The first day of August.  I can’t believe it’s already been three months since we brought our little boy home.  Here’s a look back before we look forward.

We did visit with family during the 4th of July holiday, which I wrote about here.  It was good to see everyone and to introduce our son to his grandfather.  Also, my mom came for a visit one weekend.  It was so nice to see her.  She was here when Sam was born but hasn’t been back until now.  I was excited for Sam to show her all the things he has learned since she has been away.  I look forward to more family visits in the months to come.

We did celebrate a few family birthdays, including my husband.  All my husband wanted to do was work on his aquarium shed in the backyard.  The electricity and A/C have been installed and he’s currently working on lighting.  It’s really neat to see it all coming together.  Perhaps I will convince him to show you some finished pictures once the major parts of the project are complete.

Sam is continuing to grow up.  He can lift himself completely on his tummy now.  He loves playing on his activity mat.  And he has started cooing more consistently, especially on the changing table.  He seems so happy getting his diaper changed, but I mean, who wouldn’t?

While I have been blogging more consistently this month and have a schedule now in place, I haven’t really been able to organize the posts yet.  Instead, I’ve been working on finding a rhythm to my days.  Basically, each day I have a focus and a few things to do.  I might write about this later after I have been working with it for a while.  But I hope to use these rhythms to find time to focus on my blog organization.

So now, a look into August.

• Remembering Our Daughter.  Our second daughter passed away at the end of this month two years ago.  This will be the first death anniversary since our son was born, so I’m warily anticipating this event.
• Celebrating milestones.  We also have a few birthdays this month as well in our family, which we will be celebrating long distance.  However, if this past month was any indication, I have a feeling that Sam will continue meeting milestones in this coming month as well.
• Blogging and Organizing.  I did technically say this was a two-month project, so I’m keeping this up here.  Now that I have a little bit of a rhythm and slightly more predictability in my week, I’m hoping I can turn my focus to this project.

Even though I have these projects that I want to work on, I am very much aware that the continual changes the baby brings will be the most important priority.  As I’ve said in months past, if we just get through the month relatively unscathed, I will be happy for sure!