Progress
Nora is sleeping. I'm drinking water and it's quiet in the house. I can hear the laundry rolling and banging in the dryer, the buttons of Adam's pants announcing themselves as they toss in to the metal basket.
We got up on out of the house this weekend. Adam is finally coming out of his hibernation. He was able to look around the house and recognized the things that he's been putting off, ignoring, in favor of way too much time in front of the television with a game controller in his hand. My husband is most productive in the Spring, which is about the time I start slowing down. Balance.
Our adventuring was limited to shopping around to replace items that have been broken for a while; a new kitchen trashcan, outside trashcans, a lawnmower. I also got a new pot for cooking. Spending money is never our favorite thing, but we'd put off so many things and there was no way around it. Today I'm planning on renewing my Flickr account and buying a few books for my Nook. (I have Christmas money that I've been holding on to in case we had to spend it on bills.)
I do that - put off things for myself in case money needs to be spent for the greater good. I'm still determining if this is something to be proud of, or if I need to change that about myself.
My beautiful baby girl is sporting four teeth, now. She cut the most recent within twenty-four hours of each other. I guess that explains why the last week has been so tough on her.
I'm proud of her. She's dragging herself across the room to get to things she wants. I wouldn't call it crawling, exactly, but it's movement. Frighteningly, she seems more interested in pulling up than crawling, but I think it's just the novelty. I hope. I'm not ready for her to be walking. A few more months of easy parenting would be nice.
One of my favorite things to do, right now, is watch Nora explore the world around her. She seems a little scattered, like she's trying to do too many things at once, but that little personality trait she comes by honestly. I do the same thing. I know that she won't be this small forever.
Nora will be seven months old in two days.
We got up on out of the house this weekend. Adam is finally coming out of his hibernation. He was able to look around the house and recognized the things that he's been putting off, ignoring, in favor of way too much time in front of the television with a game controller in his hand. My husband is most productive in the Spring, which is about the time I start slowing down. Balance.
Our adventuring was limited to shopping around to replace items that have been broken for a while; a new kitchen trashcan, outside trashcans, a lawnmower. I also got a new pot for cooking. Spending money is never our favorite thing, but we'd put off so many things and there was no way around it. Today I'm planning on renewing my Flickr account and buying a few books for my Nook. (I have Christmas money that I've been holding on to in case we had to spend it on bills.)
I do that - put off things for myself in case money needs to be spent for the greater good. I'm still determining if this is something to be proud of, or if I need to change that about myself.
My beautiful baby girl is sporting four teeth, now. She cut the most recent within twenty-four hours of each other. I guess that explains why the last week has been so tough on her.
I'm proud of her. She's dragging herself across the room to get to things she wants. I wouldn't call it crawling, exactly, but it's movement. Frighteningly, she seems more interested in pulling up than crawling, but I think it's just the novelty. I hope. I'm not ready for her to be walking. A few more months of easy parenting would be nice.
One of my favorite things to do, right now, is watch Nora explore the world around her. She seems a little scattered, like she's trying to do too many things at once, but that little personality trait she comes by honestly. I do the same thing. I know that she won't be this small forever.
Nora will be seven months old in two days.
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