No title due to tired mommy brain

My entertaining story for today is a pretty stereotypical first-time mom story, I think. Since we got back from our trip this weekend, Jonathan has been fussier than usual. Not that he never cried, but his overall temperament is pretty chill. This week, though, he's cried through most of his naps and fussed every time I set him down. Usually he's okay to entertain himself on his playmat for a little bit every day. Not knowing what was wrong, I naturally called my mother who I consider an expert mom and superwoman. She asked about how he was eating and sleeping, etc., then said to take his temperature just as a precautionary to make sure he wasn't sick. So I waited until he woke up from his nap, fed him, and changed his diaper. We learned in school about fevers and how to care for pediatric patients with a high temperature. This usually involves taking a rectal temp because it's usually the most accurate with infants. Of course our thermometer was still in its original packaging and I had to read the directions and try to put on the correct attachment (I almost used the oral attachment... thank goodness I caught that one!) So after all this I stuck the little metal thing up my poor baby's bottom and waited for the beep. Everything seemed to work fine except that his temperature seemed a bit odd. 93.1 degrees Fahrenheit. So apparently my baby doesn't have a fever; he's hypothermic. Lol. I decided that at least it wasn't high, so I chalked it up to user error and brushed it off. Bad mom? Hope not. :)

Today we also had our first "fussy" outing. Jonathan and I went to the Post Office for a few minutes while he was awake. Normally he falls asleep as soon as I put him in the car (which is fantastic for road trips!) but today he stayed wide awake. He was fine when we went inside but then started fussing a bit. Thankfully it was just a quick errand, but it's a difficult feeling when you worry about upsetting the people around you. At the same time, I don't want to get into a habit of profusely apologizing for our children when they're just being children. I know that he's only 5 weeks old, but also I know that I don't want to start doing things I don't plan on doing long-term. It makes me sad when I see parents who are so much more concerned with their own appearance than in just being a good parent to their kids. Okay, enough ranting.

Sunday night gatherings at our church are a bit more relaxed and discussion-based, which makes for a good chance to interact with everyone more. Pastor Matt picks a topic that is relevant to the church and prepares an outline for us to go through and talk about. Jon and I were really excited to go because we had missed the first little bit of the current series: bioethics. Sounds kind of heady, but it is so interesting and applicable. We discussed how certain doctrines (being made in the image of God, for example) apply to how we deal with beginning and end of life issues, specifically. Questions we tried to answer from Scripture include, "What does it mean to be made in the image of God?," "What makes humans different from the animals?," etc. Hoping to learn a lot and sharpen my ability to explain why I believe what I believe.

Tomorrow is a big day for the Alligoods - health insurance for all of us kicks in! Several of you have been so sweet and sent us information about temporary insurance options for Jonathan. We really appreciate your thoughtfulness! Thankfully nothing catastrophic has happened in the last month and we will all be covered tomorrow.

I hope everyone is planning to go to Chick-fil-A tomorrow in support! Jon has gotten very excited about it - we have plans to do breakfast and dinner together there. I have a feeling I will enjoy my chicken biscuit in the morning even more than usual. :)

Picture for today:

Snuggling with his "puppy"