Day 74...rattle rattle

Apr 3

We slept way in again today. Must have needed it. Actually I probably really did need it, I feel much better today than I did yesterday...throat's still scratchy, but feeling better over all which is a relief.

It kind of felt like the day was wasted though since I didn't get up until 11. I'm supposed to be getting back into the habit of getting up early. So much for that idea. Well, perhaps tomorrow.

I didn't get much done today, again.

I did take the dog and the boy for a walk...the stroller is kind of like a new toy for my, ha! We went a route that we don't usually go, and haven't gone in a while. I like going that way because it's a secluded gravel road, with a bunch of abandoned houses on it...I mean seriously abandoned, with the black berry and ivy growing up all over and taking over the house. It's fun to imagine what those houses would look like if they had been well kept. Also, I can let Sheba off the leash and she won't get into trouble. There is one dog on the street that isn't fenced in, or on a chain that Sheba always wants to say hello to if she's out.

Which is frustrating. I learned today that taking the boy and the dog for a walk, with the leash off now has a whole new set of stuff to deal with, than it did before Martyn was born. Now, if Sheba is off the leash and misbehaves (which almost always only consists of not coming to me when I call her) I have to park the stroller in a safe place, and can't really walk too far from it. I suppose the main cure for that problem, is simply to work with the dog and get her back into the habit of just being obedient....which means taking her for walks consistently again.

Earlier today, I was letting Martyn have some floor time on his back, and thought I would try his rattle slippers again. The problem is with the cloth diapers, his butt is so big, it makes it hard for him to lift his feet up very high at all. Then I got the bright idea to put the other set of rattle booties, which no longer fit his big feet, on his hands. That worked pretty well. He could look at the little elephant and monkey on the ends of them, and he could shake his arms, and rattle them, and he could chew on them...it was a win win win situation! Not to mention super cute. It did a good job of entertaining him for a while too, which was nice for me.

I was making cookies when Eli got home, and was holding Martyn, dancing in the kitchen and singing to him. He had been laying on the floor in the dinning room, but I just couldn't resist picking him up. I love holding him, and cuddling him....when he's happy, or sad, he's just so cuddly. Eli came and sat in the kitchen and held him. Every time I would say something in response to Eli, Martyn would look down the kitchen towards me, he totally was listening to and turning towards the sound of my voice....that made my heart melt!

Eli took him in the bathroom at my request, while he was taking a shower and just let Martyn have some floor time in the steam. He really likes that, and the steam helps the congestion. The bathroom and kitchen share a wall, and it was so cute to listen to Eli talking to Martyn while he (Eli) was in the shower, and Martyn was totally content to lay on a towel on the bathroom floor. I sure love my guys!

I really love it when Eli comes home from work in high spirits. That makes my evenings! Pretty soon, I'm going to have to come home from work on Eli's work nights, and still cook dinner. Oh well, I love my husband and I feel like that's something I should do for him....it's part of our team work....I have dinner ready for him when he gets home, or at least cooking....and he takes care of dinner on his off nights.

It's going to be a whole new routine to establish once I'm working again. I'm still going back and forth about it. I'm anxious to get it started and get it over with, but at the same time dreading it.

I think part of the anxiety is because I really want this year to be the year for us to really get moving on getting on track. I want us to get set in a routine that points us in the direction of being able to buy a house and really settle down. I'm content to stay in our rental house for a while. It's a good place for us to live, but I have to admit, it still doesn't feel as permanent as I would like. I think we both feel that way. We would love to go into business for ourselves too...we just don't know what we would do, what kind of business.

I think this is the year we're going to figure that out. I'm looking forward to that.