Simple Woman's Daybook

I am thinking...

I can't believe how fast babies grow.  Every morning I look at my baby, and I truly think he grows and changes during the night!  This morning he had a classic bumbo blowout...I guess he thought it would be a great place to have his morning poo.  I had just gotten him dressed and ready for the day, and slipped him in his bumbo to hang out while I cooked some oats for myself for breakfast.

I came back to get him out and he had spit up a little, right down the front of his clean shirt and just enough on his pants that they needed to be changed.  As I pulled him out of the seat, I noticed that his waist felt wet.  I just thought it might be from spitting up, but no, it was an entire diapers worth of poo, all the way up his back nearly to his neck.  Lovely.  

As I was cleaning him up and changing his clothes, I was sad again thinking about how all his newborn clothes are put away and he is fully into the 6-12 months sizes.  Where does the time go?

I think he was planning it in this picture...

And he looks so innocent...

In the kitchen...
There is a lovely box of dishwasher detergent on the counter, ready for the day we move into our new home.  I have not had the pleasure of having a dishwasher since I moved out of my parents house in 2005.  It will be such a treat to have one, I can't even imagine how much more efficient it will be.

The funny thing is, I actually don't mind washing dishes once I start them. What I'm really and truly excited about is having the dirty dishes in the dishwasher instead of piling up on the counter.  There's nothing like a pile of dirty dishes to get my blood pressure up...

I am wearing...
My hair is in a braid again.  I think braids are destined to be my main hairstyle for the next year or so.  I like to french braid it to the side and pin my bangs back - it keeps everything out of my face.  Plus it greatly reduces the amount of times Riggs gets a death grip on my hair and tries to eat it.

I am creating...
Unfortunately, I will not be doing much crafting for the next two weeks.  I need to spend any free time I have (that i'm not blogging lol) packing.  We are all ready to close on our loan so if the seller can get moved out soon we have a good chance of closing early (yay!).  This means I really need to get serious about packing which also means I can't procrastinate by working on sewing, knitting or crocheting.

I did, however, take advantage of the Costco coupon for $.09 prints this week.  I print 298 pictures (nearly all of them of Riggs - ha) and even managed to get them in order and into their respective albums. Tonight I plan on finishing the captions as soon as I am done with this post.

I am going...
I plan on taking a quick walk before bed tonight to get the last bit of puppy energy out of Tutka before he goes to bed.  I have been very diligent about walking him and have managed to take him on at least one hour long walk a day, usually with one or two more 30 minute walks thrown in for good measure.  He is doing very well walking on the leash and learning good manners.  What a smart big little boy!

I am looking forward to...
Despite taking an hour long nap this afternoon before Steve got home, I am really looking forward to getting in bed, unwinding from the day and cuddling my soft, warm and plump little baby.  I just cannot get enough of him, especially those little elbow dimples!