well… what did I know?
22 Oct 2009 1 Comment
in baby
This week, during Joey’s six month appoinment in which we found out he’s a whopping 22lbs 11ounces, I found out he’s further along with his development then I originally thought.
Dr: So, is he sitting on his own yet?
Me: Kind of, not really, he doesn’t have really good balance yet.
Dr: Well, let’s see.
Sits Joey on the table. Joey sits. And sits. And sits.
Dr: Um… he’s sitting REALLY good.
Me: Oh! I just thought he was supposed to sit BETTER at this age?
Dr: Is he trying to crawl?
Me: Well, he can kind of move around, but by rolling mostly, I don’t think he’ll crawl for a while.
Lies Joey on his tummy and Joey lifts himself up with his arms and starts crawling backwards into the corner.
Me: Um… nevermind…
max and ruby…
10 Oct 2009 Leave a Comment
Okay – so, I’ve started to let Joey watch cartoons. They’re not THAT bad, are they? It gives Mommy a few moments of peace a day to do important things like wash the dishes and… er… surf the net ;) I’m not new to cartoons. I have plenty of nieces and nephews so I’m well versed on the who’s who of the Treehouse world. One of the shows I’m not that into, but Joey seems to enjoy (of course) is Max and Ruby. Seriously. Where the heck are these kids parents?
That question is one that my siblings and I regularily discuss (sad, yes) as we try to figure out where they are. You can google Where Are Max and Ruby’s parents and you’ll find a ton of pages dedicated to the topic. People have plenty of theories, some are quite far fetched. We’ve come up with some of our own. Max and Ruby are latch key kids. Alchoholics passed out on the couch. The list goes on. I decided to get to the bottom of it and asked the kids. My Niece responded just with, there ARE no parents and became quite upset when I pushed the topic. Like, she didn’t really want to think too hard about it – they just aren’t there, okay?
Then, I asked my 7 year old Nephew wondering what his thoughts were. He thought about it, seemed as if he’d never noticed it before and finally, after a few moments said “I think that they’re dead”.
…..
Well then. There you have it.
no choice…
09 Oct 2009 1 Comment
When Jason and I were waiting at the Hosptial to be picked up. A Woman came rushing in carrying a baby and crying. There was an EMT walking beside her saying ‘Calm down, I’ll show you where it is…’ and off they ran down the hallway. 20 minutes later I saw her again, I was waiting in the pharmacy for Jason’s prescriptions and she came in searching for diapers. There were only newborn sized. and she was distressed, shaking, holding back tears asking where she could buy size 5′s. They directed her to the pharmacy down the street. Five minutes later she was back, still shaking, more distressed looking at the diapers obviously trying to figure out if they could work. I told her I had size three’s in the car, but it was around the corner. She looked at me, pleading eyes, asking if I could bring them to her upstairs. I felt horrible, terrible, but I couln’t. Joey needed to be fed and I couldn’t make Jason sit in a car in the rain just after being released from the hospital because I could just imagine the pain he was in. I apologized, told her I couldn’t but went to the shelf to see what we could find that would work. There were adult sized Depends. It seemed to be the closest thing that could work. She looked doubtful, but I assured her she could make it work. Her baby needed diapers, it’s better then nothing. If it were my kid, I would have used them. Then, she brought them to the cashier, $27,98! I thought she was going to be sick right there. I came up, pulled out my credit card and handed it to the cashier and told her I’d take care of it. The woman through up her hands and said no, I can’t let you do that, the tears came in more. I put my hands around her, told her that I wanted to do this, that I needed to do this for her baby. I told her one year ago, I was in her shoes and asked her to please let me do this. I started to cry, she cried. I hugged her again, patted her back. I didn’t do it to feel good, I did it because one year ago my life came crashing down around me and certain acts of kindness by strangers is what got me through it. I did it because hopefully this one little insignificant action will lessen her burden. I did it so she could go upstairs and hold her baby and sit with her Husband who was just brought in by ambulance.
I did it because I had to.
