Ahhhhh, a few blissful
moments of silence as my baby snoozes peacefully in her swing. I thought I’d take advantage of the quiet and
write up a little blog post. Where, oh where, does the time go...!?
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| Tummy time with a side of drool |
First, Samantha. Five months old on August 28th! She’s doing fabulously! Her favorite things include: her swing, her
bouncer, her twisty rattle, her two sheep stuffed animals, and her toes. She really enjoys the recent addition of “dinner”
to her food plan, haha! We’ve only tried
yogurt, apple sauce, bananas, and green beans at this time. She’s definitely not into the green beans
yet, but we’re continuing to try them every couple of days. She made it through a whole ice cube last
night, so progress is being made. Sam
rolls around all of the time now. She’s
also sitting up a lot more. Her balance
is a little iffy and we have to help her into a sitting position first. She keeps teasing us when it comes to
crawling. She’s thrust her little body
into a sort of triangle and then push her little feet and sort of slide
forward, but it still seems sort of accidental.
She’s much better at slowly working her way backwards. This frustrates her and usually results in
tears.
Her sleep schedule is
still really great. I’m so thankful that
she sleeps so well at night. Nap time,
however, is a different story. They
usually last for about twenty minutes, on average. Some days, I might get a full hour out of
her, but it’s rare. Sam still hasn’t
really laughed. We get some chuckles
every now and then and lots of delighted squeals or huge gummy grins. We thought she might be ticklish, but so far
that hasn’t really panned out. She loves
it when we pretend to eat her toes or blow raspberries on her belly.
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| Comfort from Daddy |
Every day with her is
an adventure and it’s so much fun to watch her explore and play. I am so full of pride and joy when she tries
something new and gives me that “proud of myself” grin. It’s almost like she’s saying “Did you see
me, Mommy!? Did you see what I can do
now!?” I love it and it just totally
melts my heart.
Even her “bad” days
aren’t all that bad. It amazes me how I
can feel so frustrated when she whines and fusses or wakes up after 15 minutes
of ‘nap’, but then all I do is pick her up and it all melts away. I find that it’s never frustration with her,
but at not feeling like I have the time to do whatever it is I’m trying to do. It’s neat to feel the difference and
reinforces the feelings of ‘motherhood’ in me.
It’s also pretty amazing to me to feel how much my love for her grows
each day. How can a full heart just
expand and expand? You think it’s full
to capacity and then you look at her and know your heart just got bigger. I can’t imagine a life without her in it and
it almost feels like she has always been a part of our lives.
Bliss! Life is just total bliss!
The other part of our
lives that’s taking up a lot of time is the house. We are finally starting to make some of the
changes and improvements that we’ve wanted to do. Of course, it’s a slow-going process since
money is tight. Still, it’s pretty
exciting to see the progress. We’re
starting with projects that were included in our home inspection (sealing
hairline cracks in our foundation, repairing some little odds and ends, and
taking out some bushes that are too close to the house). Then we’re doing some fun projects, such as
painting the living room and organizing the garage. Richard’s in progress on that now and will be
writing his own blog on the completed project.
Then there are things
we’re doing to prepare for our upcoming house-guest. My mother-in-law is going to be moving in
with us at the end of September. She’s
planning to move to Florida to be closer to her brother and sisters. She wants to buy a house down there and needs
a few months to save up her money. In preparation
for her stay, we’ve put new blinds in the windows downstairs and dark out
curtains in our office/craft room, which will be her bedroom. We’re going to lay some linoleum in the
laundry room (a temporary fix until we have the funds/time to finish that room
completely). She’s got four cats that
will also be staying with us and we’ll set up a spot for them in the laundry
room. We’re going to move Richard’s
office space into the guest room upstairs instead and then there’s a lot of
furniture rearranging to do so that everyone is comfortable. All this should keep us pretty busy for the next
month!
News on South George
and our attempt at short selling it is limited.
We know that the bank ‘approved’ it and sent my file to the USDA for
approval. This put us on another 4 to 6
week wait until we hear if it’s been approved by the USDA. Then, I think, we get to set a closing date
on the contract we have on the house. If
not, we’re back to the drawing board.
Let’s hope we don’t have to go back to the drawing board, because any of
the other options (including, but not limited to, renting it out to someone
else) would cost us a whole lot of money we just don’t have. I remain cautiously optimistic.
Well, that’s the quick
and dirty regarding the big things in our lives. Samantha is stirring and I should get dinner
(BBQ pork riblets in the crock pot, yumm!) started before she fully wakes.
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