Life is good and I want to remember how fun these days are. Luckily we've had decent weather these past few weeks, although we've had some really cold and windy days too. Living in Idaho I've learned to appreciate the nice weather days. For example, I really enjoy taking Channing on a walk and not having my face and ears freeze from the cold and wind. For our walk today I didn't even have to wear a coat! I much rather be warm than cold any day!
Random note...being sensitive to loud noises must get passed on in your genes. As a kid (and teenager and sometimes an adult) I had to plug my ears when vacuuming, using a blender, or other loud noise type things. Channing is exactly the same way. He's okay with the vacuum but he'll start crying if you start a blender or lawn mower with him close by. If I'm making a smoothie I have to send him into Justin's office or he'll freak out and cry. Below is a prime example of Channing's noise sensitivity. Here he's plugging his ears while Justin mows the lawn. Channing keeps a safe distance from the loud noise.
As an adult with one kid I've learned a few things. One thing I've learned involves blowing bubbles. You think blowing bubbles is easy breezy? Not so with a 2 year old. First off...only get the bubbles out if you have at least an hour to spare to sit outside and continuously blow bubbles. This is not a one time thing...once the bubbles come out he will not want you to stop for a long long time. Next, you must be okay with getting sticky. Channing likes to help and blow the bubbles sometimes. This sometimes means getting "bubble juice" flicked in your face on accident by your toddler sticking the bubble wand in and out of the container. So why even get out the bubble container? Because Channing loves it and being a mom sometimes means doing hard things. ;)
As an adult with a kid I've also learned that going out on a date can change your life. Okay not really. But who doesn't love Johnny Carino's bread and seeing Insurgent (and having a Twix during the movie for dessert) and spending time with my best friend? Living far from family we've had to be okay with getting a babysitter such as a 13 year old girl from our ward. It's hard to leave Channing in someone else's care and hear him cry when we walk out the door. But you know what? He ends up loving it and having a blast with the babysitter and the next morning he's sad that the babysitter is gone. Getting a babysitter = worth it.
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| Trying to carry all three of his diggers. |
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| Channing requested to wear his sunglasses on our walk today. |
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| And why not throw in a baby bump picture while I'm not overly ginormous. |
Those sunglasses pictures are ADORABLE. And you look WAY good.
ReplyDeleteOh thanks Bridgie!
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