There are certain things you lose touch with when you have children, especially the first few months when everything is so new and delicate. With my first daughter I completely lost the ability to take a shower unless someone was there to hold her. It's not that serious this time around, but still you lose touch with some things. I'm getting back into the parts of me that will help me be stronger for my daughters. With L my first it was snow skiing and yoga nights out. Now with W my second its slalom water skiing. I got a new ski for christmas this year which I haven't been able to use all season b/c I was pregnant or recovering from my c-section. Today for the first and most exciting time I was able to get up on my new water ski. This is a big step in the right direction. I was able to lose my baby weight from L by water skiing last summer. I'm hoping I'll get a good start on dropping some serious pounds before we pull the boat. By the way the last ski day last year was Oct. 21st. So I'm counting on almost two more months of skiing. Skiing and Skiing it's all good.
I had two awesome experiences with my girls this week. First I took the three of us up to Babies r us to get some stuff with gift cards. Afterwards I went out to lunch with my two girls. This was a big thing for us. Willow was snuggled up next to me in her wrap and L was such a big girl. I told her she had to hold my hand and stay close b/c we would be in the parking lot and the restaurant and she did. She understood that I wouldn't be able to chase her and I needed her close by. She stood right by me and she snuggled next to me in the booth for lunch. She also did a great job eating her grilled cheese and letting me eat my corn chowder. We had a nice lunch together my girls and I. There were some melt downs once we got home, but it was a step in the right direction.
The other awesome thing was at bedtime. I was singing the usually lullabies while L nursed to sleep. I finished the first one and she looked up at me and said "Baby's Boat" That was the first time she ever told me to sing another one by name. It made me feel like she does appreciate her bed time routine even if sometimes it's the hardest part of the day.
The organizing is in my mind but on the back burner. It's time to turn up the heat!
ending tyrants
13 years ago
1 comment:
Hey sis,
I'm glad to see yr blogging. I know it's probably hard with the girls and everything, but I think it's a good thing to do. It can be therapy or a way to chronicle a process or just life in general. Yr hubby's nuts, but I guess we already knew that. Otherwise he wouldn't fit in so well with our family. Looking forward to Memorial day tomorrow.
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