2) I've actually gotten closer to my little Sophie. We have more stretches of downtime to hang out and be silly together.
3) Both my children are growing up so fast. Each morning they look a wee bit different. A longer leg, a leaner face, or maybe even facial features that have been slightly rearranged overnight. Weird, right?
4) Oh yeah, I also turned 40 but I'm ok with it. (more on that later)
5) My 20 month old son talks now. He says no, mine, owie, dooce (for juice), does (toes), mommy, daddy, ami (for grandma), points to his nose. He also recognizes Thomas (choo-choo) and Elmo (Ellow).
6) He's also is a little tyrant. If he were a factory, his only product would be tantrums. If he were a river - his only flow would be anger. The one mitigating factor is that he has eczema and though it has ebbs/flows - it looks friggin awful and he looks miserable. It's like torture to watch him scratch, howl, get up and then sit down, unable to figure out what to do. All I can do is cover him in Aquaphor, cortisone, distract him and then call the doctor for another appt. It's been hard on me and most of all on him.
7) When he wants anything, he says Mommy at the top of his lungs, hurls himself on the floor. When that doesn't work, he'll scratch his legs (because this always works) and howl "Owie!" This makes mommy move fast like a kid at a carnival.
8) The warm weather and long days are glorious. I wish they would never end.
9) Next weekend, I'm going away with some old high school (even gradeschool) friends for a 1969 birthday celebration. Should be fun. Ok, I lie - I'm nervous about leaving my eczema son and little girl and hanging out 90 miles away. Deep breath....
10) I thought I would hate being 40 but I like it so far. Feels like an accomplishment (not about aging) but about just building a nice life for myself. Kids, nice hubbie, career, etc.
Happy summer, dudettes!!!
