Optimistic Slacker

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

My New Favorite Thing in the WORLD

So, the Moose will now come up to me, stand in my lap, turn around, sit down, and lay back / lean against me - best.thing.ever. I'll start feeding her, she'll take a few bites standing up, then just crawl up in my lap & get snuggles while being fed. LOVE IT!!! When I'm reading to her, she'll come over, take the book, crawl up in my lap, and hold the book open, ready to start again :D I'm so in love it's ridiculous. This has become my absolute favorite thing in the world. Talk about feeling justified in the world, even if it's "just" as a leaning post / seat for a 1 year old girl.

Also, she's been making strides in the walking world. But, really, walking is nowhere near as cool (to me) as the snuggling up. I will post a video later of her walking - it'll be my first video! Boy oh boy does her walking make less time for everything else LOL thankfully it's summer now & she LOVES being outside. Yay! for bike rides & lawn time with the kitty. Monkey (the kitty) has been loving this summer, too. Him & his buddy, the Moose, have fun stalking mosquitoes & dandelions and enjoy attempts at traipsing through the garden beds!

We think the kid must have some serious growing going on. She's not sleeping well - getting up to eat like mad every few hours & has a stuffy nose. I suspect the little bit of bagginess in her 18-month clothes will disappear before the week is out. I am always grateful for such a happy, easy going baby, but times like these... they make me ecstatic for her naturally sunny disposition. THANK YOU.

Monday, June 11, 2012

This kid just KNOWS.

So last night, I went to wake the beast about 11pm before I went to bed for a "midnight" feeding, as usual. When I opened the door, I was greeted by the most horrendous stench! This was a nasty poo. Yobo even came in to hold baby's arms to keep them from a-wanderin'.

Thankfully, this wonderful, sweet baby woke up in a joyous mood - all smiles & giggles, half-asleep (read: rather sedate), didn't even get all wriggly. I cleaned up the horrors in her diaper, vaselined her, got myself cleaned up while Yobo entertained her, and fed her. When I was getting ready to put her back to bed, after spending 45 minutes feeling sick from the smell she didn't seem to notice, she lifted her head up & gave me a big fat sloppy kiss without any prompting from me! I layed her down & she just passed right back out. Man. This kid just knows. I ended up walking back to bed with a huge cheesey grin on my face :D

Sunday, June 10, 2012

the Alaska Run for Women

drummers playing music to keep up spirits & cheer on the runners / walkers

we had to take a rest to watch the drummers. the Moose's foot started twirling as soon as she could hear the beat, far before we saw them :D

you can see all the food the Moose was stashing in her stroller

little L was DONE.

yay! the Moose's 2nd race, our longest yet

The Moose & I joined up with our friends big & little L to walk the 2012 Alaska Run for Women yesterday. We got there late and were the last ones to start - everyone had at least a 10-15 minute head start. The Muni truck picking up the barriers to close off the streets was just ahead of us. Without the awesome force of 7,000+ women alongside you, it was a little scarier running through the middle of the downtown streets that was the course, so we got on the crowded sidewalk pretty quick LOL

About mile 2, we caught up with some other walkers. When we got up to the drummers (above, almost mile 3), there were even more people resting. We stayed for a minute ourselves, then got back to trekking. There were at least a half dozen other little groups that finished after us. It took us about 1 1/2 hours to finish, which is exactly what I guessed it'd take :D We all had a good time & the Moose had NO problem passing out for her nap when we got home LOL not a bad way to start the day at all.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

This kid...

So, I'm a dummy & I set my alarm for 5:30PM, not 5:30AM. When I woke up at 6:30AM (having to be at work at 7AM), I panicked. Curse words came out & I rushed out of bed, down the hall, and into the Moose's room to feed her. Poor baby had soaked herself in the night, so she needed to be stripped, wiped down, & changed into some nice DRY clothes. Thankfully, she was so good this morning & didn't have a melt down (she normally gets fed first & then has no problem enduring the coldness of changing). After feeding her, I went to put her back to bed and, as usual, kissed her cheek. Wonderfully UNusual, she turned her head & opened her mouth for a kiss :D Totally made the panicked morning less stressful & I walked out of there no longer in a rush, but now at peace with being late. Thank you baby.