Eden had her first "unofficial play date" today with Anthony, the son of my good friend from high school. Since Eden's still a bit young to play with toys, the play date consisted of Anthony playing and crawling around the living room while she sits on her rocker watching him like a hawk. I enjoy seeing babies interact with each other because they're so curious about everything. I can't believe that Anthony grew so much. I saw this kid when he was only a week old when I made the trip up to Davis to see Alicia. I even remember feeding him a bottle and now 11 months later, he's gotten SOO BIG! They seriously grow up so fast.
Play dates are fun especially for the moms who finally get to see another human being who truly understands what they're going through. She pretty much gone through everything I'm going through right now and totally understands where I'm coming from. I love Alicia for that reason. In fact, Alicia is a working mother raising Anthony for the most part, by herself and decided to go back to UC Santa Cruz to finish her Bachelors. She starts school next week already! Yikes! But I adore her for that. I don't know what it is but I love it when mothers decide to go back to school. It's definitely hard to go back when you're raising a child because you're constantly thinking about finances, who's going to watch the baby, and everything else that comes with it. Alicia, you're my inspiration!
I was lucky to have Alicia swing by today because I was in dire need of a friend. I needed to vent and have someone hear me out and Alicia was a great help. Transitioning to being a stay at home mother has been so difficult for me since I'm the type of person who is always on the go (i.e. working, running errands, school, etc). But now, I chose to be a stay at home mother because Eden is still pretty young. My task are taking care of Eden (which I LOVE) and basically take care of the household while my family is at work. It's actually hard work because I'm by myself at home feeding her, changing diapers, reading to her, playing with her along with keeping up with the house cleaning (i.e. sweep, mop, cleaning the kitchen, living room, baby's room, laundry, and the list goes on...). It's HARD WORK! My pet peeve is when someone says that, "Why are you sooo tired? You're at home playing with the baby? or my all-time fav, "Well, all you do is stare at her because nothing in the house gets done." My response: "Yes, I don't let my eyes off her for 8 hours while everyone is at work because I don't have a list of things to do...are you crazy?" Sometimes I just want to punch them in the face when they say stupid stuff like that! I asked Alicia, tell me I'm normal that I think that it's the hardest job? She just laughed and told me that it is really difficult and they won't understand it until they're in your shoe. What I learned is that being stay at home mothers is one of the hardest occupation and I give those who are crops! Some people are made to be stay at home mothers and others are not. It really depends on the person. As for me, if all it really consist of me "staring" at Baby Eden for 8 hours, please sign me up! I'll do it!!!!!
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