Finding Zen

Punkin Town

They are telling me your head is in the 90th percentile - while your height and weight are 10%.  I have no frickin idea who you get this from. 

Talk to your dad.

Le Color Palette

 
Benjamin Moore Linen White shaker panel cabinets, wood floors, black Virginia Mist honed granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, oil rubbed bronze cabinet pulls (although we've chosed a polished nickel faucet - per Zack's insistence...I tossed him a bone), glass/bronze island lighting, and warm brown and black accents (furniture, baskets, drapes etc). 

The wall color is driving me a bit batty.  In this photo are a new round of swatches.  There are about 8 colors scattered about on the walls - and half the space is painted in one of them.  I've been living with it for about 3 weeks now and I don't love it.  I want to love it.  Starting 12 o'clock going clockwise we have (all Sherwin Williams colors) Softer Tan, Netsuke, Rice Grain, and Believeable Bluff.  Off in the upper right is Chop Sticks. 

I have Netsuke and Rice Grain  on the walls.  Meh.  Problem is that the kitchen has little natural light and the colors look completely different from kitchen to family room.  And then different walls look different.  Some angles I love, and others I REALLY DONT LOVE.  Ack.

Netsuke on the swatch looks perfect but on our built-in looks YELLOW.  Barf.  Rice Grain looks like a perfect steel/almondy neutral on one family room wall, and yet in the kitchen it looks minty green.  Boo.

I'm liking these new additions (Chop Sticks and Softer Tan) and may have to throw them up on the walls also. 

So there you have the kitchen update.  Im in color hell, but we are getting there.

White Flag, Where Art Thou?

You just don't nap.  Not gonna do it.  Wouldn't be prudent.

And I need to get over it.  Figure out how to better maximize results in 40 minute windows.  Become a better mulit-tasker.

Because at 8 months you have not 'grown in' to longer naps like THEY all promised me.  I've tried everything to help you HELP ME (we aint gots to lie Craig); room darkening, more food, less food, more boob, more time awake, less time awake, we've sung (Ricky Don't Lose That Numba), we've danced (Mambo Numba 5!), I've tried letting you run around the yard a few times to tire you out - but since you aren't walking yet - this tactic pretty much sucks.  If I ever thought going in to coo-coo-ca-cho you back to sleep after 30 minutes would work, I'd do it - but I know you.  You'd bitchslap me and scream in my face.  Then you would crawl over my head and out of the room without even saying goodbye and thankyouforthelift. 

You sleep okay at night.  I should be happy for this fact.  You have your stirrings - you get angry for a minute or 8 sometimes - but you are sleeping longer periods and getting roughly 11-12hrs in.  I'll take that.  Preciate ya.

But could a brutha just take a nap for an hour like all those "normal" 8 month olds who take 2 naps a day???  Because there are some days I would just love to take both shower AND a poop.  All at once!  Without the assclenching fear of those first little squawky squawks - mid crap.  There are some things (post-baby) that just can not be rushed.  Pooping, is one of them.  (Because anyone whose pushed a baby out the lovesponge knows the utmost delicacy with which all future deuces must be taken.  And if you have no idea what I'm talking about - then consider yourself very lucky; because along with a baby, I got myself a little FRIEND too.  It's all for the love of the little people.)

That is all.  My 40 minutes are up. 

Here you are - still cute.

8 Months

Seed,

This month you are Taterbud.  You have cut two teeth and are pulling up on everything.  You are still taking 3 naps but some of those naps are finally lasting longer than 30 minutes.  Let's be real, you aren't the best sleeper - however, you are beginning to extend your night sleep.  'The books' all tell me that up to 9 months some special babies may still require up to two night feeds.  You are special indeed.  But lately you are sleeping through one of those feeds you typically woke for.  While I have always enjoyed our nightly visits -  I think your sleep is more important and I'm glad you are getting it.  I on the other hand will never sleep more than a 3 hour stretch for the rest of my life.  I think you broke my internal clock those first few months, but thats okay - I don't want to miss anything.

You are so beautiful and happy and full of light, everywhere we go people are drawn to you.  They say 'Is he always this happy?'.  Yeah, pretty much.  Unless you are teething or sick or godhelpus, both, you are that happy.  You make my job really easy most days.  The bad days are just bad for all involved - it comes with the territory.

Your favorite toys are:  Plastic grocery bags, straws, coasters, coffee sleeves, our running watch, keys, cell phone, pill bottles, hair brushes, any of our toiletries, I caught you gnawing on my flip flop this morning, the ruler, tape measure, foot pedal to the trash can - pretty much everything but the things that have been purchased specifically for you. 

Here you are being all cute.  I love you buddy.

 

Oh. Mah. Gah.

 

dad gets photo credit on this one.