A Case of the Hiccups

A Cold Morning

I had to bust out the cold weather gear since it was 23 degrees this morning!

Daddy Drop Off

In order to be able to squeeze in a morning run without dragging the bambino out in the cold, I thought it could work nicely if Ryan was the one to drop Brooke off in the morning at our babysitter's on his way out of town. In order to make it as easy as possible on him I had packed up all of Brooke's daily supplies in her diaper bag and loaded them in his car. So I woke up at 4:50 AM, fed Brooke, put her back to sleep and then got dressed and ready to meet my running buddy at 5:30 AM. We had a great morning run and I hopped in the shower at 6:35 in order to make it to work. So about an hour later I talked to Ryan and asked him how it went! He said he didn't know if he would be able to drop her off again because it took a long time. I asked him what the deal was since all he needed to do was get her out of her crib and load her in her pumpkin seat and drop her off. Ryan said it started off poorly when he got up to her room and it smelled like a dumpster. He said he couldn't very well show up at the babysitters with a stinky daughter and look like a bad dad. So he said he changed her diaper and got distracted and lost track of time because she was being all smiley and cute and he couldn't tear himself away. Then he said he finally got her loaded in the car and he listened to her filling her britches the whole way over to drop her off (our daughter definitely doesn't have any elimination problems)! When I went to visit her during lunch she was all smiles!

Home away from home

Well Brooke passed major test number two over the weekend (with her first major test being that she enjoys the running stroller)! We took a little trip to my home away from home and Brooke did great. I strapped her into our front pack carrier and at first she was sleeping peacefully against me. She must have innately sensed what an exciting place we were at and she woke up and was holding her head up like a big girl and checking out the sites. I wish I had our camera with us at the time because she was pretty precious. Where were we you might be asking? We were at what my husband and I loving call the D - Pot . . . or what normal people call the Home Depot! Since we didn't capture that trip on picture I've included a picture of Brooke and Ryan when we all took our first trip to the Farmer's Market.

Afternoon Musings

I have to say it is quite a blessing (or maybe a mixed blessing) that Brooke loves to ride in her jogging stroller since that doesn't give me any excuse for slacking on my running. So on our run yesterday I began wondering if Brooke will be a runner or a golfer or a pianist . . . and then I thought back to something shared in Bible study this week. My sister shared that another parent was praying for their child and they prayed that their child would have a profound relationship with God. This really struck me because it's easy to pray that your child will be healthy or intelligent or athletic or a blessing to others or that they won't fall on hard times . . . but really all of those things are insignificant! So I pray that our little Brooke will love and follow God (and I will try not to be disappointed if she doesn't like to run . . . and her daddy will try not to be disappointed if she doesn't like golf)!

Back to Work

So today was my first day back at work. I wasn't happy at all about the idea . . . but Brooke didn't seem to mind at all as I was loading her up to drop her off! A friend Audrey is watching her during the day and she conveniently lives close to my work. So on my way to drop Brooke off I thought I was completely fine and it wouldn't be a big deal. But as soon as I got inside Audrey's house I started to get all choked up. So I quickly left to keep from crying, but it was to no avail. By the time I got back to my car tears were streaming down my face while little Brooke was peacefully sleeping in her pumpkin seat inside Audrey's. I went by to visit her at lunch and nurse her and she was mostly asleep the entire time until of course I was getting ready to leave and I handed her back to Audrey. Then she woke up and was smiling . . . the little stinker!

Monkeying Around

Who knew monkeys could taste so good!