Good Christian Mouth

Last week I learned two things about Christian volleyball (this will relate to Kate, I promise... bear with me here...): 1) You cannot wear beer-related shirts to games (rather embarrassing to have to turn my shirt around. Even worse that I almost started to pull it off in the middle of the gym and then realized that chances are, the woman who reprimanded me about my shirt, probably didn't want to see me in a sports bra), and 2) You cannot cuss (I have yet to nail down the particulars on what this means).

I have a problem not cussing. The words just seem to fly out of my mouth before I realize. And while I don't usually see this as a problem, I now see some potential for a problem.

Today though, when I was nearing a lunch disaster, my fears were revealed to be unfounded.

Kate had a lovely lunch of cereal mixed with bananas, peaches and raspberries. Seriously, this baby food tastes like the smoothies I pay $4 for on the weekends. Sp-oooiiiiled. I get up to grab something crucial -- what escapes me at the present time, but I know that it was life or death that I get it at that moment. When I turn around I see my dear little Kate, bowl of cereal in her hand, slowly tilting it to her face. I imagine cereal everywhere -- face, floor, dog.

"No! Kate, no!" I yell and run, poetically and speedily, to her side.

"You are SO PROACTIVE!"

I pause.

Did I really just say that? "Proactive?" That was what I chose to say in that moment? Huh.

Good mama. There's hope for me yet.

I'm still patting myself on the back over that one.

Big Bird

Kate had some lunch outside with her daddy's parents yesterday and learned what a duck was. She was very fascinated by them. The whole scene was entertaining: food all over baby and ground, duck trying to figure out how close is safe, and mom worrying that duck is going to land on baby...

Grandparents everywhere

It is the weekend of grandparents and Kate has been entertaining constantly. She's held up well through all the outings and attention. The big test will be tomorrow when she will have to have an adjusted snack and nap schedule due to my graduation ceremony. Hopefully she won't break down too much!

In the meantime... Kate is working desperately to figure out how to crawl, but we're still waiting...!

Tricky Formula Feeding

It's taking me a while to get used to needing equipment when I'm out. I feel suddenly really helpless. If I don't pack enough, or the right stuff, my little one is hungry and there's nothing for me to do about it. It takes some getting used to!

So, after talking to some friends I went out an bought a Munchkin formula dispenser. Whew, what a mistake that was! I wanted something that would hold different amounts of formula so I could have a couple servings ready. Well this one leaked everywhere in my bag. Bleck. Powder all over everything. No good. I ended up pulling out my old pumping containers which ended up being the perfect size for a 6 to 8 oz serving of formula (pre-mixing).

Baby stuff is almost as big a racket as wedding stuff. Man oh man.

A little glam

Kate got a little more glamorous this week with the arrival of her new sunglasses. A splurge on my part, but I decided that since I can't keep a hat on the girl's head, I might see if I can protect her little eyes another way. She played with them a lot, but they stayed on longer than I expected!