Sensible Shoes

I saw this poem on a blog and just had to share!

Sensible Shoes

by: Emily Baer

Motherhood is mostly about wearing the right shoes.

We are ballet dancers with our newborns in the middle of the night. We are construction workers on the living room carpet with our toddlers and their building blocks. We are scientists and mystics when banishing bad dreams and monsters in the closet. We are coaches, cheerleaders, teammates when life gets tough and faith is thin on the ground. We are therapists and sometimes we are drill sergeants. We are intuitive, understanding, and forgiving. We are the kissers of boo-boos, the medical team on the field, the picker-uppers, the duster-offers, the go-get-em-now-ers.

We are the teenage battering rams. We are the least liked chefs. We are the ponytail wearers, the carpool drivers, the wipers of smudges, the please and thank you enforcers.

We are the grateful recipients of dandelions and painted paper hearts, of whispered I love you’s and little hands held in the dark; and also of rolled eyes and skeptic pre-teen attitudes.

We are a brave face. We are pilgrims on our knees asking for guidance, direction, and a few tablespoons of grace. We are the tearful-proud standing in the corners, watching our little ones blossom for all the world to see.

We are believers of make believe and impossible dreams. We are the keepers of maps, the holders of keys, pilots and co-pilots when those dreams take flight (and they regularly do).

We are champions of the underdog. We are party planners and cupcake decorators, banner hangers and town criers when the world should know how wonderful our children are.

We are the oft under-consulted consultants. We are collectors, curators of our children’s hopes and histories. We are the ride to the movies, the ticket to freedom, the tether to self discipline.

We are the first sought when something is amiss. We are the seekers and the finders, be it mittens, or homework papers, or broken heart pieces. We are a harbor. And a force. We are just the right words at just the right moment; a quiet resolve to see things all the way through.

And when it is entirely necessary, we are professors of lost arts, like how to spin around barefoot in the sunshine.

Check Check AND Check

I am on my 12th day in a row working, which is not good when you have an almost 11 month old, planning to sell your house and go on vacation in a week.  NOTHING has gotten done in FOREVER. 

I realized yesterday that E's 1st birthday party is creeping up and I have not ordered invites.  I had high hopes of making her a tutu to match the party theme for the invite but day after day passed and nothing was accomplished.  I could not find an existing picture I liked, so I decided to take a new one.  My husband was running a 5k, so I needed to organize this photoshoot myself.  As soon as I went to get her changed, she threw-up and got cranky.  Gave her a bath, put the outfit on while she screamed, then bribed her with cheerios to take some pictures.  It all worked out so good and I placed my order with Tiny Prints last night.  CHECK!!

Then I was off to my next task to tackle - new convertible toddler carseat.  I knew I wanted one Britax but no idea which one and I did not want to spend that much on two.  Luckily, earlier in the day, a lady I work with that has 3 kids told me she has like 6 extra carseats she was looking to get rid of.  PERFECT!!!  But know I needed to still buy one.  Sitting there honestly not caring what the difference was between a Marathon 55 and Marathon 70, I just but the bullet and got the one with the best reviews.  CHECK!!

One more things on my list for the night - send a baby gift to our friends who just had their first baby.  I resorted to my FAVORITE website Layla Grace and ordered my FAV Aden and Anais swaddling blankets.  CHECK!

Wahoo!  Now on to looking at new houses and getting our house up for sale!  I CAN DO IT!

TGIF

Adrienne xoxox

My Little Animal Lover

I knew that Emily loved dogs but I did not think she was such a huge animal lover until we went to the Philly zoo this Sunday.  Whether it was a crazy monkey running around or a gorilla just sitting there in a still meditative position, she was excited.  She takes after her Aunt Lauren who literally could be a tour guide at the zoo :)

I cannot wait to take her to Animal Kingdon in October!

Two Teeth and Counting

My poor little Emily cut her 2nd tooth this weekend!  Unfortunately, we were at the beach for a long, relaxing weekend.    She had a slight fever on Friday before we left but I just assumed she was teething and it would not get bad.  Well....it did!  I felt so bad cause she seemed better Saturday morning so we went to the beach.  She slept a lot through the day but around 5:30, her temp spiked again.  Now I was starting to worry because it just seemed like the fever kept coming back.

However, through this all, she still was such a happy baby.  I mean what baby who is teething, with a fever and little sleeps, looks like this on the beach.

She is such an amazing baby!  We ended up having a good beach weekend with our families.  When we got home last night, she was back to her CRAZY self, but we LOVE her to death!!

~Adrienne xoxo