Sucked In

Its been a while since I posted but I have become addicted to a new book series. I am currently on book 4 of the Merry Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton. These books are not for the young! There are 8 books in the series and Im hoping that once I have finished them I can finally get back to everyone.

I still have to finish up those bunnies and I have a few more projects (blackout curtains, kitchen herb garden, and a patio container vegetable garden) planned for the coming months. Details will be included as projects get finished.

Now back to my books...

Growing Too Fast

Over the last few weeks I have been working towards Cinnamon sleeping in her crib in her sisters room. We have slept with her in our bed from the day she was born and we now need our bed back for a proper sleep and for...other....reasons. We have been teaching self soothing to go along with this in the hopes she could put herself to sleep in the middle of the night when she wakes. We haven't left her to just cry, I have always been by her side through this.

I truly didn't expect her to catch on so quickly. With Pippi this sleep "training" took months. Cinnamon for the first time fell asleep last night with no fuss...no nursing, only some singing and rocking. I laid her down while she was wide awake and she rolled over and fell asleep.

I know this is what we were working towards, but it feels so bittersweet. Like a chapter in our lives has ended and I know I will miss the late night cuddles with her slowly falling asleep in my arms.

It's hard seeing my last baby grow up and away from me. Not needing me for something she so desperately needed me for before...

Cinnamon at 3 weeks old napping on me

If Zombies Attack...

The Man and I are very avid Scifi fans, we watch Star Trek (all series and movies), Stargate (both series and all movies), The Walking Dead, Lost, Heroes, The Big Bang Theory and A LOT more that would take me far too long to type out, maybe one day I will make a list of my all time favorite movies and tv shows...I really mean a lot, like it's pretty much ALL we watch. We have had plenty of conversations about what we would do if the zombie apocalypse ever happened, and to tell the truth I'm a little worried about Pippi and Cinnamon in regards to this, NOT because of their age, but because of something completely adorable that they love and could be the death zombie turning point for them.

They absolutely LOVE it when we chew on them, of course we aren't hardcore digging our teeth in, more like gumming them in a ticklish sort of way. I can just picture them in a zombie apocalypse laughing uncontrollably as everyone gets chewed on around them and they stand and wait their turn! Let's just hope by the time zombies have come my girls are past the "OH please chew on me!" stage.

Speaking of zombies inheriting the Earth, the Man has already I'm hoping jokingly! expressed his desire to abandon us to fend for himself if and when it happens. I've sure picked a man in shining armor hey? LOL

I can picture myself as the Governor (The Walking Dead series) with a heart of steel and my zombie children locked in a secret room where I can go secretly visit them, surrounded by the countless zombies I've killed and collected their heads in fishtanks. I'm hoping of course that my eye doesn't get stabbed by zombie juice covered glass, but since I've fallen so far into the Governors role, hell why not, poke my eye out too!

Oh the life of Scifi geek and all the things that role through my mind on a daily basis.

You Gotta Do What You Gotta Doodoo...

Now before I get into this post I will say now there may be a couple parts of TMI so you have officially been warned!

It all started with an innocent enough bath, Pippi and Cinnamon were having a blast splashing water at each other. After about 5 minutes nature calls my name, so I remove Cinnamon from the bath...no one wants to be caught fetching fallen babies with their pants around their ankles...and place her standing next to the tub so her and Pippi can continue to converse in their own baby language. I sit down and start doing my business.

 Now here is where the party starts! Cinnamon is giggling away and tumbles backwards, between my legs and hits her head on the floor. I grab her quickly put her in my lap, yes while I am STILL doing my business, and try and comfort her while checking her head to make sure all is well. Don't worry folks, she is fine! She won't calm down though and after a minute just continues to bellow. So I decide to whip out my boob and comfort her in the best way a nursing mama can!

So now I am doing my business, with a naked, wet, baby on my lap and my boob out...YUP definitely sanitary, go me!

Now is the fun part! I quickly finish my business and attempt to try and pull my pants back up with Cinnamon still nursing. Too fully understand the situation you have to fully picture this in your mind....

I'm standing there, with my pants around my ankles, half wet from being splashed by Pippi in the bath, naked, wet baby in one hand who is nursing contently, while I'm hopping around the bathroom attempting to pull up my TOO tight yoga pants around my wonderful child bearing hips... needless to say I'm happy the Man wasn't home or I wouldn't be living this down...

So mamas who find themselves in awkward situations because your kids need you, fear not, for you will probably never be in a situation as embarassing as mine!