Today
Saturday, August 30, 2008

How many times have I clicked the "New Post" button on my Blogger dashboard and then never actually finished writing a post? (or worse, never even started typing a post) Oh, I dunno. A million? I have so many things going on in my head, that I can't decide what to post about. The first post after a long writing hiatus overwhelms me and I just end up walking away. I am a loser.

Maybe instead of writing an update on Scout's developmental milestones and yada yada, I'll just tell you about my day. It's nothing monumental or special. Just a normal day....

Scout woke up at almost 9:00 AM, which is 2 hours later than usual. For the last week or so, her nap and bedtime schedule has consistently been about 2 hour off for some reason. Meh. Whatchya gonna do. I didn't hear her get up. Matt went to the bathroom and saw her standing at the baby gate that we use to trap her in her bedroom. Sometimes she just stands there and talks to the dog or plays in her room before letting us know she's awake. Other times, she cries for us (and we immediately go get her, of course). It just depends on her mood, I guess. I love being woken up by a squealing, revved-up toddler being plopped down on top of me from above. That sounded sarcastic, but it's really not. I do love it. She crawled all over me while smiling and giggling and seemed so happy to see me. I love that. I asked if she would like to nurse and she did her little maniacal chuckle she does when you ask her if she wants something and the answer is 'yes'. I laid there for 15 minutes, drifting in and out of sleep (and so did she) while she nursed. Then she popped up and started clapping her hands and reaching for me. That meant she wanted me to get up, pick her up, and get out of bed. Enough of this laying here and cuddling stuff. It's time to get up and get moving! (and never stop)

I obliged, but I told her that I needed to potty BAD and asked her to stand in the bathroom with me while I peed. Half the time she cries when I put her down for that straight-outta-bed 1st pee of the morning, but she didn't this morning. She was too busy pointing at the dog and waving to her. I wonder if she's ever noticed that the dog never waves back.

She ran out of the bathroom when I was done and went to find DH. (DH has been home from work for a couple weeks because of some health issues) He was right where she thought he'd be - at his computer desk. They said hi to eachother and I'm sure she sat on his lap while frantically grabbing for pens and chapstick and computer parts on his desk. I don't quite remember the details, but I'm sure she probably grabbed for something that she's not supposed to have and we probably had to tell her not to while redirecting her and she probably had a meltdown of epic proportions, going limp and screaming like we're hurting her. Ya know, because that's what she does these days.

Maybe I should skip over a few things, since I'm not even to breakfast yet and I've already written a novel. Long story short, we went out to breakfast, shopped at a local thrift store, played outside A LOT, and Scout took a 1.5 hour nap. More tantrums ensued in there somewhere, I'm sure. But there were probably even more moments of affection, impressive learning feats, and sheer cuteness to balance it all out. We had hamburgers and a spinach salad for lunch. (or I guess it was more like dinner...at 4:00) Scout's favorite part of the meal was the wheat toast and fruit. She spit out the only bite she took of the meat.

Some friends who hadn't seen Scout since she was tiny came over and they just ate her up. They brought her some wonderful books and played with her in the floor and had a grand time. I love it when people actually get down in the floor and interact with kids when they're visiting. I mean, REALLY interact. Scout was shy at first but warmed up very quickly. She grabbed one of our friends' hand and led her to the door that leads to our garage. She pointed to the door nob and motioned like she was turning it. I thought that it was cute for her to show our friend how to turn the door nob! She took our friend out to the garage and gave her a little "tour", pointing to things and jibber-jabbering. I think it's great that our guest played along. Scout led her back into the house and back into the living room to play. After our friends left, we went outside to play again.

I'm sure you see a theme here. We PLAYED all day. I didn't do any laundry or cleaning or anything. Not a whole lot of productiveness. Just hanging out with my little girl. That's not really my typical day. There are usually lots more chores. Bleh. But Saturdays around here are pretty lazy.

We never ate a real dinner. Scout just snacked on some cow's milk, a Wasa cracker, some raisins (she LOVES raisins like her friend, Bailey) , avocado, a little bit of peanut butter, and provolone cheese. I had a popcicle, a salad with lentils, and a bowl of the Wal-Mart version of Special K Red Berries. I think it's called Strawberry Morning. That name cracks me up for some reason. I have no idea why, but for some reason it brought to my mind that old SNL commercial for Colon Blow. Hee hee hee. Colon Blow. I think DH had some crackers w/ peanut butter and an apple. I was a bad suzie-homemaker today.

Scout played the drums with DH for a while and then looked at her new books. Between the books we found at the thrift store after breakfast, and the books our friends brought, she ended up with 12 new books today! My favorite part of reading to Scout is that she says "Mee-Ummmm!" every time she closes a book. She says it in the exact tone of voice I use when I say "The End!" at the end of a story. It's adorable.

I gave Scout a bath before bed and she had a blast. She filled her giant plastic cup under the faucet about a million times and probably would've stood there and done it all night, had I not finally turned the water off. We listened to bluegrass music on NPR and splashed and had a great time. Funny thing about Scout - she won't actually sit down in the bath water. She stands or squats the whole time. I don't know what that's all about. I've tried to get her to sit, but she flat out refuses. I asked her tonight if she wanted to "sit down on her bottom" while I did the sign for "sit", and she shook her head "no" and was very serious about it. I guess I see no reason to make her sit. I just think it's a little odd that she only wants to stand. Meh.

Almost every time I get her out of the tub and have her wrapped up in a towel while I'm holding her, she lays her head on my shoulder and wraps her arms around me and smiles this GIGANTIC smile into the mirror. I smile back at her, and she smiles even bigger. It is by far the BEST part of being a mom. I live for moments like that.

Afterward, she streaked down the hall in all her freshly-bathed glory so she could tell daddy "Nigh-nigh" and give him a kiss. There aren't many things in this life sweeter than that. I love her little nekkie bottom.

I nursed her to sleep and was able to slip out of her bedroom within just a few minutes. I pulled the door almost closed and put the baby gate up. Time to do it all again tomorrow. Only tomorrow, I'd better do a couple loads of laundry or we'll be wearing dirty clothes next week.

Labels: baby sleep, being sappy, blog talk, dh, family, health, pics of scout, scout talking

posted by Unkempt Mommy @ 9:52 PM,

4 Comments:

At Sun Aug 31, 01:11:00 AM CDT, Two Lines On a Stick said...: I love hearing about your day. It sounds a lot like our day- tantrums, playing, books, raisins... I love our girls :)
At Sun Aug 31, 06:29:00 AM CDT, Dawn B said...: Oh my gosh look at how big she's getting!!!! And her TEETH!!! Holy smokes!!! She's been growing some chompers. That alone will keep someone away from blogging.LOL
Thank you so much for your sweet comment. I'm heading into work early today and it put a smile on my face. And that's hard to do when I've only had 3 hours of sleep. LOL
At Sun Aug 31, 10:00:00 PM CDT, Andria and Co. said...: Yay! You must update more often!!!

Scout is absolutely precious.
At Tue Sep 02, 11:01:00 AM CDT, Danielle said...: Yeah! You're back! I love my foogoo sippy cups for Eowyn and the Kleen Kanteen with the Avent spout works just great for Max. No leaking.