Posts by Christine:
The Inn is FULL
Listen Lady, the Inn is FULL. All the bedrooms in the house are occupied and it’s a strange feeling; especially looking back 6 years ago to when we bought the house and the rooms echoed from the lack of furniture. There is no longer any silence on Bambi lane.
This week we decided to move Rory into his crib to sleep at night. He had been sleeping in our room, next to our bed each night. However, now that he’s been sleeping through the night for nearly 3 weeks, it’s really not necessary to have him next to us.
Brett asked me if I’d have a hard time with moving him; my little baby, who seems to be growing my leaps and bounds each day. I do miss being able to peak over the edge of the pack and play, checking to make sure he is still breathing. Though I think I was more distressed over the fact that we needed to move the baby monitor out of Cardin’s room so we could put it up for Rory.
Cardin, by no need means requires use of a baby monitor, her voice is mighty loud enough to be heard outside the house without amplification. I realize I’m being way over protective by listening to both my children breath while they sleep. You have a kid and you’ll understand. I occasionally also poke them to see if they move. I figure this is also payback for the kicks they used to deliver to my spleen in utero.
Even now, when I hear Rory on the baby monitor I have to stop and say to myself “Dude, that’s not the girl…that’s the boy.” I’m so used to hearing her shrieking voice that I need to reacquaint myself with the sounds of soft baby cooing.
Defeated by an Infant Toy
Internet, meet Rory’s Rainforest playmat. According to the ‘unnamed’ company who made the product, it’s a delightful gym with music, lights, nature sounds and plenty of activities and textures to stimulate a growing baby….or some bullshit marketing ploy like that. It’s been a number of years since we had this out for Cardin, so I […]
Toe Truck
Babies are awesome at balancing; it’s important not to waste talent people. Because of such, I have an incessant need to balance objects on my children’s head. Common objects I find around the house are usually my go to items. Baby Ponies, bottle caps, rocks, short people. The list is really endless. I used to do this […]
SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!
For those of you who have been living under a rock the past 6 weeks, we’ve been going through a bit of a dry spell. In fact, tomorrow’s forecast calls for record swamp ass! As such, we have spent time each evening watering the landscaping that we put in last summer. You’ll recall my grandiose […]
Won’t you be my neighbor?
The house next door to us has been empty for almost a year now and was finally put up for sale a couple of months ago. It was previously inhabited by an elderly couple, but we began to notice a steady decline in the general upkeep of the house and yard. Eventually, we learned that […]