Saying Goodbye

She did it. She traded the binkies in for a new toy. I feel like I wasn't ready for this milestone. This one was my husband's call. She had become quite dependent on them lately (slightly obsessed) and he figured it wasn't going to improve by itself so he called a date for the affair to end and it did.

She has not been happy about it. We gathered her binkies together and told her we were going to take her to the toy store to get a new toy and that she would give her binkies to the lady at the toy store and that she would get a new toy. She was thrilled with the idea, and then with her toy, it wasn't until bedtime that she realized what the exchange entailed. It broke my heart when she told me "I don't want my new toy I just want my binky".

I guess we have to take it away at some point. Just can't help feeling so sad. She isn't a baby anymore.

Oh motherhood, so bittersweet.

Playing Done Right

 I'm not that great at playing, honestly, but my husband is really good at it. Every night when Daddy comes home she runs up to him and says "Daddy I want you to pray with me!! I LOOOVE it when you pray with me!" (Thats not a typo. She pronounces her Ls like Rs for some reason). Pretty much the cutest thing ever. My husband is definitely the fun parent.

I took these photos last night, but the funniest part of the evening wasn't caught in photo. After we put Heidi to bed I decided to be funny. In an attempt to make my husband laugh, I got into bed and threw the giant bear on top of me in a somewhat suggestive manner and called Austin into the room. Laugh he did. And then he went into a jealous rage and started beating up my teddy lover. In a typical UFC fashion he took Teddy and threw him over his head to body slam him on the floor, but when Teddy went over Austin's head he smashed our glass chandelier into a thousand tiny pieces.

Teddy survived, but we did have to extract quite a few shards out of his coat.

Summer Has Been Summery

To the people who have been giving me reminders about posting on my blog: thank you for the push! I miss doing this and your words have helped me remember that and because of you, here I am writing and recommitting myself to blogging. So here we go people. I’m back! (and this time I mean it!)

Summer has been very summery. I’m proud of myself this summer for not being my usual hermit self and for actually going out and doing summery things. My new job of managing the Beach House has brought to my attention that people spend a lot of money to vacation here for a week or two just to enjoy the town that I call home. Most of the people who stay at the Beach House fly here from all over the US and then spend quite a bit renting a car, renting a house, eating out, etc. just so they can enjoy the California Coast lifestyle! To think I have lived here on the coast for the past 5 years and haven’t really been taking advantage of it, let alone appreciating it the way that these people do. After I had this epiphany I became determined to take advantage of where I live more often. And I did just that.

Heidi has been grateful ever since.