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11:55 p.m. - 2009-12-11

But alas here I am. I've missed you dear diary.

My son is so big now. I marvel at him on a daily basis. I try to remember him as a newborn and can't. Of course I could always refer to photos of this time in his short life so far, but I don't want to go backwards, I want to be in the now.

He's very slow in his speech and I have been advised to bring a speech therapist into our home to evaluate him. My husband, being the proud Greek man is uncomfortable with the idea of such a thing but seems willing. The pediatrician, also Greek, told me we should start speaking ONLY ENGLISH to him until he masters one language. My husband refuses.

Do I think there's something wrong with my son because he can't speak more than twenty words at just two years old? NOPE.

He is growing up in a bilingual environment. It has to be difficult and every child is different.

He is extremely bright. He understands everything my husband and I say to him in Greek and in English. When we read books together and I ask him to point to this or that he is always spot on.

I am not one of those moms who spends all day long comparing her child to others. He is learning at his own pace. But I'm certainly willing to bring someone in to help him along.

I'm well...I've been going to more playgroups and getting to know more moms in the area and I cannot tell you how wonderful this has been for both me and my son. I'm particularly fond of this one group that meets every Fridays and is centered around living organically and being environmentally conscious. So nice to meet other women who are as passionate as I am about these things and their children.

My husband and I are doing well. The only complaint I have is that we don't have enough time for just the two of us. The baby still co-sleeps with us, which has been nothing less than wonderful, but unfortunately have gotten him in the habit of needing one or both of us next to him in the bed to fall asleep and this means that he often puts US to sleep first....so this puts a damper on our evening alone time some days.

On the off chance that the baby goes down early and quickly, and we both have enough energy to stay awake, we do find time for sex, and conversation, or just a good movie on Netflix. I am still trying to convince my husband that date night once a month or at least every other night is NECESSARY and he really needs to be a little more flexible in terms of leaving our son with some of our friends, or with his godparents.

That's all I can report as of now because it's midnight and I need to go to bed, but I'll be back with plenty more to write about. It's been too long.

Good night all.

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9:43 p.m. - 2009-11-05

Ahhhh....to do it in a bed again, AT LAST.

You may be asking yourself, why she didn't do it in her own damn, Queen sized bed and put her son in his toddler bed....not so fast.

Our son has been a co-sleeper since he was born, and continues to co-sleep with us. We have no desire to break him of this habit as of yet. My husband, more than myself, seems to enjoy the close bond we all share having him fall asleep beside us at night and wake up with us in the morning - always a smile on his cute little pudgy face.

Back to the sex....

It was pretty hot being that we had not done it in missionary position for quite some time. (Usually we're on the L-shaped sofa, which really only allows us to assume a very snug spooning position.

I told my husband afterwards that we really need more nights like that. I don't want our sex life to ever be mediocre. We never had much in common when we decided to get married, except for the sex. Now we have sex, our son, and Netflix in common and have become best of friends as a result.

I wish I could get into baseball, basketball, soccer, all these things my husband enjoys...but it just doesn't do it for me, and my down time is extremely precious to me...what I choose to do with it makes all the difference.

Took the baby to the park today and let him run around after squirrels. It was great exercise for both of us. A few times I thought the squirrels allowed him to get a little too close for comfort before they scurried off up a tree. What would I do if one bit him? this is the way my mind works.

Met a nice woman who was there with her three year old, ten month old, and her mother. We got on the heated topic of the environment, but thankfully they were on the same page as I was and there was no debating the fact that we worry about what kind of world we'll be leaving our children.

Tomorrow I'll take him on a playdate. I'm really pusshing myself to get him and me out of the house and more involed.

I am soooooooo incredibly excited they're opening a FARMER'S MARKET up the street from me. It is very important to me that I support local farmers and buy the freshest food possible for my family. Rent FOOD INC. and you'll understand what I mean.

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12:50 p.m. - 2009-11-03

A friend of mine reminded me that after five years together, the fact that I still WANT to go on a date with my husband, and have sex with him regularly shows that we're not doing so bad. She also tells me that it will likely take me another three years before our sex lives, and our lives in general will belong to us again.

I read about it, I heard other mothers talking about it on TV, but I never expected it would happen to me. In fact I vowed that it wouldn't. Not having sex on a regular basis, NO WAY, that would never happen to me. But once the baby was born, and the responsiblities of parenting took over, we found and still find that there is little time and energy for intimacy. By the time the baby goes down at night we are both ready to fall asleep ourselves.

So what do we do...wait another three years until the baby is five, and in kindergarten, when he is less dependent and more self sufficient before we can get back to being truly intimate?

That simply is not going to suffice.

Note to self....try to get the baby down early tonight, put on something sexy and do it on the table instead of the damn L-shaped sofa.

Will let you know how it goes.

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