i’m sitting at my nook with a cup of lemon tea and just kiddy-corner to me is an open window welcoming in this heavenly breeze that smells like spring grass and afternoon sunshine.
it seriously feels like summer here…and i can’t get enough. we live outside these days which means the bottoms of our feet are black, the apples of our cheeks are pink, and lainey’s hair is lightening up to this delicious sunny shade of blonde.
brett’s off with the boys for a night of fishing, so the binks and i are already jammied up and ready for smoothies in bed and a nice dose of animal planet until the down comforter trances us into what will hopefully be an early night as the last few nights have been rough with two year molars, a few fevers and a very stuffed up baby. humidifiers do wonders though.
after a grocery run today where i rolled over my own bare toe with a very heavy cart and seriously considered curling into a ball on the floor of aisle ten and screaming obscenities thereafter (but didn’t), we took a nice saturday detour to the pet store to buy a fish… because… well, it was high time we bought a fish. and he’s blue, and he’s beautiful, and he doesn’t have a name yet, but watching him loop around his little plastic plants and feather his ‘mane’ makes lainey very happy. and so did the pet store.
and, oh i think sprinkly ice cream cones might very well be my favorite foodie thing to photograph. ice cream cones are so happy. and summery. and child-like.
her not feeling well has been rough the past few days…because no one’s sleeping. and it must be this motherly ‘stuff’ that just kicks in…but i’m actually surprised at how, when she’s clawing and crying at two in the morning when i am this close from a sleep coma…that this love and protective mama instinct just kicks in. no matter how exhausted i am or how many nights this has gone on…i still am roused with compassion for her discomfort and at that moment, there is nothing i’d rather be doing than scooping up her warm little body, kissing her rosy cheeks and making it better. not that i thought i’d be perturbed but…still. the instict thing always amazes me. especially because it’s the whole ‘not getting any sleep’ thing that seems to be the scare tactic for new mamas.
so, that’s my thought for the day…
happy saturday. ~k
Wish I knew you guys wanted a fish… my room mate has a blue beta just like that and has been trying to get rid of it for months!
Amy
love the ice cream pictures the best….can’t wait to hear what you name the new fish, how fun! it is a wonderful feeling to be a mom and motherhood sure does surprise me sometimes too. see you both soooooooon. xo
Love the blue fish! She will have fun with it. I’m so glad she is feeling better today. Hopefully you can both get some sleep tonight.
That is so funny…I want to get Alan a fish too but waiting until we get a house. And the whole teething thing, we’ve been dealing with it for weeks, and I swear if they don’t come through I don’t know what I’ll do. I don’t know which teethers they are but I hate them. I have now realized, since becoming a mother myself, why mom’s are superheroes. Seriously, what other known creature could still love a child unconditionally on sleep deprivation and still be able to function throughout the day. We have earned our stripes…Welcome to Motherhood! Any other title in life is nothing compared to motherhood.
I have to see this little girl, she is so sweet!
Lainey’s look with cutting her eyes is so adorable.
Hi Kelle , I loved the beta fish but i liked most the dog and the icecream cone… Meg also loves icecream . Enjoy your days and please in touch !!!
Sorry about the teeters….I remember those days. Grace was cranky one day, which was very unusual, and I went to brush her teeth. Holy crap! She had four, new, giant two-year-old molars like, over night. Poor Lainey, it will be better soon!
p.s. I LOVE Red Hot Chili Peppers. Long hair normally does nothing for me but on this lead singer, I’ll reconsider!!!
Back in town from ski weekend and tired. With martini. And checking in to hear here comes the sun which my mom always sings in her head when she skis so that songs makes me really happy.
And so does your really cute kid with her ice cream cone and your cute self with your braids and your last para made me teary. New mamas: nothing to be afraid of. It all fucking rocks.
xxxoxxx
I’d name the fish AZUL…ya know..espanol for blue..that’s my vote..it’s kinda unisex..cause ya never know with fish, right? LOL 🙂 Or Babs, Babs is always a good name. hee hee
I love how as Mom’s we will do and go through anything for our babies. Not even a day after having Bayley I just kept telling everyone I knew how all of a sudden I felt like a Mother panther, I still do. I love Lainey’s outfit, so summery. I am very sleep deprived, but I like the name Sprinkles for the fish.
you amaze me.
i wish i could not get frustrated with middle of the night awakenings. i love and i comfort but inside i think about how tired i’m gonna be. i guess the flip side is that … at least i don’t blame her or make it worse…
i am so looking forward to the 4 day schedule i acquired next year and the school 2 blocks from my house … that stella is going to also! maybe nighttime awakes won’t be so bad when my stress level is reduced!
you are such a terrific mama.
ok i want ice cream, seriously the close up pic of the sprinkle cone looks so vivid i want to lick my screen!
aww lainey and her pets!
yay for rockin’ the french braids!
I think the ice cream parlour should pay you to put up the pics of Lainey and her sprinkles cone in their shop – it would boost their sales 100% because who could resist buying ice cream with that adorable face on the wall?!
A postscript if I may: we had a very happy Saturday indeed because it was my girl’s first birthday! I can’t believe C is one – I am amazed and bewildered… and looking forward to all the love and fun that lies ahead! Look forward to reading about yours and Lainey’s next adventure soon!
these pictures are yummo good! love the one of her looking down into the fishy bowl, the ice cream shots, and the pig tails!!!
her little shirt looks so anthropology!
you are such a good mommy!
this song rocks.
my world.
hard!
Congratulations on the new family member! What did you name him/her? Beta fish are so pretty! Cute ice cream pics too! 🙂
this so. cali girl is so envious of the ice cream cones and sockless crocs! it snowed in missoula today.
so hear ya on the last paragraph. i love the middle of the night scoop, exhaustion aside.
i wish i could say i was as compassionate in the middle of the night. i mean i do cuddle and console them… but all the while i’m thinking i’d rather be in my bed sleeping than getting kicked incessantly in my son’s twin bed while he sniffs his congested sniff with every other inhalation. (this actually happened two nights ago)
i think it’s because he does not act like it makes him feel any better to have me in there with him-he doesn’t snuggle or let me hold him-it’s like he just wants someone to be in there with him being as miserable as he is! ha ha! you are really inspiring me to be a nicer mom. how are you so patient and sweet all the time?!!!!