SOMEDAY

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Someday I will get to sleep more than 4 hours in a row.  This does not include when I am sick with the flu or food poisoning.  Someday I will have a day off in which I do nothing.  These days weren't yesterday or the day before or the day before that.

Those days were filled with Emma waking up at all hours of the night, her nose congested and filled with adult-sized boogies.  She was sick and got off schedule, which meant I got off schedule.  Email at work threw up and caused a crisis of epic email proportions, so I went into work on my day off.  Of course I'd already been woken up by two phone calls about work, so why not.  I can function on 13 hours of sleep in 3 days.  Let's get this.

Yesterday when I picked her up from school, she didn't see me right away, so I took the opportunity to watch her explore the Baby Einstein exersaucer. She was so amazing, just playing with what it had to offer. And then she looked up and saw me. The biggest grin came across her face, she started jumping a bit and then she yelled Mama! As close to it as she can get. I know she's muttered it before in a long string of other jibberish and I know she's said Dada before. But this was clear and directed at her excitement of seeing me. It. Was. Awesome.  David put our precious one to bed last night and she slept ALL NIGHT LONG.  Hopefully this means she's back in her routine and not as snotty.  He also made one of my new favorite dinners - grilled tilapia and roasted potatoes/onions/brussels sprouts.  I have developed quite the refined palate.

Emma's first Easter is coming up and Grandmommy has purchased her a new dress and romper for the occasion, complete with shoes and tights.  Kid's not spoiled at all.  She's now been eating green beans and she clearly likes them better than peas.  Who wouldn't.  Last night she had some carrots.  She'll be eating beef wellington before we know it.

She's also taken to actually giggling.  Her tooth is sloooooow to come in, but it's making the slightest of slight progress.  I think the one next door is hoping to make an appearance too.  This will make feeding time even more fun.  A wiggly distracted kid with teeth.  Might be switching to a bottle sooner than I hoped :)

We are having Easter lunch at our house.  Mostly because it's easier than packing up the house to go to Raleigh.  Emma requires a metric ton of stuff.  And then there's Gracie.  We need to buy additional chairs.  We can't fit our whole family.  We have tables a plenty, just no chairs.  Easter candy is my most favorite of all holidays, but I much much prefer Thanksgiving dinner food.  I might make cupcakes.  I might not.  I have to clean the house.  And bathe the baby. 

Maybe we should Easter in Raleigh after all...  (I just made Easter into a verb).