A Guy, Two Girls and a Pup

Meredith had a big day with Daddy today, accompanying him in the truck (in a big girl car-seat turned FORWARD, no less!) to get his emissions test and licensing done, to buy groceries and go to Best Buy. Apparently it was so exciting that a nap was simply unthinkable — when they got home, I tried to put her down for a nap, but an hour later, she was still alternating crying and laughing.

But after bathtime and having some nice lotion rubbed on, we made it through one book and had just started into Curious George Goes To The Hospital when BAM. She was OUT. I can’t even remember the last time I put her to bed asleep. As Kevin said: “Hopefully it lasts”.

Nothing much planned for the weekend. I got my hair cut, wooo. We might wander around the zoo at some point. I was also thinking about going back to the rhododendron garden we went to last year, since when we got there last time, lots of the blooms had already fallen off. We’ll see what the weather brings…

So, obviously, Sunday was Mother’s Day, so there was a lot of thoughts about not only my own mother but about being a mom as well. It seems like I always have been one, even though it’s only been about two years.

Watching a little person learn about life and how to do things new is so fascinating. Earlier this week, Meredith had her very first pudding! She really got into it! This evening, she spent several minutes at bathtime pouring water into my cupped hands and laughing with delight when it pooled there. Do you even remember what it’s like to discover that water can collect somewhere new? Inconceivable.

She’s added several new words to the repetoire, including “monkey” and “boy” — much of evening storytime is pointing out monkeys and boys (especially when we’re reading about Curious George!)

And, last but not least, she’s FINALLY popping out the 4th bottom tooth in front — lopsided no more!

It always feels a little hard to get back into the swing of things after having visitors! We very much enjoyed having Grandpa and Grandma B. here with us last weekend — I still need to go through the pictures from their visit and upload them to Flickr. This weekend.

Among other things! Tonight, we all went to an exhibition that Esmerelda (Meredith’s nanny) was holding at a coffee shop up in Shoreline. She is a terrific photographer in addition to being a terrific nanny! Very pretty pictures of her hometown in Mexico! I can’t wait to see more of her stuff. And it makes me want to print out some of MY pictures!

Tomorrow we are going to go to the annual artwalk up on Phinney Ridge: businesses from 60th to 87th street will be featuring artists’ work. We went last year while we were considering buying our house and it was one of the reasons we fell in love with our neighborhood.

And then, of course, it’s Mother’s Day on Sunday! Hard to believe that this will only be my second Mother’s Day (third if you count the one while I was pregnant. I don’t, really.) Meredith continues to fascinate us and everyone around her — we got so many compliments while we were at the photo exhibit! Yesterday, she was putting her baby doll into the high chair and feeding her eggs! Monkey see, monkey do. She continues to beg to go outside at every opportunity and is repeating pretty much everything we say. AND it feels like she’s packing on the weight — she’s certainly eating like a horse. She is definitely taller, too — the overalls that we had to roll up just a couple of months ago now fit just fine. Our little goober is growing up! That’s especially apparent after the 20 minutes I just spent going over pictures of her as a tiny baby — hard to remember when she was so small… :}