Hi there.
I am still alive.
Tired, but alive.
Busy as all get out, but alive.
Last week, EP Dude and I celebrated our second anniversary. We decided to celebrate early so his aweseomer than awesome parents could watch Wee Ninja Girl, allowing us to dine *gasp!* alone. Our actual anniversary was Tuesday, the 15th, but we went out to dinner on the previous Saturday. Nothing too fancy, just dinner and dessert at Carrabbas and then home early enough to play a couple hours worth of The Secret of Monkey Island. It was our gift to each other.
It was much more relaxing than our anniversary last year, which actually provides a lovely segway into our second celebration we had last week.
Wednesday, the 16th, was Wee Ninja Girl's first birthday!
Thus, our very first anniversary was spent in the hospital with me in labor and EP Dude being the best labor coach ever. He was told by more than one nurse that he should teach the dads' class!
I remember thinking at some point during all the fun that I hoped WNG would be born on her own day so we wouldn't have to share our anniversary with her birthday, and she held on until 2:34am to get her own special day.
Really, though, 12:01am would have been just fine with me, but I guess she wanted to be sure!
At any rate, WNG's little party was lots of fun and she was very good. It took a little while for her to understand the whole "opening presents" thing, but she eventually got the hang of it. The cake... not so much. It seemed at first as though she'd inhale it, but after three smooshed fistfuls, on the floor it went!
More for me, I guess.
What's that, you say? Two little parties don't sound like they could keep me away from my blog for so long?
You are correct. There's more!
On Friday, EP Dude left work a bit early to pick up my little sister from college and then we all drove to my parents' house in Albany for a weekend visit. Relatives were in town for the first time in over a year and we just couldn't let them leave without seeing them.
The trip was... interesting. WNG is a pretty good traveller, but after a couple hours she just wants to run around.
Did I mention that she's walking? She started back in August and is now practically running everywhere. She prefers to dash around in haphazard circles while clutching random items, which she switches out every few minutes.
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Anyway, the trip was a whirlwind of awesome. We had tons of fun with the family, ate way too much delicious food, and I got to shoot arrows and actually hit really close to the bull's eye once!
Then, Sunday morning right after Mass we piled back in the car and drove home. Short and sweet!
This week, I've been experimenting with WNG's naptimes. I know, I'm
It hasn't gone well. She's cranky. I'm cranky. EP Dude is not cranky, so we have to make him cranky by the sheer volume of crankiness WNG and I exude.
Fun times.
As for yarncrafting... I hope to pick it up again soon! I have a few things in mind for which I would need to invent patterns, so perhaps I'll have some downtime soon!
The birthday girl!
Wow, I actually check and there is something new! I check faithfully every day, big sis. Keep it up. I had my first class assisting tonight. Went well, but girls are very talkitive! 8-P
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