life with lance

I had said that I had wanted it to be colder to help sales in the shop and so we could get some snow, but I think I changed my mind.  It is really cold today and the wind just makes it worse.  I really only like the cold when it is snowing; if it isn’t snowing then I would like warm temperatures.  I felt bad when I went over to play at a friend’s house and I didn’t put Lance’s winter coat on, but I didn’t think it was that cold out and it didn’t look cold outside.  Lance had a good time playing with Lucy this morning, it is funny how he was very possessive with his toys and won’t share. I didn’t realize that he really even knew what was his and what wasn’t.  He is really pulling up on everything and getting better everyday. He is currently standing beside his toy shelves, it is so amazing how he does new things everyday. It is also amazing how every baby is different.  Lucy who is only a few weeks younger than Lance can move her arms to a song and eats solids pretty well, but Lance can crawl and stand up.  Today has really flown by and I can’t believe it is already time to cook dinner.

Yesterday I did laundry and I did laundry and I did laundry.  I did 9 loads and I did two more this morning.  When I got in bed last night at 11 I did not want to fold another item for weeks, but since I wasn’t quite done I knew it was only going to be 12 hours before I was folding again, but now it can be awhile, a few days!  Everything in my house is clean, it is nice!  Today Lance and I have been working on putting away the Christmas decorations which makes me sad because I love them.  Our tree which we took down on Sunday was my favorite tree ever, and my new ornanments for the dining room and window greenery looked nice, and then I always feel sad putting away the navitiy, but if I left it out all year it wouldn’t be special.   On an exciting note Lance can go from lying down to sitting up.  Lance woke me up this morning and before I went into his room I jumped in the shower since it takes him  while to wake up.  When I did go in I was surprised to see Lance sitting up.  I did not know he could go from laying down to sitting up.  When Jeff came home from lunch I told him the exciting news, he wasn’t impressed and said that he had seen him do that before.  I was still pretty excited.  He has also started kind of bobbing his head to music, it is really cute.  I tried to get him dancing on the video camera but he just smiled and he also wouldn’t do it for Jeff.  Oh well, it can be our secret.  Well I should get back to putting away Christmas decorations so I can be done.

Today, I feel like a true 21th century woman, a working mom. Our adventures began this morning at 7:30 when my mom called to tell me that the jack russell, skip, escaped and she had to go to work and couldn’t catch him. So what does a faithful daughter do? Pack up her husband and child and chase after the dog for about half an hour around the neighborhood and through the woods. A neighbor was finally able to grab him and throw him in the car. We were rewarded by Charles, to breakfast. Since it was so pretty we took a walk and Jeff arrived at work an hour and half late, but it was nice to spend the morning together. Unfortunately, Lance took his nap during our walk and my plans to shower and blow leaves solo was shot. So what is girl to do when she is craving a clean yard? She becomes the 21th century woman who can care for her child and doesn’t rely on her husband for yard work. I put Lance in the hiking backpack and went a blowin’. It was hard having his weight on my back plus trying to hold the leaf blower which is pretty heavy, but we managed. The yard looks great and I feel really proud of myself. I can work and take care of my kid, am I good or what? I was really irritated because while blowing leaves I stepped in dog poo and it really irritates me when there is dog poo in our yard since we don’t have a dog. I am tempted to put a sign up in our yard that reads, “we don’t have a dog, we don’t want a dog, and we don’t want your dog in our yard.” I think it might be a little nicer to just continue the fence to keep dogs out since there are obviously inconsiderate people out there who don’t clean up after their dogs. Well after blowing the front and part of the side yard I had to run inside and get ready for work. We have been kind of busy today which is nice, I gripped two boards and Lance and I priced and put out some gloves that arrived. It is a beautiful day out and I wish it would never get cold, but if we want the business to stay afloat we need cold weather and snowboard sales. Bring on cold weather and Christmas shoppers!! Two weeks until Black Friday!!!