Where Does Time Go?

Well it's been a couple weeks again. I don’t know where the time goes. I go to work, come home, I find time to get in a walk with the dog (most of the time Addison comes along and sometimes Michelle makes it too). Early Saturday our friends Aaron and Jo had their baby girl, Rory and she was the exact same size as Addison’s birth weight (8 lbs. 8 oz. 19.5 inches tall). So Sunday morning I hiked over to their house, about a mile away, and I got their dog Max out for some exercise. On the way home we met Michelle, Addison and of course Ruby in Wilcox Park. Ruby and Max had a ton of fun chasing each other after the ball.

After about 30 minutes of fetching they seemed pretty worn out so we took Max back to our house to hang out for a few hours. Shortly after our arrival home, the neighbors happened to let out their two dogs (Harper a five month old chocolate lab and Akiena, a 3 year old black lab mix). We never considered that there would an altercation because each plays so well with Ruby, but apparently Akiena did not like Max a whole lot. They are both obsessive fetchers and she lost her mind when Max ran after the ball and got it before her. Max is twice the size of Akiena but she still managed to leave a few marks on the big guy. We got them separated and Akina got a “time out”. I was totally embarrassed, here I thought I was doing a friend a favor by giving their dog some exercise and companionship while they were at the hospital and he ends up getting attacked by another dog in my back yard. I know the scratches were pretty small, but I still feel horrible. Ruby and Max spent a few hours in the back yard, I think Ruby loves that big guy, she just followed him around for about three hours, occasionally she’d pick up a Frisbee and get him to chase her around as well.





Later that afternoon we took Max home and we went to the Hospital to visit Aaron, Jo and Rory. We found Rory to be a beautiful little girl, and we also found that our beautiful little girl is growing. We see her every day and she always seems so small. But when we saw her adjacent to Rory who is currently at Addison’s birth weight, WOW, Addison is not so little anymore. Addison and Rory
Monday I headed off to work, as usual and Michelle and Addison packed up and went to Royal Oak to spend the night with Michelle’s college friend Jenn. Monday night the house seemed almost empty. I’ll let Michelle cover her trip to Royal Oak in her own blog entry.

Motherhood

Phew....I can't believe it's been so long since I last posted anything here! Addison is already 4 weeks old and the days just fly by. My parents were here from July 28 - August 4 and that was great! I was still recovering and needed to take things easy and they are so helpful. Mom made every meal and they both helped clean the house and keep things in order. We even found some time to play a few games of Catan....and dad almost won one...almost...

She is such a sweet baby! We couldn't be more blessed...she even sleeps at night (although not in her crib). Last night, I fed her at 9p and she was down by 10; I woke up at 4a this morning to find her still snoozing away - she must have been making some noise for me to wake up but she looked so peaceful when I ventured in to check on her.

I will say there have been a few challenging nights, but really, just a few. I do feel like I don't get anything accomplished in a day. Dan will come home from work and I'll assess what in the world did I do during those 8+ hours?? A little clean up here and there, getting dinner ready, feeding the kid, changing all those diapers, taking the kid and dog for a walk...and that's about it folks. Oh well. I'm enjoying all those moments when Addison just nuzzles her little face into me, unsatisfied with the swing or the bouncy seat -she just wants a little one on one time with mom :)