to the used bookstore and did a bit of grocery shopping before coming to pick me up. From what I hear, it was a pretty positive thing for them as well. Tomorrow is our regular chore day, as well as the blood drive. So Mike gets to go play vampire bait again. :)