Pure Sweetness

Some days when I pick June Anne up from school after work, she is so exhausted from playing that she falls asleep in the car on the way home. When I get her home, I always have to decide whether to wake her up and keep her evening schedule or whether to let her nap. And if I let her nap, do I hold her or put her down? Today was one of those days. She's sleeping. And I'm holding her. Just because I can. I've got a million and one things to do tonight as I'm working extra this week outside of the home. But, they can wait....

Mother, O Mother, come shake out your cloth,
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing, make up the bed,
Sew on a button and butter the bread.

Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue,
Lullabye, rockabye, lullabye loo.
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo

The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew
And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo
But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo
Look! Aren't his eyes the most wonderful hue?
Lullabye, rockaby lullabye loo.

The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow
But children grow up as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

- Ruth Hulbert Hamilton

Chatty Kathy

Is this trait just innate in all females? We must all be wired to know how to talk on the phone!

Wild Nakey Baby!!!!

Beware, naked baby alert!!! June Anne loves bath time!!! Such a fun time of my day!!

Update

I know, I know - I am such a slacker!!! It's been so long since my last post. But, my baby girl is peacefully sleeping, and my husband is working late, and, even though there are bottles to made and finger foods to package up for June Anne for school tomorrow, I wanted to take a minute to update the blog for those few faithful followers that we have! What have we been up to the past month? A LOT! Let me just tell you! Ok - well, when I go to type it, it really doesn't seem like that much, but life with a crawler is a lot of work!!! June Anne is everywhere these days. And her not-so-smart parents (we are trying to start watching the words we choose to use - "stupid" isn't one we want JA to pick up on) have yet to get baby gates. So, during June Anne's waking hours, one of us is literally running after her as she crawls furociously around the house. Needless to say, on my days home from work, I don't get very much accomplished, which is honestly fine by me at this stage in my life. I'm grateful for an amazing husband that helps me out when he gets home. A good friend of mine says that "a clean house is a sign of misspent life." And I'm learning more and more how true that really is. We don't live in filth by any stretch of the imagination - but, I'm ok with toys strewn in the floor or maybe not getting to the dusting as often as I used to before June Anne. I would much rather spend my time on the floor, crawling around, or snuggled in the rocker reading a book. I'm so thankful for the perspective that having June Anne has brought in my life. So many things that used to be important, I realize now are so trivial. (I mean, I do clean, people - don't think we are slobs! I'm just not nearly as anal about it as I used to be! Well, except the floor - I like the floor to be clean since JA crawl around there!)

We have also transitioned June Anne to what I call a "big girl" schedule. So sad! She now gets 3 meals a day - breakfast, lunch and dinner - with two snacks in between and 3 8 oz. bottles a day - morning, afternoon, and bedtime. She's doing great with it so far! The doctor has given us the O.K. to give her anything that we eat, which seems crazy to me. But, we have been giving her more and more, and she is doing great! Some of her favorites right now are wheat pasta with parmesan cheese, cubed sweet potatoes, butterbeans, sweet peas, green beans, and all kinds of fruit. Her favorite fruit right now is blueberries...she devours them!

This past month we went to Michigan to visit with Jason's family and to let June Anne meet her great-grandparents, great-aunts and uncles and cousins. It was June Anne's first flight. The way there was a NIGHTMARE! She cried almost the entire time! The way back, we planned her feedings correctly, so she slept the entire way back. Whew! We had a nice visit. I've posted some pictures below.