He's is soooooo ready to be on the move!! But we're thinkin he doesn't just want to crawl - he wants to RUN! He's been using the "roll method" to get around for a couple weeks now, and just this week he's figured out how to get up on all 4s and rock. He even pushes up on his toes with his butt all the way up in the air! When you sit with him in your lap he tries to throw himself down on the floor as if he thinks that if he could just get down there, he knows he could run. Silly boy has been able to sit up for a while now, but it was tough to tell because as soon as you sit him up he lunges forward to get at whatever he sees. :)
Its been a good week. :) Last week was horrid - it was probably the worst week (sleep-wise) ever. I spent most of the week listening to screaming. Couldn't get a single nap out of him that was more than 30-45 min long and it took 1- 1 1/2 hours to get him to sleep. I don't know what the difference is this week - maybe just my attitude... He's slept MUCH better at night. Naps have been hit and miss, but I just decided that I was going to go with it. If he didn't want to sleep I wasn't fighting. Must say, I think I've gotten more done this week than in the last 7 months combined. It feels good!
I started a quilt 16 months ago - just a lap quilt. My hope was that by making it a small quilt with fairly easy squares I would actually make the whole thing without giving up and turning the squares into pillows like I've done the 20-gazillion other times I've tried to make a quilt. ...then I got pregnant and had a baby... and well - In 16 months I got 7 squares put together. BUT - in the last 2 days I finished the last 5 squares! Officially the farthest I've ever gotten at making a quilt! Now to put all the pieces together, but some batting in, put a back on it and get it quilted!!
We have lots of house projects that need to be done. I've been discouraged at the lack of time, energy and $ to get at them, but slowly I think we're getting there! The attack is a HUGE priority this summer - it simply HAS to be insulated before winter hits again. This past winter we were the only house on the street with a clear roof - even though we had feet and feet of snow! All the melting built up ice and pulled the rain gutters off. So instead of doing new things on the house, we replaced the gutter for the 3rd time in 4 years. ;) So - we have to clean the garbage out of the attack and get it ready to put down insulation when it gets cooler up there again in the fall.
We also have a couple Adirondack chairs out front that never got painted. I scrubbed them down this week finally - couldn't believe how much gunk came off of them. GROSS! Just need to tighten up the screws and start painting. Then I want to paint the window trim on the outside of the house and paint the shutters. The shutters are terribly faded, and all the paint is coming off the window trim. I think doing these 2 things will greatly improve the appearance of the outside of the house. Then there are the 2 massive decks out back that have to be cleaned and painted!!! Yup - its really all much more than can be done in one summer by a couple of people who have to work and have 2 little kids to look after, but I'm feeling ambitious!! :) We'll see how far we actually get on all of it.
We have new neighbors across our back yard. I'm happy to have another young family in the neighborhood! We're a little concerned though, that no one knows where the property lines are around here and they want to put up a fence. Whoever put the fence up in our back yard didn't put it nearly to the edge of our property. Very frustrating since we have a lot more lawn than it looks like we do. BUT - the fence is in great shape making it hard to decide to take it down! If we take it down to be able to use all our yard, then we need to either be OK with having no fence or have $ to put up a new one. Can't decide what to do, but in the mean time its frustrating to know we have a lot more unusable space... ...and hoping that a new fence doesn't go up on our property. Called a surveyor and can you believe that it costs 1K to have our 4 corners marked??? It would literally take no time at all to mark our tiny little rectangle and they want a thousand dollars for it! Craziness.
Danny is growing up in leaps and bounds. In just one week he has learned to 1) feed himself finger foods (puffs since he still has no teeth!), 2) crawl (though at the moment its more of a very speedy shuffle), 3) move his legs like he's walking while held up, 4) gurgle! ...which he does ALL the time!! :) I forgot, however, that feeding self + crawling = eating off the floor! Guess I have to find time to clean the house a little more often!
