Gee wiz. I’ve been busy. Actually, I’ve been busy and my priorities have changed. It’s honestly NOT that taking care of a one year old is incredibly difficult, it’s just that I really don’t want to do much of anything else! I’m obviously neglecting my blog, haven’t spend much time on message boards, and have skipped several chores hat I defnitely would have done by this time any other year. On top of all that, I’ve got a deck to seal, a porch roof to replace, and a pile of wood to move. Although I did get my veggie garden planted, don’t even ask me about the weeds everywhere else.
With a long weekend coming up, I’m sure I could easily knock out a few of those chores. Not gonna happen! We’ve got 75 degree sunny weather coming up, and a bike trailer to test out!
I find myself squeezing in activites, important phone calls, and chores during naptime. If naptime gets cut short, then fewer items get crossed off the list.
Work has been rather busy lately, “going live” with some new software and data conversion. My current project is semi-inherited, essentially two projects merged late in the game when they should have been spec’d out together initially. That leaves me in a constant state of compromise between programmers, users, vendors, and VPs. Everyone seems to be settling in finally, but I still have some troublemakers. I actually had to tell someone old enough to be my mother to be quiet and listen during a meeting as she repeatedly interrupted the person attempting to answer her questions. Prior to that I tried every combination of more polite suggestions - “hang on”, “wait a sec, I think V’s about to answer that”, “give him a minute”. I was pretty close to telling her to shut up. I just can’t use language like that at work.
It’s all soooooo worth it though when I come home and see this amazing face…
“How’s that baby of yours?” Quite easily the most common question I get at work. It actually feels good to just be asked that question rather than, “when’s that baby of your’s coming home?” Well, as you can see, she’s certainly at home.
Second most popular question for any new parent would be?
You guessed it - does she sleep through the nigh? Thanks to some help from a stuffed blue footed boobie - CJ has been sleeping through the night for several weeks now. I’d say she has one rough night a week, usually due to being overtired, or from her silly parents doing something to throw off the routine. The funny thing about the stuffed bird is that Carmen just has not been all that enamoured with stuffed animals. She has a few she likes (a teddy bear our social worker gave her, a stuffed duck she got for Easter, and a Snoopy we already had). But she has latched onto that bird and isn’t happy when he’s not around for bed time. Many thanks to K for giving up the boobie for the baby!
The poor thing still doesn’t have a name yet. Any ideas? No, this is not an advertisement for Graco, but we’re taking offers!
Another common question - she walking yet? Almost!!! She’ll take a few steps then pretty much take a dive. As everyone keep saying - she’ll walk on her own when she’s ready.
One more popular question answered with photo evidence. Does she eat well? Um Duh! I’m not sure there’s much she won’t eat. So far, she’s had pretty much all the typical table foods, plus some surpising things like salmon, lamb, mushrooms, black olives, and hummus. No kidding. So far, she’s only totally rejected cauliflower. Everything else seems agreeable on the second try. But what does she really like?
Donuts, particularly a certain home-made donut made by the mommy of some of CJ’s new friends. I can honestly tell you - I really wanted to eat them pretty much this way myself. She was shoving it in so fast, she ended up gagging. Same here.
You might be wondering if it’s all fun and games. Not even close. She can cry, whine, and show attitude as much as any 1 year old girl. When trying to solve a problem, she’s as persistent as they come. She’ll try over and over, let out a yelp, then keep trying until she gets it right. We’ve had an opportunity to see her playing with other kids, some quite a bit older, and she absolutely loves it. A couple of times, an older kid would try to take something out of her hands and receive the same yelp and dirty look. I’m pretty sure she learned the look from her mother, who’s starting to work on table manners a bit already.
All in all - we’re having an absolute blast. I really don’t deserve this joy, this amazing gift from God, but I’ll take it anyway. I keep searching, but I have not found any brown in her eyes yet - they are an amazing glassy black.
Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by CJs Daddy
Filed under: CJ, Food, Fun
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