Stairs

Baby likes the stairs

Filed

Still working. Baby found an empty file drawer.

getting better

the little one sleeps. she has a cold and it has been a rough day. we have stuck around the house except for a brief visit next door to see the dog and visit with di and ben. after her nap we are heading to the fabric store for a border to rachel's quilt. i was able to get the dishes caught up and am working on the laundry but other than that all i do is work. the baby goes with me some times and others she stays with larissa or at home with monique. it has been better for her these last few weeks but i have still been tired. the montgomerys got us caught up on house work but it went right back into disarry as soon as they left. i will be so glad when we have this whole mess behind us. tonight is girls night so i will have a night of fun.

The Zoo

Daddy took baby to the zoo. I stayed home for a much needed break. Actually I went to the office and then came home to clean the kitchen. But it was a break nontheless. Here is a picture of baby at the zoo.

Dinner

She loves her mac n cheese. But I wanted it to not be finger food.

Reading

Baby is brushing up to help daddy at work.

Sleeping

Destruction

Audrey, destroyer of worlds.

Dancing

Having fun with grandma

Reading

Baby loves her Eric Carle.

Working

Mom went back to work so baby came in to help. She is on her way to
the call center to get the phone.

Tulsa time

Having fun at Papa Jim and Nana's house.

Playing

At the library

New cover

Baby loves her futon cover. Thanks Nana.

busy

to do:

1. pack for tulsa
2. finish the laundry
3. work on quilts for rachel, cheryl, and baby
4. finish baby's futon cover
5. file the financial paperwork
6. clear out the queue of flagged posts in larryville
7. make deposits for the month of august in quickbooks
8. get some rest

it is going to be a busy few days.

where is the manual?

funny how when you go back to read stuff you have written it sounds better if you do not say it out loud. i guess i write as i speak and that does not always make great reading. so the baby had a fever today. she was not feeling well all day but towards bedtime she really started to feel warm. we went for a walk downtown with my dad and step-mom who are visiting and all she could do was lay in her stroller. this is my normaly very active child who never sits still for a moment. when i found out how high her temperature was i got a little scared. fortunately di from next door helped me out and got me everything i need. i really need to do something nice for them. they have come through for us on more than one occasion. i wish they were staying in kansas as it is not often you find friends like that. i need to visit more with the others neighbors with small children so i have someone else to turn to when the ringquists leave. so the baby is feeling a little better. joshua put her to sleep and we watched a movie. he deamed it a chick flic and came upstairs. after the movie was over i went to check on the baby only to find she was not in her crib. i found her curled up with dad and i had a hard time getting him to let me put her back in her crib. she is asleep now and i should be as well. these things need to come with instructions, the children i mean.

Ice

I do not know who had more fun. Baby tried to hold on but kept
dropping it.

Finally, a bath

Princess is bathing again, hope it lasts.

a mystery

baby is getting pretty good at feeding herself these days. she had her and dad's favorite for lunch, mac 'n cheese. mostly the food makes it to her mouth but there are a few that jump ship. after she assured me she was finished by throwing the remaining food overboard we went to clean up. she is having a good day so i put a freshly diapered and clothed baby on the floor to roam and play. it was not two minutes before she returned to the scene of the crime. i looked to see what she was doing and found her eating the leftover food off of the floor (no, i had not cleaned up yet). how is it that food thrown from the high chair minutes before is now appealing enough to eat off the floor? it is a mystery. i should simply be happy that she is learning to feed herself and i can eat along with her.

Expectant

Waiting for dad to return.