At the moment

Well, well what do you know? It’s already Tuesday. That is one of the best things about three-day weekends. Tuesday sneaks up from behind you and gives you a great big old bear hug. You see Thursday giving you a thumbs up. You get a wink and an atta boy from Friday in the close distance.

Did it just get weird?

Anyway, I hope that you all enjoyed your three-day weekend. On Saturday, Paul surprised me with a date day! He arranged babysitting with Auntie Grace and Uncle Brian, brought roses and a card, and bought movie tickets. We had lunch at this local gourmet grilled cheese place and I burnt my tongue on tomato soup. He makes me swoon.

On Sunday we did errands. And by George, we did ‘em good. We hit up Target, Costco, and Trader Joe’s. Paul surprised me again with sneaking my dream Dyson slim vacuum in the cart at Costco. I skipped up and down the aisles and kicked my heels together. No really, I did. Good thing everyone else was distracted with the free samples. Monday, we relaxed. Emma and I never changed out of our PJs. It was a great weekend.

Here is what else I have been up to at the moment. 

The gang’s all here.

EATING Bagels and lox. Erra. Single. Day.

DRINKING Coffee on repeat. Sleep training is making me need a coffee IV drip.

LOVING My new Dyson slim vacuum. There is something so satisfying about vacuuming the crevices that have been abandoned by traditional vacuums. Dust bunnies be gone!

WATCHING Sherlock. Holy moly. Why has it taken me so long to discover this addicting show. Benedict and Martin. The golden couple. Where is season four!?

READINGThe Mortal Instruments City of Fallen Angels. Good golly, this series is engrossing. 

COOKING Yellow Thai curry stir fry. Trader Joe’s has everything. Can I move in? 

WEARING My gorgeous diamond cross necklace from my sweet 16 birthday. Oh sweet nostalgia. Emma thinks it’s a chew toy. 

RECOVERING From an annoying head cold from last week. I apologize to all in my vicinity for my disgusting nose-blowing marathons. 

THINKING About what a conundrum motherhood is sometimes. I am simultaneously longing for those early tiny baby days and looking forward to her every milestone. Le sigh. 

THANKING Everyone who reads this little blog. You complete me. *singing a serenade to you my fine friends*.

CREATING Recipes for Emma. I love giving her new foods to try. She enjoys her morning egg scramble. 

APPRECIATING My perfect, wonderful, handsome, kind, generous, patient, funny, loving husband. Honey, you are my rock. 

Have a fun short week my friends! 

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Pass the remote.

Since I am still pretty new to this whole motherhood thing, I am still completely awestruck when Emma develops a new skill. We were watching television the other night and mindlessly flipping channels. Emma was doing her pre-bedtime fussing so we stuck her on the couch to sit between us. I’ll give you one guess from whom she picked up this behavior. Wink wink. All she needs is a bag of candy and she’d be the spittin’ image of her dada.

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EXTRAORDINARILY ORDINARY PROJECT

This year, I plan to focus on the extraordinarily ordinary moments of life. Those simple points in time that we tend to overlook are the ones we should treasure most. Each week, I will share one of these simple moments, captured in those times between the heartbeats. Follow along.

Awkward and Awesome

AWKWARD //

- Spitting in public. Worse yet, hacking up a loogie in public. Leave that one at home folks. 

- Our first week into sleep training is off to a rough start. Yesterday I wrote the date 11/12/14. Yup, it was definitely not 2014, or November.

- Hidden chili peppers in food. Why yes, now I’m crying. Can I get a bucket of water for my tongue please?

- How long I spend in the deodorant aisle searching for the one. Powder fresh? Cucumber melon? Gel? Stick? I end up giving up and picking the one with the free hand lotion sample.

- Saying “hashtag” in real conversations. Slap me if I do this around you please.

AWESOME // 

- Babies in sunglasses. I mean, come on, she looks 15 zillion times cooler.

- Discovering a trivia app where I can play Friends and Harry Potter trivia non-stop. Why yes, I know the which character said that one line in that episode in that specific season wearing that one outfit. YUPPPP.

- Baby mohawks post-bath. That would go great with those sunglasses. 

- Also in the awesome column, sleep training. It’s tough, but she is getting used to sleeping in her crib. That means I can actually get a good stretch of sleep cuddling up with my 17 pillows and heating blanket without worrying about squishing/suffocating the wee one.

- Sharing my favorite food with Emma. Check out Instagram tomorrow for the video.

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Splish, splash she was taking a bath…

As Emma took her bath on Sunday evening, I was overcome with this overwhelming desire to freeze time. Time turner anyone? I watched her splash in the water, kick her legs back and forth, and chew on her numbers book. She giggled with delight as I lathered soap on to her hair and her eyes widened as I poured the warm water over her head. She chased her rubber ducky around the soapy water and reached for the squishy whale faucet cover. This perfect little girl has completely bewitched me. I am down for the count. Emma - 1, momma - 0. I could have watched her play for hours, watching her little fingers turn pruney and giving her baby mohawks. But as she rubbed her sleepy eyes, I was awaken from my reverie with the realization that this routine bath time is a complete blessing. This moment was so simple, yet magically beautiful. These everyday moments make life wonderful and are those I would never want to forget.

EXTRAORDINARILY ORDINARY PROJECT 

This year, I plan to focus on the extraordinarily ordinary moments of life. Those simple points in time that we tend to overlook are the ones we should treasure most. Each week, I will share one of these simple moments, captured in those times between the heartbeats. Follow along.

Morro Bay, California

Our lovely New Year trip to Morro Bay went by way too quickly. Emma had her first glimpse of the ocean and I had the urge to make a sand angel (because, ‘tis the season) but decided against it because I don’t like sand in strange places. Sand in my shoes was a little much for my taste. 

I also played with my fancy camera - manual settings, oooo - trying to capture all the goodness of the sun and sea. I also got a few good pictures of Paul’s overgrown facial hair. Hubba hubba. 

(By the way, I could really use a beach house. So if anyone wants to donate to my beach house fund, let me know. No pressure.)

While we love spending vacation with family, it’s nice to catch up on some married people time when we travel. Our beach mini-vacation was a huge success, I think we’ll do it again. Yup. Where were we on that beach house?

Don’t let the gorgeous sunshine fool you. It was freeeeezing. For the love of all baby gerbils, remind me to bring warmer socks next time.

We got to the beach as the sun was setting and by George, it was beautiful.

We saw the cutest little sea otters. Emma wanted to take one home as a pet, but I couldn’t convince one to get into the ErgoBaby with her.

On New Year’s day, we took a hike along Point Buchon. These ocean views are what dreams are made of. I want to live right on that rock. Remember the beach house?

I don’t know how to be normal.

Those panoramic views. Oh sweet baby penguins.

No, I want to live on THAT rock.

Emma also took her first swing ride. I know, it was clearly thrilling. 

Yes, the highlight of her trip.