the pictures say it all...geoff declared himself boss of all household renos...
Friday, August 28, 2009
Peps group
Here's a snap from my peps group, all but i think 2 mommies/babies weren't there. I really like them all, its a wonderful group of moms, really a nice group of woman and they get such a kick out of Lux. Clockwise around they are (mom names/baby names): me/huxley, mary lynn/amelia, rebecca/ford (live across the street from Lux's playschool), melissa/keaton, amy/claudia, laura/ryann (little girl), meghan/drew and of course Lux. I mostly walk with Mary Lynn, Meghan and Melissa, but all such nice people! We are sitting drew tonite and Lux is so excited she is nearly crapping herself! I'm sure we will stay in touch with them all! Laura, Rebecca, Amy and I all work - oddly enough I will see Rebecca when I return to Microsoft, she is a consultant and working with a team there that I work with, would be nice to get to know her better as she will be a new neighbor and a really neat person.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
busy day
not sure if i could clasify today as a work day! my work email isn't working and well anyways i said to them they would see me after labor day - its called "slow re-entry".
what a complicated day - but we've pulled it off. now lux is in bed, huxley is having his last cry out and finger suck, geoff is at home depot (his head nearly exploding from what lies ahead of us with prepping this house to buy another) and likely panicking about going back to a family of two adults working (i think he will have the hardest adjustment to it all in some ways).
back and forth back and forth between the our house, the new house, fred meyer, home depot, pre school, playdate, peps dinner (my NEW mommy group) and more work to be done to prep our family room for painting. so the new house has some electrical work needed, a new tempered glass sliding door, and has two cracks in the sewer line (thankfully in relatively easy places to fix). glad we paid for extra inspections to have a very clear understanding of the home, certainly no deal breakers but things to be addressed. we will see what the seller is prepared to provide back to us as credits since the woman is too old to coordinate the work herself.
noteworthy news about the home - the drummer from Guns and Roses lives 2 doors down, funny since its a bit of a snooty, boring neighborhood to have a head banger living in AND most importantly it is THE street for trick or treating - so there, that certainly improves the value of the home. OH and no power lines, all the power lines are buried underground, talk about snooty. anyways i guess we will meet the drummer at least on halloween when we trick or treat at his home, wonder what candy he gives out?
so thats all i have, excited about the house, feels good in a way to move, i have bags to go to the good will, to the dump etc, cleaning house!
what a complicated day - but we've pulled it off. now lux is in bed, huxley is having his last cry out and finger suck, geoff is at home depot (his head nearly exploding from what lies ahead of us with prepping this house to buy another) and likely panicking about going back to a family of two adults working (i think he will have the hardest adjustment to it all in some ways).
back and forth back and forth between the our house, the new house, fred meyer, home depot, pre school, playdate, peps dinner (my NEW mommy group) and more work to be done to prep our family room for painting. so the new house has some electrical work needed, a new tempered glass sliding door, and has two cracks in the sewer line (thankfully in relatively easy places to fix). glad we paid for extra inspections to have a very clear understanding of the home, certainly no deal breakers but things to be addressed. we will see what the seller is prepared to provide back to us as credits since the woman is too old to coordinate the work herself.
noteworthy news about the home - the drummer from Guns and Roses lives 2 doors down, funny since its a bit of a snooty, boring neighborhood to have a head banger living in AND most importantly it is THE street for trick or treating - so there, that certainly improves the value of the home. OH and no power lines, all the power lines are buried underground, talk about snooty. anyways i guess we will meet the drummer at least on halloween when we trick or treat at his home, wonder what candy he gives out?
so thats all i have, excited about the house, feels good in a way to move, i have bags to go to the good will, to the dump etc, cleaning house!
The below
a poem written for me by my dad 25 years ago, I have carried the original piece of paper with me since that day and just found it while packing up the house, so thought it best to write it down electronically in case in a move the paper gets lost (although I will put the paper in Lux's things so that she has it when I'm old).
I remember the day my dad took me to this place, I remember many days there. Its a beautiful poem and a beautiful memory.
I remember the day my dad took me to this place, I remember many days there. Its a beautiful poem and a beautiful memory.
For Claire, fourteen
The old orchard was decadent,
long deserted by its founders,
but flowering,
and little wild bees filled
every blossom.
The grass, high for early spring,
and spring soft and green,
hid fallen fences and
from a bare
root cellar, collapsed on one side,
skittered a swallow
who had homesteaded there.
All but the crude stone
foundations of the buildings were gone,
the lumber burned or recut
to fit city tastes,
and the red bricks
ornamenting modern rooms.
I would have missed
the signs of life, unearthing
only the frayed fabric
of bygone families,
except for you. You
led me around the place
and showed me blossoms,
not decay,
and my heart sang
for the life in you.
1984-05-24
long deserted by its founders,
but flowering,
and little wild bees filled
every blossom.
The grass, high for early spring,
and spring soft and green,
hid fallen fences and
from a bare
root cellar, collapsed on one side,
skittered a swallow
who had homesteaded there.
All but the crude stone
foundations of the buildings were gone,
the lumber burned or recut
to fit city tastes,
and the red bricks
ornamenting modern rooms.
I would have missed
the signs of life, unearthing
only the frayed fabric
of bygone families,
except for you. You
led me around the place
and showed me blossoms,
not decay,
and my heart sang
for the life in you.
1984-05-24
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
the night before 20 weeks
today is my last day of maternity leave, i'm feeling so mixed about so many things, but predominantly feeling is happiness and peace and excitement. its 8:03, my daughter is in bed, and i hope she is asleep soon, she's coming a bit undone at the seams these days, her life is in constant change and adjustment for what seems like a year, this time last year we introduced a new nanny to our family (one lux adored but i was never happy with), she started part time preschool as the second youngest of mostly a group of nearly 5 year olds, shortly after was told mommy was pregnant, watched mom suffer through a tough pregnancy, introduced a new brother into the family, we all (save for huxley and my mom staying with us) had a rocky adjustment to a family of 4, i would say at times we are all still adjusting. AND now mom back to work, another year of pre school in front of us and a NEW HOUSE. thats enough for any 4 year old!!! and in between she has learned to swim, dropped diapers from her naps, embraced a new family member (one that mom and dad adore as much as they do her)...and oh countless other wonderful, thrilling things.
as i write i realize that this mat leave has been as much about lux as anyone. but its also been a glorious 20 weeks, and i'm realizing now that i must have had an agenda and most of the things on that agenda of sorts were crossed off, but most importantly i was simply able to be a "mom" a fulltime mom and i have loved it, loved every minute of it, it has filled me and fulfilled in ways i never imagined. and i'm so very grateful to my children and husband for giving me this wonderful opportunity. i will cherish these 20 weeks as likely the best 20 weeks of my life and that said i know i have fulltime motherhood in front of me at some point in my future.
now to huxley, he kicked this all off! he's lying next to me asleep on my bed, so peaceful. i find it hard to describe the tempermanent of my children, they are both so complex to me. huxley simply exists in our family, he's "there" and everyday he stakes his claims on us a little more and he gradually develops from one day to the next. he is nearly 5 months but still seems very much like a newborn. i have never left him for longer than 2 hours max, when lux was this age i left denver for a 24 hour business trip to DC - oddly enough i have no clue what it will be like to leave him for 8 hours as early as monday (5 days away), i have done nothing to prepare for that, i guess we'll just wing it and see how everyone does. we have tried a little cereal and he seems way too young for it, shows NO interest. he does take 1 bottle a day usually from only me. he is starting to have predictable naps, but only at home, when we are out and about he usually doesn't rest so those days are over. in the last few days he seems to fall asleep at about 8 pm and i feed him once more at 10 and he sleeps until 7:30 am. he is both more placid than lux was and also more presistent than she was so his opposites are more distinct than hers. he likes to visit, he likes to be held and picked up, he likes his sister's voice and doesn't like his dad's, he loves to nurse, seems fine with a bath and water.
so back to work and in a new home in a little over 1 month, the house i expect we will leave in for a very long time, i would hope until we are old and the kids gone, that seems a long time away but reminds me of the wonderful years we have ahead of us and reminds to remember to cherish them and BLOG about them.
i am blessed to have lux and huxley to have geoffrey and our families and friends and feeling pretty good about my decision to go back to work for sometime and see what the future holds for us.
time to fold laundry, two children sleeping, husband at a birthday bash. nitey nite.
as i write i realize that this mat leave has been as much about lux as anyone. but its also been a glorious 20 weeks, and i'm realizing now that i must have had an agenda and most of the things on that agenda of sorts were crossed off, but most importantly i was simply able to be a "mom" a fulltime mom and i have loved it, loved every minute of it, it has filled me and fulfilled in ways i never imagined. and i'm so very grateful to my children and husband for giving me this wonderful opportunity. i will cherish these 20 weeks as likely the best 20 weeks of my life and that said i know i have fulltime motherhood in front of me at some point in my future.
now to huxley, he kicked this all off! he's lying next to me asleep on my bed, so peaceful. i find it hard to describe the tempermanent of my children, they are both so complex to me. huxley simply exists in our family, he's "there" and everyday he stakes his claims on us a little more and he gradually develops from one day to the next. he is nearly 5 months but still seems very much like a newborn. i have never left him for longer than 2 hours max, when lux was this age i left denver for a 24 hour business trip to DC - oddly enough i have no clue what it will be like to leave him for 8 hours as early as monday (5 days away), i have done nothing to prepare for that, i guess we'll just wing it and see how everyone does. we have tried a little cereal and he seems way too young for it, shows NO interest. he does take 1 bottle a day usually from only me. he is starting to have predictable naps, but only at home, when we are out and about he usually doesn't rest so those days are over. in the last few days he seems to fall asleep at about 8 pm and i feed him once more at 10 and he sleeps until 7:30 am. he is both more placid than lux was and also more presistent than she was so his opposites are more distinct than hers. he likes to visit, he likes to be held and picked up, he likes his sister's voice and doesn't like his dad's, he loves to nurse, seems fine with a bath and water.
so back to work and in a new home in a little over 1 month, the house i expect we will leave in for a very long time, i would hope until we are old and the kids gone, that seems a long time away but reminds me of the wonderful years we have ahead of us and reminds to remember to cherish them and BLOG about them.
i am blessed to have lux and huxley to have geoffrey and our families and friends and feeling pretty good about my decision to go back to work for sometime and see what the future holds for us.
time to fold laundry, two children sleeping, husband at a birthday bash. nitey nite.
Monday, August 17, 2009
first cereal
first solid feed (aug 16th, 4 months and a week), didn't know what the hell we were doing. photo by lux (pretty good isn't it) will wait another month to see if he is ready for cereal then, for now its tittynumnums all the way.
we have a swimmer!
check this out! courtesy of uncle rhys, 2 weeks at kootenay lake and two weeks of swim lessons we have a swimmer!!
Friday, August 14, 2009
huxley weighs in -
I know its been forever since I posted - we've just returned from our summer vacation and I was limited to an hour of webtime daily by my husband and that was spent doing other things online...so I'm back, hi.
Huxley had his 4 month appointment today, he's a little shrimp but a perfectly proportioned one - 14.4 pounds; 24.5 inches in length; 41.5 centimeters head (funny only one measurement in metric...I guess the US is easing into metric one measurement at a time) all 25th percentile, so I had inaptly named him lard ass. He is though, as I suspected extremely touchy and has an under developed nervous system, nothing to worry about since everything else seems fine.
Attaching a few snaps of our beautiful son (this is what happens when you have an older sister).
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