Savoring the last week of maternity leave

One of my goals for maternity leave was to visit every museum in Balboa Park. Well I go back to work on Monday so we made a mad dash for the museums today... and I'm still a few shy. While at the Museum of Art today an older lady absolutely fell in love with Bodhi...he had his human teddy bear outfit on, which makes him even more of a chick magnet. They were smiling away at each other, ignoring all of the beautiful artwork on the walls. As the lady was being pulled away by her husband she told me that I made a beautiful baby and that I should have been the mom who had 8 babies. I replied with "Do I look crazy?"

No response.

Here are a few photos from the Japanese Friendship Garden where we made friends with a baby hummingbird, koi, and banzai trees. The tea garden had one of the best green teas I've ever had...it was a cherry blossom green tea and had just a wonderful flavor. If you're a green tea fan (I'm a bit of a tea connoisseur. Well, tea and tiramisu.) you must try it when you're in SD. And invite me of course!

Bodhi was worn out by the early evening and fell asleep right away after being fed. Luckily he has resumed his sleep-through-the-night routine just in time for me to go back to work. It willl take me a while to get adjusted to not waking up at 3:30am like I have been. I can't even remember the last time I slept more than 4 hours in a row!! No complaints though, I feel lucky to have him sleep so well through the night. I also feel lucky that I've been able to spend the last 4.5 months with him at home.

As you can see he really enjoys breastfeeding, which has made it tough for me trying to bottle train him. We only have 5 more days of practice until I'm at work so I hope he gets the hang of it soon!! We've spent about $40 on assorted bottles and nipples trying to see if he has a preference. I think he's just too smart for his own good. I can't blame him for not wanting to take a cheap, cold imitation when he can snuggle with mama. Wish us luck!

I'm also throwing this picture in because it's one of my favorites of Ryan of all time.