Two Buckaroos

Not much going on around these parts.  We've been keeping to our normal winter routine and have enjoyed the past few days at home.  However, today was a little special in that the temperature reached 50 degrees F!  That's a big deal since it's been around -20 for what feels like the past two months.  Oliver and I took Sparky on a walk around the park.  Oliver played in big puddles and poked the floating ice with a stick.  We came home muddy and refreshed from our afternoon walk.  Cecily had some Daddy time, which doesn't happen very often as John is so busy with school.  She was content the rest of the evening.  Which makes me excited for the day that John will have a 9-5 job and we can all benefit from his presence. 

Here we have a picture of Cecily on Valentine's Day morning and Oliver with his morning graham cracker before church.  Cecily is now eating solid foods.  She loves her baby oatmeal but cries at the taste of brown rice cereal.  Oliver used to love the rice cereal and now loves whole grain rice. Cecily now sits very well on her own but rarely rolls over.  She does well on her tummy and arches and rolls to her side to reach for things and has even gotten up on all fours into the crawling position.  But she just doesn't hardly ever roll.  I'm interested to see how things evolve for her.

Oliver loves to sing.  It's how he says most of his new words.  He's putting together two and three word sentences, like "no bath" "no bed" and "there's the juice".  Today toothpaste was his new word that he decided to say without provocation.  And then he said a few other words which weren't as clear and which I can't remember now.

I have lots to learn about being a Mom and I just hope that the good memories outweigh any bad ones.  Parenting is definitely an exercise in self-control.  And self-examination is unavoidable when your bad habits are on display and little eyes are always watching and modeling their behavior after you.  But I'll take Daniel Tiger's advice and remember:

Good night, good night.
Close your tired eyes. Tomorrow will be new.
Dream a dream of all of us. And remember we love you.