Hello, hello

Hot dog!  It's been a busy time - we've been picking loads of berries, been on an unexpected social whirlwind, and work has been ca-razy!  The Moose & I have been on baby dates and to playgrounds and learning some independence lessons.  I am not a big fan of going to new places & meeting new people, especially by myself.  Since this amazing girl has been around, I've been making great strides in making us go out & experience new things.

Things are finally starting to ripen & the three of us have been harvesting peas & pea shoots, fava beans & greens, potatoes, strawberries, raspberries, watermelon berries, lettuce, garlic, onions, squash & squash flowers, and zucchini.  Market has been going well - we even brought some fava beans & greens and pea shoots with us.  We're trying to start a fava bean revival in Spenard. 

 

Lazy Sunday

We went to drop stuff off to Mimi & there were a bunch of kids there.  The youngest was this little cutie, L, who's 3.  He was pretty excited to not be the youngest one there & was SO sweet with the Moose.  

After some baby fun, we headed over to Nana's for our regularly scheduled Sunday visit.  Nana needed to get a car seat for her car, so we did a little shopping  :)

there was a kitty in the 2nd story window - they were fascinated.

the Moose HAD some shoes on, but she kept face-planting on the lawn, so I took them off.  score one for monkey feet!

mama/baby

we went shopping with Nana & the Moose got some new threads & kicks, plus a pretty bag  :)

new sandals  :)  she really digs these - now she has shoes like mama & dada!

Yard Happenings

fava beans

yay!

that stupid drunk moose (not the kid, the real moose) took 2 fat bites out of our lone sunflower

work hard, play hard

working hard, helping dad

her first successful walk in shoes

yes, that's water

what's next?!

Firsts

This is the Moose's first walk in SHOES, as well as her first puddle  :)  I think she rather enjoyed herself LOL  we went on another walk today & there were deeper puddles, louder laughter, and the first accidental "swim".

the End of an Era

While I'm hesitant to say it's OFFICIALLY over, the Moose has made it pretty clear that she is no longer interested in breastfeeding  :(   I'm still holding out that, once whatever HFMD virus we have is out of her system, she may regain interest. 

If this really is the end, however, at least it was a good run.  I'm mostly sad that our routine has changed as this has been the way we wake up & go to bed every day for the past... 16 months or so.  I go home (almost) every day for lunch to hug & feed her - now, it's mostly just for hugs & temporary relief of baby duty for Yobo  :)  I am thankful we made it this far (though the goal was 2 years).

Mama-baby feeding time was quiet time.  She did not appreciate me trying to talk to her.  This was the time for no input - just calm, no lights, in the rocking chair, with no one else around, focus soley on mama-baby time.  Recently, singing became OK, but not all the time.  I really think it was much needed stimulus free downtime for the both us.  Pure love & need.  I'm going to miss that.

Blister in the sun

So, what we thought was a chunk taken out of the Moose's tongue by her learning to use her molars was not.  Oh no, it couldn't just be that.  

Yesterday, I noticed 2 little painful blisters on one of my hands.  Today, another one popped up on my other hand.  I had a doctor appointment today for my migraines and, while I was there, I asked the Doc about the blisters.  She asked if I had any on my feet - I said yes, but I was pretty sure those were from all the walking I'd been doing lately, though it was kind of weird because they were showing up now.  I have about a half dozen little blisters on my feet.  She asked if I had any cold sore like "blisters" in my mouth.  I said yes, one just showed up the other day.  She said "You have hand, foot, and mouth disease.  Tell me more about this chunk out of (the Moose's) mouth."

When I got home, I told Yobo we needed to check the kid's hands & feet for blisters.  He told me I was a dork - didn't I remember she DID have blisters on her feet?!  Duh.  She had at least one on each that we noticed this weekend.  I may not be the most observant person...  plus, she's had a horrible bout of what I thought was some crazy diaper rash.  This "diaper rash" has been the most significant part of the outbreak.  Thankfully, she seems to be recovering well  :)  Hopefully I'm on the mend, too.  I guess it can be pretty nasty, but I'm refusing to believe it'll get that way.  This IS the extent of it.