The Mom I Want To Be

It's been almost five months since my last post, mostly because mom life has been keeping me busy! Or, rather, mom life during a pandemic has been keeping me especially busy (see my pandemic blog for details). My work has closed and reopened, so I've been balancing remote days with in-person schedules. My husband and I are now vaccinated, and so are our parents and most of our siblings, which means just a little more freedom and activity out in the world (I had a Starbucks date with my son! We invited two vaccinated friends over for pizza!). And Baby has been growing and learning more and more each day. At 21 months, most people would probably call him a toddler, and he certainly toddles and walks and runs enough for me to see that I can't really call him "Baby" for much longer. He also has yet to reach those "terrible two" tantrums I've heard so much about. I know he will soon be wanting more independence and having more and more big feelings. But