And the love of books begins again
March 2, 2010
Parker's current favorite: Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready For Bed?
Parker is in love with books. He show little interest in other toys at the moment and instead prefers to carry around a book – mostly any book will do. If he happens to see you wander by while he’s carrying a book, he beelines to you and holds up the book with this pleading look in his eye and only someone with superhuman strength can say “no, I can’t ready you that book right now” which means that we have been reading lots and lots of board books in our house lately. It’s adorably cute. We were thrilled when Xander reached this phase – for a long time the only “toys” we had in our living room was just a bookcase overflowing with all of his favorites. It’s great to get back here and have lots of cuddling and reading time with the little guy 
I have been pondering this question for a while now. Zach and I have always planned to have more than one child. Of course with the first, everything is new and exciting, and perhaps we go a little bit overboard when it comes to recording the first months/years of Xander’s life. My concern is that I don’t want the second child to feel like we didn’t document as much, but will I have the time/energy/interest in maintaining everything for baby #2? First and foremost, I’ve got this blog, which I think is an excellent way to store thoughts and feelings about the entire process, from conception through graduation. I’ve also got a baby book, a scrapbook, a hallmark calendar to mark all of Xander’s “firsts” (first smile, first trip, first tooth, etc.), a plaster mold of Xander’s hands and feet, and over 100 digital pictures of him in our Flickr account.
In typical Sara fashion, I have been doing as much research as possible on parenting. Now I’m not sure if the information was helpful or just stressed me out. You see, when I read through the books I find that I’m not doing half of what they suggest. Then I worry that I’m not stimulating my baby’s development enough, or that I’m fostering bad habits in my kid.
I’m feeling pretty good this week. My morning sickness is pretty much gone, except sometimes when I brush my teeth (I know, it’s kind of weird – sensitive gag reflex…). My stomach continues to grow, which I’m still not ready for. Many of my clothes are too tight for me now. I’m going shopping for maternity clothes this weekend. I’ve picked up a few things here and there, but this is my first shopping excursion. It should be fun (I hope). I’ve been using two pregnancy websites, 