I've been quiet for awhile. A large part of that is due to the fact that I am TIRED! And we are BUSY! And we have a daughter who keeps us on our toes with antics such as these...
The other night on vacation I came into her room two hours after we put her to bed. I heard a little voice in the darkness say, "Lotion!" and I looked over by the light of my cell phone to find her sitting up in her pack and play with the lotion bottle and at least half of the bottle smeared all over her face, arms, legs, clothes, and bed. I laughed so hard I cried. Then I found Zac and my friend and told them. Then I cleaned her up.
Speaking of late nights, she was up an hour and a half after I put her to bed a few nights ago. I came down the hallway to find her room light on and her reading in her bed. My little Bookworm.
She decided to use the stick of a dum dum sucker she received at the bank as a q-tip...while we were driving in the car...and we hit a bump. She punctured her ear drum and the doctor recommended we follow-up with an Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist in a few weeks to make sure all is healing okay.
She got bit in the face by a dog on our first day of vacation. The dog was a sweet dog who was old and tired and also suffered from a severe case of arthritis. We suspect Feven touched the dog in a place that hurt the dog, so the dog nipped at her to warn her not to do it again. She cried really hard and was very shaken up, but luckily bled just a little. I was proud of her for still wanting to pet dogs after that, but I also noticed that when the dogs she has seen since get their faces close to hers she freaks out. I don't blame her!
She had to go to the bathroom the other day after running errands and I didn't get her out of the carseat fast enough. She peed in her carseat and so I took her out and then tried to quickly remove the carseat cover to minimize the damage. I told her (without thinking) that if she still had to go more she could just go pee in the grass. About 1 minute later I heard a little shuffle-shuffle-splat. I looked over to find her with her pants and underwear down around her ankles, fallen face-down on the driveway in front of our house. As a car drove by. We are that family. I scooped her up, threw the pee clothes in the middle of the driveway, and headed inside.
I was composing a difficult email this morning and she brought me a snack. She carried in a small green plate from her tea set with a plastic donut on top and placed the plate on the office desk with a napkin. She said, "You hungry, mama?" I thanked her for the donut, then she put her little hand on the red and white checkered napkin she brought and said, "I have this if you need to wipe your mouth." Such a thoughtful girl. You better believe I stopped writing that email and gave the best little girl in the world some snuggles!
She and I spent 30 minutes snuggling and reading books together this morning in bed. There was no place else I would have rather been than cuddling with her under her baby blanket, our foreheads touching, reading some of my childhood favorites and some of our new family favorites.
So those are a few things keeping me from the computer these days. Life keeps spinning onward, leaving behind a trail of toys, dirty laundry, giggles, and memories.
The other night on vacation I came into her room two hours after we put her to bed. I heard a little voice in the darkness say, "Lotion!" and I looked over by the light of my cell phone to find her sitting up in her pack and play with the lotion bottle and at least half of the bottle smeared all over her face, arms, legs, clothes, and bed. I laughed so hard I cried. Then I found Zac and my friend and told them. Then I cleaned her up.
Speaking of late nights, she was up an hour and a half after I put her to bed a few nights ago. I came down the hallway to find her room light on and her reading in her bed. My little Bookworm.
She decided to use the stick of a dum dum sucker she received at the bank as a q-tip...while we were driving in the car...and we hit a bump. She punctured her ear drum and the doctor recommended we follow-up with an Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist in a few weeks to make sure all is healing okay.
She got bit in the face by a dog on our first day of vacation. The dog was a sweet dog who was old and tired and also suffered from a severe case of arthritis. We suspect Feven touched the dog in a place that hurt the dog, so the dog nipped at her to warn her not to do it again. She cried really hard and was very shaken up, but luckily bled just a little. I was proud of her for still wanting to pet dogs after that, but I also noticed that when the dogs she has seen since get their faces close to hers she freaks out. I don't blame her!
She had to go to the bathroom the other day after running errands and I didn't get her out of the carseat fast enough. She peed in her carseat and so I took her out and then tried to quickly remove the carseat cover to minimize the damage. I told her (without thinking) that if she still had to go more she could just go pee in the grass. About 1 minute later I heard a little shuffle-shuffle-splat. I looked over to find her with her pants and underwear down around her ankles, fallen face-down on the driveway in front of our house. As a car drove by. We are that family. I scooped her up, threw the pee clothes in the middle of the driveway, and headed inside.
I was composing a difficult email this morning and she brought me a snack. She carried in a small green plate from her tea set with a plastic donut on top and placed the plate on the office desk with a napkin. She said, "You hungry, mama?" I thanked her for the donut, then she put her little hand on the red and white checkered napkin she brought and said, "I have this if you need to wipe your mouth." Such a thoughtful girl. You better believe I stopped writing that email and gave the best little girl in the world some snuggles!
She and I spent 30 minutes snuggling and reading books together this morning in bed. There was no place else I would have rather been than cuddling with her under her baby blanket, our foreheads touching, reading some of my childhood favorites and some of our new family favorites.
So those are a few things keeping me from the computer these days. Life keeps spinning onward, leaving behind a trail of toys, dirty laundry, giggles, and memories.
