Three Days of Mommy

I've been meaning to commit our weekend-o-Mommy to "paper" for a few weeks now.  But, as usual, life got the best of me & I am just getting to it now.  Ah, the travails of the SAWM.

Mommy's 35th birthday was May 11th.  I make it a point to NEVER work on my bday.  This year was no exception.  I took the day off & took you guys to the zoo.  In a brilliant Mommy move, I got us Olga's Curb-side To Go (lunch) so we could eat a delicious & special lunch at the zoo & not take up a lot of time.  We were all settled at a picnic table with our wraps & sweet potato fries spread out. There were two  geese lurking a little too close for comfort.  One wandered right up next to Baby Tait ... And BIT his chubby little hand!!!  Baby Tait was just fine.  He didn't even cry ... until Mommy jumped up, started flailing around, clapping my hands, & doing my very best to run the goose of the picnic grove.  The rest of our visit to the zoo was a bit less eventful, fortunately.

We spent Saturday & most of Sunday in GRap at Grandma & Grandpa Deubys.  Mommy ran a 10K race with Auntie Whitney Saturday morning.  The rest of the day was spent just hanging out with you both, Daddy, & Grandma & Grandpa Deuby.  It's just so nice to chill out & enjoy you guys.  Sunday was Mother's Day.  What a glorious day!!  Any day that celebrates the little people I love most is a beautiful thing!!  We went to church, had brunch at Grandma & Grandpa's, visited for a bit, played outside, & then we had to head back to the D.  The rest of the day was just nice & chill with pizza for dinner & playing outside together.

The point I want to make is just how much I love celebrating you two & what a beautiful thing motherhood is!  I thank God for you both each & every day ... & for making me your Mommy.

Just a bit about BittyBoo

Just wanted to get a few things down on "paper" about what you are doing these days at nearly (gulp!) 11MO.  In no particular order:

• you are just about crawling on hands & knees, though you are fastest still doing your army crawl, just as your sis did
• when I hold you, you like to grip the back of my shirt by my shoulder & wrap your little fingers of the other hand around my the hand of the arm I am holding you with - so sweet!
• you slept. all. night. long. last night at Grammy & Grandpa Patterson's while Mommy & Daddy were at a wedding.  I now have a glimmer of hope that you will do OK overnight with w/o Mommy next weekend at Grandma & Grandpa's when Mommy, Daddy, & Dexter do our annual trip to Traverse City.  (But i am STILL apprehensive & sad about leaving you overnight for the first time!  SIGH.
• you are pulling up in your crib.  a milestone!  Butttttttt, it appears that you don't know how to get down.  Hmmmm ....  You do not like to take naps on weekends when Mommy (& Daddy) are home.  in fact, we just back up out of the crib.  ok, ok, we give, you win!!!  signing off to take a family trip to Lowe's.

I love you with all my heart, my little stinker!

Mommy