That Day

You know that day?

The one that was ALL the struggles at work?

Yet you plowed through?

And all the struggles at daycare/camp pickup?

Yet you plowed through?

And you walked in the door for the delicious smells of the crock pot dinner you made?

And there was no delicious smells?

Because the plug wasn't working?

And now you have rancid chicken on your counter?

That day?

That's today.

(Cute baby for perspective building on what's really important.  But damn.  That chicken).

Milestone

Another unrecognized milestone?

The leg pump.

Get it Annie.

Unreported accomplishments

We have all the unreported accomplishments.

Crawling?

Kind of, belly scooty, Army terribly?  Check.

Eating?

All the things, actually none of the things, only bananas.

And also VERY SPICY INDIAN AND MEXICAN FOOD.

Nothing in between.

Literally.

Car sickness?

All of it.

Hey sweet baby, we got you a convertible carseat, aren't you big time?

WHY ARE YOU VOMITING EVERY SINGLE TIME WE DRIVE FOUR BLOCKS.

So, yea, there's that.

You are cuter when you aren't vomiting.

Being absent

So I'm missing the last day of R's school pickup tomorrow.  Can't do a half day

Skipped two out of two "field trips" for A. this spring

J has a field trip to the zoo on Friday that he's not attending.

Am I the only one?

Is there a way to communicate... meaningfully, how lovely daycare field trips are, but how heart-wrenchingly-choice-making they are for working parents?

Or am i the only one?

In documenting things

Man.

I totally judged (well not really, but thought, damn), my SIL when we got no posts about #3

I totally get it.

I blame FB and Instagram.  It's just so easy.

So I'm dropping in here for posterity and reality to document James' first word.

We were seeing some dadadadadas non-directed...

I got a mamamamama when I went in this morning to pick him up....

But it was us convincing ourselves.

And just like last time, the teachers at daycare reported "Yes" as a word.

I hadn't mentioned it to them, but I had heard some "Yes" in the last week, but I didn't say anything

Because baby's first word isn't yes.

It ISN'T

But apparently it is.

Annie, we'll see your "Dexter"

And raise you a "Yes".