What Goes Down Must Come Up

Puke-a-palooza continues. Today, Molly had to be picked up from school. Tomorrow I will be home with her. I have spent the evening cleaning the other two couch cushions (see previous entry) and yet another spot on the Oriental rug. My dad saved the day by leaving work early to rescue the school administrators who were hanging onto Molly and her pale, lethargic, toasty warm (not in a good way) body. I raced home from Dyersburg, frantically trying to decide how to handle the rest of the week with no daddy in town and sick kiddos and a full work schedule. Hmmmm.

Kids are all in bed now, after Rebecca sobbed upon realizing Big Sister wasn't sleeping in her bed with her tonight and Amelia practically gnawed her fist off in a teething fit after dinner and Molly passed out by 6:45.

The weekend cannot come soon enough!

Having a Baby Changes Everything

I was watching the closing ceremonies of the Olympics (now I can finally get to sleep at a decent hour) with Molly. Since this is an historic event, I was bending the bedtime rules a wee bit. Amelia was sleeping in her crib, and Rebecca was already asleep on the couch. The Johnson & Johnson commercial came on with the slogan "having a baby change everything." Molly: "Is that true, Mommy?" I nodded. "What does that mean? How does it change everything?" Mom: "Well, there are things you used to do that you can't do anymore once you have a baby. But you don't mind so much, because you love your baby so much, that you'd do anything for her. And until you have a baby, you can't even imagine that much love." Molly smiled. "Oh."

Approximately 5 minutes later, Rebecca--while sleeping--puked all over the couch cushion and the very expensive, very hard to clean Oriental rug in our den. Having a baby changes everything...

Get On Your Feet!

Amelia started walking last week. Last Sat 8/9, she took a couple of steps. By Wednesday, she simply stood up from a sitting postion(without holding onto anything) and walked across the room to me. Molly and Rebecca were my witnesses. She spent the rest of the week walking everywhere, frustrated when she couldn't get all the way to her destination, and delighted to move between her big sisters.

You know, with your first kid, you're very excited when this happens. And I am excited for Amelia. However, I just promptly ordered safety gates and conversion kits (to attach them to the bannisters) and sighed, realizing my little Speed Racer is now off to the races...and I have to try to catch her.

I was kinda counting on a couple more months of crawling. After all, she's only 10 months old.

Amelia Meets the Sippy Cup

So this is a sippy cup? I like it!



Is this how you do it? No?



Oh, this is it!



Yay for me!

We love Nana and Pa!

They came all the way from Oregon. Nana took the girls shopping and to the movies and generally hung out with them while Peter and I worked. We ate too much food and did a little relaxin', too. Uncle John and Aunt Barbara were here from Oak Ridge and they went with Nana to see some final resting places of some long-gone relatives--we learned a bit more about the family tree from Uncle John! See y'all soon!

Week One, All Done!

School has begun! Molly started 1st grade and Rebecca started Pre-K. Molly loves her teacher, is reading happily and well and managed to negotiate the bus all week, with some help from Aunt Laurie and cousin Hallie. Rebecca returned to our favorite Montessori school. Many of last year's students returned and there are some new friends as well. Both of them LOVE school--we are so grateful for that, as we know it will carry them through a lifetime of learning.

Amelia at 10 Months