I'm Back!

Well Howdy! I guess it's time to dust off the cobwebs in the corner of this blog and get to typing. I have very purposely stayed away for a couple of months now. Nothing personal. Stayed away from Facebook and my writer's group too. Summer came, along with the usual craziness that accompanies multiple children and sun, and I hadn't met my goal of getting my query package prepared and in the mail. So I prioritized, and all those things had to take a vacation. Kids and family and real life came first. Fortunately, in between trips to museums, movies, plenty of snowcones, babysitting the grandbaby, a musical production (boy was it cute) and sending two kids out of state for jobs (one of them twice), I did manage to get that package done. Yay me!

And right now I'm the one taking the vacation - I'm currently sitting on a porch swing in West Yellowstone enjoying a big dose of after-rain sun. Yesterday we saw Old Faithful and a real-live herd of buffalo up close. Incredible all.

Pictures to come...when I get around to it...but next week is girl's camp, then my little one starts intense rehearsals for Suessical...

And on it goes...

The Adventures of Incredi-Boy

Okay, true story. While visiting the new grandbaby this past weekend New Mom decided it was Tummy Time. She put him on a blanket and cooed "Do you think you'll roll over Ethan?" We laughed, everyone of us. Ethan was exactly two weeks old. Silly New Mom. Babies do not roll over that young, even special ones like Ethan.

But to our surprise, he kicked his tiny little two-week new feet so hard that he flipped about half-way up. Moments later he lifted his little head high off the ground. The cutest thing ever. He then dropped his head as if he'd just run a marathon. Cute again. It's all so cute. Amazing how something so tiny can transfix so many adults. But I digress...

Fast forward two days. Ethan is now sixteen days old. I get a call from Jen, breathless and excited. She put little Ethan down for Tummy Time, then stepped out of the room for just a second, and guess what?! He was on his back when she came back! Does this count for rolling over?! Can she put a sticker on his calendar? I don't really have the answer. Probably. Maybe. But he's only two-weeks old. It could be a fluke, but he did almost do it two days earlier...

Well, the next day, I get another call. Another tummy time. She just had to go to the bathroom...

And yep. You guessed it. On his back again when she returned. Seventeen days old.

In case you're wondering, I looked at two legitimate sources. One said they roll as early as 2 1/2 months. The other said the average is between 4 and 6 months.

Yep. That's my grandson.

Jen was so sad to miss it twice in a row, poor thing. But Ethan now gets a video camera pointed on him during Tummy Time. And Jen is NOT to step out of the room, even for a second, I don't care how loud her bladder screams. Got that Sweetie?

Warning: following pictures may be too cute

 

 

 

 

Heaven's Magic Trick

 

Just home from the hospital, my daughter told me she felt bad my babies hadn't been as adorable as hers. I asked why she thought they weren't. "No baby has ever been as cute and perfect as this one," she said.

I had to agree, except that twenty-three years ago I too brought home the most amazing and perfect baby ever. I have no explanation for this apparent contradiction besides heavenly magic.