Well It has been a darn long time since I have blogged. And i really want to get better at it. Not only for the sake of vanity (I love feeling like a journalist), but also for the sake of documenting my life for loved ones far away, and for finding the beauty in every day. I am blessed to be a stay at home mom right now, and I feel like I see a little glimpse of the world that the working folk miss out on. What I miss in terms of adult conversation and math equations, I make up for in smiles and boogers.
This weekend was my first Valentine's Day as a mom. To be honest I was just so excited to go out to dinner that I didn't even care about presents or anything else. I woke up on Sunday morning, and totally forgot it was Valentine's Day. I stumbled out to the kitchen in a bright orange jaegermeister tee shirt, and my ponytail half on the top of my head, and half falling all over. Steve was busy arranging a bouquet of roses in a vase, and Blake was hopping up and down in his bouncy. I was so excited. I had completely forgotten, and in my less than sleeping beauty state, my sweet husband had remembered. He had chocolates and a card too, and those little rascals had snuck out before I woke up and gotten all these goodies to surprise me. It just delights my heart to think of them running around, on Valentine's morning finding presents for me. The fact that Blake was still in his Alien footie pajamas made it even more endearing!
On Saturday we went to Hip Hop Bounce, the baby/toddler gym in town. It was a blast. The place is filled with bounce houses and big bouncy obstacle courses. And a ball pit. No indoor playground would be complete without a flu and stomach bug infested ball pit. Steve and I got to go in all the bouncy houses with Blake and all was going great until....we met the worst child ever. Yes, she was a regular nightmare. You never would have known by looking at her. She had Blonde hair, and a pretty plaid dress. Complete with matching tights. I knew something was amiss when she ran up to us, jumping all around, and said to Blake "Watch this BABY HEAD!" She said it with such disdain. My mama bear instinct kicked in and I almost decked her. BUT, instead I just tried to escape her. Not so easy. She started chasing us through the obstacle course. The highlight being when she came up behind Steve and smacked him on the butt. Alarming, yes? Then she called him daddy. Ahhh just more Whidbey Weirdos. She continued to chase us around, and we could not escape her. Then she started calling Blake 'cry baby'. ( he wasn't even crying, so nah nah nah nah) (insert stuck out tongue here!) Steve asked her where her mother was, but why would she care? She had already claimed her daddy. Maybe her mom sent her there and told her to find herself a daddy. Well she can go find her own baby daddy, this one is taken.
Today we went to Anacortes, WA and went to the beautiful Washington State park. It was Gorgeous! We walked the 'loop'. On the website it just says scenic 2.3 mile loop. They fail to tell you, its 2.3 miles up hill all the way... (ok almost!). We huffed and puffed and wheeled our stroller down. We took the dog too, and she was beat! The scenery was amazing, walking through the moss covered woods was so serene. Now if only I had a BOB jogging stroller, I would be set.
