Parenthood

Things I love about parenthood right now:

Addie rolled over today for the first time! (Actually Paul said she did it once at 3 weeks, but it was a fluke.) Today may have been a fluke too, but I saw it and it's just as exciting with kid #2! Glad I was watching, cause it happened on the couch and could have easily resulted in an injury. She went from back to tummy. She's been pushing with her feet and leaning to her shoulder a lot, but I didn't think she'd make it all the way over this soon.

Garrett has this new vigorous marching in place, arms swinging, giggling dance thing that he does and it is so darn cute.

Addie watches me wherever I go in the room, and smiles whenever I look at her, which is a lot, because I love looking at her.

Garrett stands by the fridge and holds onto the handle when he's thirsty, if I don't respond fast enough he smiles and points over and over. Not so looking forward to when he can pull the door open.

Addie takes long naps now! Like two 3+ hour naps a day. Yesterday her second nap was 4 hours. Makes for a happy baby and a happy mom. The nights are still the same. Usually one wake up that just requires a binky and she's right back to sleep, and one early morning feeding and she falls back asleep when she's full.

Garrett walks out to the living room when I get him out of bed in the morning and let's out a big dramatic sigh as he looks around. Kind of like a "Ok-I'm-well-rested-and-these-toys-aren't-going-to-play-with-themselves-so-I-better-get-started" kind of a sigh. I love it.

Addie's done with colic. (Knock on wood/she probably was getting over it by the time we made it to the doctor, or never really had it. OR, the medicine works great.) She's a content, happy little girl. She fusses less now than she ever has and the days with her are very peaceful. We still give her medicine, usually once, at the most twice in 24 hours and we could give it to her 6 times, but never have. She's very curious and likes to see what's going on, just like her brother, but she's really become 'chill', just like I (used to) describe her brother.

And the other 'Parenthood'... Do you watch it?? If I had to pick one show to watch and give up everything else, I would absolutely choose 'Parenthood'. Brilliant writing, incredible acting, amazing dialog style. I love everyone in it, and everything about it. It really gets me thinking about real life and makes me want to be a better parent. As I was sobbing while watching last nights episode, I looked at Paul (who was also crying), and said, "I can't believe I have to wait a week for the next episode!" I felt so happy for Jasmine and Crosby, and so heartbroken for Joel and Julia. Like I know them personally and like it's a true story or something! ...That's good TV. Today when Paul came up for lunch he said, "So... have you been thinking about Parenthood?" I said, "Yep, all morning. I even feel like I need to blog about it." I can't even begin to explain the family it's about, each of their stories, and how they all intertwine, (except that it's about a couple, their 4 adult children, and each of their families), but it's worth checking out.(There's a baby, a boyfriend, and (hopefully...we'll find out next week) another baby missing from this picture.)

less TV

I've decided that, although its easy to pass time with TV, its not good for me. I feel so much better on days when I don't turn on the TV. Instead I cook, go on walks, play with Garrett, go to the park, read, etc. The time goes just as fast, I feel less sluggish, and I feel like get more productive.

Some days its really hard not to sit down in front of the TV, but I'm making myself more aware of it, and its going well. Paul and I have got into a bad habit of watching TV at night, even eating dinner at the coffee table in front of the TV. I don't like it. So we're trying to get out more. Not EAT out more, just GET out more.

We're going to try and go to Disneyland every couple weeks. We have a cute park a couple blocks away that we're going to start having picnics at once a week or so. We're going to explore other parks. Go on walks. Just try and find more fun, free things to do at night. We've even started doing puzzles together. We sound old and single, right?? It's actually really enjoyable for us.

Here's a recent trip to Disneyland.Oops...oh well, close enough. I realized it on the train at Disneyland.After a fun morning walk to our local farmers market. It's really small, (maybe 15 or 20 vendors) but really nice people with fresh, yummy, local stuff.Bad lettuce NOT from the farmer's market. Those are bugs. I'm going to write a letter to Earthbound Farms Organic. Every leaf was COVERED in bugs, alive bugs. And they were hiding in all the little crevices. This was an evening where I was excited to make a picnic and head to the park. When I saw this lettuce, I lost my motivation. We still went to the park for a picnic but we walked to 7-11 first. This was going to be a "fun, free" evening out, but instead we spent $18.00 at 7-11 and threw 3 bunches of lettuce away. Oh well, its a story.Garrett loves grabbing the strings that hang down from hoodies. He was in heaven laying between us because we both had them!Warm, breezy evenings are therapeutic. So glad Spring is here and Summer is around the corner. I know Utah, I know. But it's still been pretty cold here!

Day 17

Day 17: Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why.

Ellen DeGeneres.

She's hilarious. And she's rich and famous. It'd be fun to try for a day. I just love her.

Also, Jillian Foster from Lie To Me. Even though she's fictional. I'd love to read faces and body language for a living. Especially if Cal Lightman was my partner.