Photos at the new house

Simone lately

Workin Mama

I started back to work in February (you may have noticed a dramatic decrease in blog posts ie: none.) It has been really great to be back in the "adult world" and use my brain in new challenging ways and to have 8 dedicated hours a day where I don't have someone touching me. And the money of course if very stress relieving as well. It has opened up many new doors and fun possibilities. The whole last month and a half has felt very very positive and in a flow. So many great things have been happening lately, most exciting has been our new house! We move on Monday, but I will save the details of that excitement for another day.

Being back at work has made me treasure the time I do have with S. and really try to relish every moment. She is at this perfectly endearing stage right now where she is still very much a snugly, pudgy, nursing little babe of mine, but has also started doing all of these shockingly adorable things, like saying 'hi' in this cute little voice to the check-out clerk, or putting her arm out to help me put on her jacket, or kissing Harvey on the forehead. *heart tightening* I know that all too soon I will have a little kid running around saying intelligent things and I will look around wondering what happened to my baby. Part of me wishes that I could still be around her 24/7 to see every change. But another part of me knows that this new bit of separation is good. I see her looking adoringly at Edgar and just loving on him all the time and I know that it is good for them to have their alone mama-free time. But it is hard.

Know sweet one, that even when I am not near you, I am with you in my heart and my thoughts. I dream about the sweet new cape I am making for you, and the fun time we will have at the pool this weekend, and the snuggles I will give you when I get home. I cherish you, I cherish now. I love you.

This Morning

Thought you might want to see an updated video of the rug rat. This is Simone demonstrating her broad range of emotions in just a few moments.

My girl like to dig

Sleep...what's that?

I had just gotten myself all ready for a cozy session of catching up on my blog reading (hellooo Posy Quarterman) and researching my pressing baby questions (how long is co-sleeping ok? Should I be taking more vitamins since she is still nursing? Should SHE be taking vitamins? And if she does need to take vitamins, how do you give them to her? I have serious questions about the real nutritional value of those questionable gummy vitamins, I mean, doesn't glycerin have horse hooves in it??) I was literally pouring the hot water over my new yummy holiday-treat-to-myself Sweet Raspberry tea when I hear a little hiccup-y whimper from the bedroom. Pause. Tea kettle frozen in midair. There it it again, this time more forcefully. Sigh. I walk to the bedroom thinking thoughts like, "I held you all day, entertained you, hardly had a moment to myself to even pee in peace and now you've woken again." But I lie down with her, and start to relax as she nestles in to nurse. I start to fall into the mommy trance as I stroke her hair, memorize the curve of her earlobe, cherish the little pudgy hand resting on my chest. I breathe. This is what it is all about after all.

She slips easily back to sleep, and now with my tea perfectly steeped in the time it took me to get her back to sleep, I sit here and type.

But seriously, this kid has been fighting the naps. See below video of her antics as of late during nap time. ***Video disclaimer*** Although the events in this video are 'real' in terms of Simone was supposedly taking a nap when we came in to find her head banging in her crib, clearly in this video version of events, we are egging her on a bit.

Holidays!

We had a great (but busy!) holiday season. Lots of fun and creativity. Simone loved it all even if she didn't fully grasp everything that was happening. She did however get very excited about her new skill....stair climbing! See video for live action shot including squeals of accomplishment at the top of the stairs:



She is already even faster and has mastered going down as well.