We received this Bumbo baby seat from Matt & Gina after Eli was born, and he is just now getting old enough to use it. But it's taking some time to get him interested in it. (It's the only thing he sits in that encourages him to sit up completely straight, which is a new idea for him.) Right now, he enjoys it for a few short minutes before getting upset and arching his back to get out. I hope he'll grow to enjoy it more & more as he gets bigger, because I'm told it's a lifesaver! Dave put it on his head last night and that was the funniest thing I've ever seen, so it's certainly meeting a need for me at the moment!I didn't remember to change our clocks last night before going to bed (thankfully, Dave remembered to do our alarm clock). So when I woke up in the middle of the night to check on Eli, it occurred to me. And it was the BEST feeling to know that I could have an extra hour to enjoy! Yay for falling back! It'll be strange to see it get dark earlier tonight.
The colors are changing on the trees here in H-ville. It is gorgeous. Everywhere you look, more red & orange & yellow. It's lovely here in the fall. I love November. It's the beginning of sweatshirt weather, which means everyone will see me in my Harvard hoodie more often than they probably care to. :) Sweatshirts & jeans, my favorite outfit ever. Plus, I'm back in one of my pre-pregnancy pairs of jeans! Whoo-hoo!! We have a busy month ahead: my brother in law is coming to visit this week, and the high school retreat this weekend (the whole fam is going, yikes! I'm going to be very harried!) and then Dave & I (and Eli) are going to Atlanta the weekend after that for our fifth go-round at the Nat'l Youth Workers' Convention. We are totally stoked. I'm sure I'll be mentioning it more as the month zooms on. Lucy is going to have great two-on-one care as Gramma & Grampa are coming to look after her. After that, Thanksgiving is upon us, and the joys of the Christmas season right around the corner!
Fun fact: Anytime Lucy sees a body of water, she gets all excited and shouts, "BATH!?" because she loves taking baths. Like when we went to the lake, she saw the lake and thought we'd bathe her in it. So last night, she sees 10 seconds of Cast Away on tv, you know, where Tom Hanks is stranded on a deserted island, and she points to the water and says, "Bath?" It's one of many words we now have to spell, because baths are like her favorite thing in the world, and she'd seriously take one ten times a day if we let her.
I don't know how I'm going to post anything for NaBloPoMo on Saturday. I won't have access to a computer. At least at the 'vention, there's a digital lounge where I'll attempt to log on for five minutes or so each day.
As you can see, Lucy likes her brother's Bumbo just fine. Thatta girl!
Oh, just so you know, I put up a new album of pics, so all you Goose & E-ster fans check it out!
More tomorrow!
NaBloPoMo day 4
