Memorial Weekend/Birthday

Memorial weekend we went to the cabin. We haven’t gone since Thanksgiving. It’s so nice that my parents have a 5th wheel. I think that’ll be our place to stay when we go there. We have a small cabin. The main level has a kitchen living room, 2 bedrooms and a bathroom. It was a house that got placed on the foundation. The basement finally got pretty much done. There’s a big, long room on the front side. 2 bedrooms and a bathroom (just a toilet and sink). My brother’s family get the whole basement (walk-out). We just have a bedroom upstairs. The 3 of us can fit in there, but it is noisy in the cabin. Just someone coming in from outside to come to the bathroom. Sometimes they have to keep yelling so people can hear them or just noisy. It’s not a very sound proof cabin. We figured Bruce would sleep better in the 5th wheel and if he wakes up in middle of the night, he won’t be bothering anyone. Also people sleep later, so when we’re up, we have our own living room to make noise, watch tv, whatever.

It was nice to see my cousin with her baby Elena (5 weeks older than Bruce). They’re the same height, she’s maybe 5lbs heavier. She’s walking all over. I guess she skipped crawling. Well after seeing her, Bruce has been attemping walking himself. He has stopped for awhile. We’re going to her birthday party tomorrow, so maybe seeing her again will get him to try again. I know he can do it.

I was so glad it didn’t rain at all. That meant we could be outside, the ground is dry. With 13 people and 3 dogs just for our cabin alone is just too crammed to all be inside. And this way too, Bruce can be on the ground, walk with his push toys and not get wet.

My aunt and my cousin got to meet him for the first time. I’m glad she understood that he doesn’t really like strangers holding him.  He is definately shy. When the people he doesn’t know look at him, he kinda fusses and buries his face in my shoulder. It’s when I’m not holding him (like if he’s in the stroller), he cries until I hold him. By the end of the weekend, he was warming up to the rest of the family at our cabin.

I don’t like when people voice their opinions sometimes. Like my brother says I should make others hold him and don’t take him back when he starts crying. I don’t feel he can be FORCED into liking others hold him. Maybe it’s partly my fault. I honestly don’t really like others holding him. Why? I don’t know. I guess sometimes I feel like, for my brother, you have kids, you got to do this. This is my time. Like when we were at the Zoo Mother’s Day and he carried him around for awhile. I want to experience his reaction to the animals. I know I need to let go some. I did enjoy holding my brother’s kids when they were younger.  But Bruce cries when others hold him. I want him back to get him to stop. Don’t run away! Roger feels the same way. Sometimes, if he (Roger) wasn’t by me and he’ll come up and say "probably should go get our crying baby" (can hear him away from me). I’ll say "they took off).

With Bruce walking with his toys, he does love to be on his feet. That helps from being held by others. He likes to go go go.