wowwidy wow. the other night, i was looking at some packaging with super fine print and i had to pull away and make that ugly elongated face to read what it said. the kind we've all watched our mommies make sometime in high school. hubby laughed at me, calling me a granny... but i argued that the print was WAYYYY small. so i grabbed some other packaging and had to cock my head back again. UMM. i am NOT ready for those ugly, half-glasses. and this isn't supposed to be happening at my age. this is supposed to become a problem once my kids start getting acne, not diaper rash! at this rate, i will have to get me some of those coke bottle glasses that the swingline stapler guy wears in office space before age 40. good news though... i went to target yesterday and tried on some reading glasses in the $1 section, trying to look nonchalant... and they made everything look big and bubbly. meaning, i'm not old yet! :)

speaking of my visit to target, i saw this man giving his almost-toddler sips from his monster energy drink while in line. aka poison for your child! i normally try to be a little coy about staring at people but i must have been blatantly drooling with my mouth open, bothered by what i was seeing. he looked at me and pulled that can away from her mouth like it was the plague. aiyaiyai.

monkey has been interacting a lot more lately. anytime i enter the room or we're laying around enjoying each other, he laughs and coos and squeals. i enjoy and love him more everyday. and in those instances that i pause to realize how much my love for him is growing, i am reminded of my Father's love for me. God is using motherhood to help me understand the depth of His love. it's unfathomable i know, but so much deeper than i'd ever known.

my DOB and my little man!

we are back to the daily grind in the bae household. daily grind in the most bestest way though. :) last week was my **th birthday and hubby allowed me to spend 4-days, non-stop relaxed. it was wonderful and much needed. he stayed home from work thurs & fri, baking me cake, changing diapers, playing airplane with monkey, letting me eat portabella shroom sandwiches galore, letting me shop and trekking to random places to pick out fresh, organic goodies. icing on the cake was having my sisters here over the weekend. they drove all the way up and down to see me (ok fine... to see monkey). i'll take whatever seester time i can get. :) we did a whole lot of nothing but eat and shop and it was perfect. oh, and sam and i both got a nice break having them here to entertain our little guy. we even got to go out for an hour and half ALONE, for the first time since he was born (7.5 months ago)! for our date, we toured some insanely beautiful, charming homes in our neighborhood with free tickets given to us by our next door neighbor. one of the homes we saw had a kitchen featured in sunset magazine! i died. thank goodness for posh neighbors. :)

seems as if monkey makes some big strides after visits with family. always happens. his first gutteral bursts of laughter, rolling over and crawling have all happened soon after or while spending time with eemoe's. he's been tucking his knees under his tummy and weightbearing on his hands for awhile now. but with eemoes' persistent encouragement, he slithered around the entire weekend! he's still learning to master this new skill... but thanks to my sisters, life in our household is being redefined. by plastic gates, safety knobs on doors, soon-to-be-taped-off danger zones, wall socket thingies and more. thanks a lot bb and eemsie. it's amazing though. this child that i once worried might have had some bleeding into his brain (thus, possible neurologic/developmental problems), is meeting all his milestones without any issues. praise the Lord and hail tummy time! he even chewed off and ate little bits of rice cake this morning! he sloshed those things around with his little tongue like a fat kid eating sausages. his puckery little lips danced around. it was precious. so blessed. so blessed.

welcome me!

i have this really terrible habit of wasting away monkey's napping hours, stalking blogs and secretly wishing i'd get off my lazy butt and start my own. so here i am. i've mostly started this blog because my attempts at consistently updating my paper journals (plural because i've started TONS!) have been oh so futile. since i daily (ahem... who am i kidding? hourly? bi-hourly? tri-hourly?) stalk various blogs, the logic is that i'd update mine consistently. hahaha. oh yeah... btw... no, i will not share the blogs i obsess over. it's like going on national TV and having someone put a camera in your mouth. it's private! ok really though... a big reason i'd like to dole out some thoughts in writing is so that i can perhaps share with my offspring in the future. just random thoughts about mundane things that happened in our household at particular times and seasons of life. or just some pictures and maybe even an accompanying one word caption if i'm feeling particularly ambitious that day. lastly, i've heard that to have a good blog, it should be well-focused. ha! i couldn't care less. yes, it's true... the 2 earthly things i'm most passionate about are being my husband's wife and monkey's mama. but i have other interests too. like making bucket lists, finally having discovered the cleaning properties of vinegar, cluttering my garage with "projects" that "i'm going to get to" and the importance of being honest. so more than a "good" blog, i just want an honest one.

so here goes.