It’s My Life
I went from a nothing weekend to crazy busy-ness. How can it still only be Tuesday?
I have been (on top of our regularly schedule) spring cleaning. One might assume that since we moved here a mere six months ago, that there would be little clutter. Ha! Double that. Ha! Ha! Ethan is quickly growing out of the “baby gear” and quite content to harass play with Becca & her toys. In fact give the toddler a play silk an an empty vitamin bottle and he is set for the morning! hehe
Yes I said toddler. ugh. Why do they grow up so fast? Ethan is a full on walker. Never does he resort to the act of crawling (unless of course to go underneath something). It amazes me how quickly he went from zombie walk to arms at his sides. Running is a fraction of time away.
Yesterday I did the unthinkable. I attend a local MOPS meeting once a month with the kids. I have gone 3 or 4 times always bolstering Ethan in my sling. He was always content to fall asleep to the chatter of mothers. Since he is now refusing to nap in the mornings, opting for a long afternoon nap, I was worried how our MOPS meeting would go. So I took a deep breath and left him in the extremely capable hands of the ladies in the nursery. Oh he CRIED. I let them know that I was absolutely willing to take him back if he could not calm himself. I watch the door. Begging silently for my baby to NEED me. They did not bring him out. GASP. Ethan doesn’t NEED ME anymore.
Golly, he sure does WANT me though! I went in to get him and there he was, as I left him. Snuggled in the caregivers arms waiting for his Mommy to return. He sniffed and groaned at me then clung to me like a monkey. In fact he really hasn’t let go since. Even at the library this morning, a place he is very comfortable with and plays at twice a week, he dared not to let go of my leg, arm, any part he could hold. The caregiver at the nursery said that he stopped crying but never let go of her. Opted to rest her head on her shoulder and wait. What a boy! How I love him.
Becca is not feeling very well. In fact for over a week now she has lost her mind. She is spacey, unable to concentrate, cannot complete daily tasks without full supervision and is having potty accidents almost daily. I have no idea what is up with her. Last week we thought it may be due to the fact that J was leaving early for work everyday. This week, she has continued to be “off”. It is strange and I am trying to be patient…Last night she woke up crying, saying she was sick, but would not be consoled at all. Finally I picked her up and rocked her till she calmed down and she willingly returned to bed. I have never had to do something like that for her. I am so hoping whatever is up will disappear soon. Life has become unpredictable and frustrating for all of us.
I have been knitting a little. Just enough to keep a project going. Not knitting makes me cranky but I do not have the time to commit to anything specific. Maybe I should knit a blanket, something huge and mindless. I did complete another bear for a friend in California that had an adorable baby boy. Bears are fun to knit. I was not a huge fan of the pattern I used even though it was in the round this time. The stitches ended up messy.
Web designs have been completed and have gone live lately too. Some of you have seen Much More Than a Mom and The Opinionated Parent,both redesigns were fun to work on and turned out pretty good (if I do say so myself! hehe). I also finished up a blog design for MomEcentric, that turned out wonderful once we conquered hosting issues and other oddities. I feel so giddy when I see designs that I have created live. I hope the recipients are just as happy with the work. Working form home is such a major challenge, but I love creating so much it is worth the imbalance for short bursts. Maybe someday I can work part time from home designing blogs. A girl can dream.
See crazy busy-ness. Crazy.
Gosh, sounds like tough times. At the zoo yesterday, “Why do you always say no to me?” while he’s climbing through a window. “Why are you always doing things I have to say no to?” “I don’t expect to get caught.”
Yeah, sometimes are just trying times.
But, the mom we are with says, “He’s so patient with my daughter.”
An ounce of perspective can be the pound of cure.
Hang in. Miss you.
Wow - I still can’t believe he’s a year old! That’s craziness. Sorry Becca’s off. I hate those times, but thank goodness they pass!
I love both of my designs, so thanks thanks thanks! Especially now that we can actually see TOP all the time.
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Awesome work! But then I know first hand how awesome your work is. I can’t believe that I have had the same design for over a year and I am still not tired of it.
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These little girls will give us gray hairs for sure.
Mine is turning on a dime also…She’s been pretty well behaved and cooperative for the past few weeks but I think she’s getting bored of that and trying to shake things up again…Gah.
Hope Becca finds her comfort zone again…It’s frustrating being so little…
And Ethan, goodess…growing as I type…
They are both wonderful little people aren’t they?
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I remember when I realized my son didn’t “need” me anymore. I was sort of relieved and sort of sad. My daughter never really needed me much. She’d push me out the door.
Cute bear!
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Great designs! I used to want to do that part time from home, too. Well, I did a bunch for some of my friends on blogspot. and a few livejournal templates. But I haven’t yet delved into learning wordpress code. I do so well with redesigning an existing theme, but know nothing of making one from scratch. Yet.
Anyway, you could totally do this part, or even full time!
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Those obstacles are so hard when you are going through it but when your kids are a little older - ohhh, how you miss it!
Oh poor mommy! Preston freaks out when I leave him too and calms right down once I am out of sight. As soon as I return and he sees me the waterworks start again until he is in my arms.
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Six months already!!! What a wild year you’ve had
Awww… poor Becca. Hope she gets back to herself soon again.
Could it be something to do with season change?My MIL said that my hubby was weird at season change. 2x a year & it went on for a couple years. He would just not be himself & have accidents & she did say it was before he was in school so probably around 3 or 4. The episodes lasted about 2 weeks at a time then it would be gone. She said she could never figure it out.
Hope it passes soon for you guys too.
As to time, holy, isn’t it crazy how fast the time is going by?
We”ve been in our house for 3 months now. Sure doesn’t seem like it.
Emma runs too. it’s funny to see her do that because most of the time she’s take a few strides & ends up flat on her face, luckily most of the time she laughs about it.
I love this age, however Emma is into EVERYTHING.
She runs up to the dog food, grabs a handful of food & takes of running, throwing the food up in the air & of course scattering it everywhere. Grr… she’s a little trouble maker, lol.
Sounds like Ethan wasn’t taking any chances of you leaving him alone again. He’s too cute.
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You changed the name of your blog! I like it
I think it describes you as you are so creative with your knitting and blog designs etc. It is hard leaving them that first time isn’t it? I hope you were able to enjoy your MOPS time and that it gets easier on Ethan when you leave him in MOPPETS…and I hope Becca is back to feeling like herself soon!
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Of course he wants you. You da mom! I hope Becca feels better.
And I love that little bear!
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