Tuesday ramble

Wow...what a day! In the spirit of trying to get in shape, Maddi, my neighbor and I went on a 6 mile walk to Larchmont. As usual I grabbed myself a coffee from Peets and enjoyed my Vanilla Latte (more than I should have). My little one was such an angel just hanging on to her moose and enjoying the scenery all around her. She looooooves being outside, sadly we don't do much of that these days. My neighbor offered to sit with Maddi for some one on one time with Ryan, but I can't seem to pull myself away from her. It's something I'm going to have to get over, but I'm just not ready for that yet. That's my deal I guess, cause I'm sure she'd do just fine with being watched by someone other than our family. Honestly though, hard to trust pretty much anyone! Just my issues I guess. After the walk I packed ourselves into the mommymobile and drove us over to Burbank to pick up the Christmas pictures Maddi took a couple weeks ago. I wanted to get some of her with Christmas backgrounds eventhough she'd be having a photo session Friday with a photographer outdoors. You can never have tooooooo many pictures as far as I'm concerned, and I'm sure the whole family adores getting them...sooooooo I justify it nicely! Between the morning activities and our daily chores around the house, I'm exhausted. Trying to get ready for the Thanksgiving Holiday is such a pain. I swear, it's like packing everything but the kitchen sink...and it's only for 4 days!!! The grands are thrilled that we're coming up again sooooo soon, but it makes me feel good for Maddi to get as much time with them as possible. And they never complain so... While we're in Paradise we'll decide on whether we're doing the big move up near Sacto. Should be interesting to hear everyones biased opinions on the subject. haha. On another note, sad to say that I've finished all the twilight books...bummer! Got to find myself something more to get obsessed with. I shouldn't have read them sooo fast!!!!

Griffith Park

Today the little one and I went to the park to lay about, take a walk and just discover nature together. It's the most amazing thing to watch my daughter learn, it's totally food for my soul. God only knows how much I adore the moments we share together, even when I'm irritated and exhausted and need a break from her. No one ever said mothering a baby was easy, but they always said how rewarding it would be. I wholeheartedly agree and can't imagine my life without her! We had a good time, packed up our belongings and headed home to have some lunch and nap. What a fabulous Friday!






On Another note, just wanted to share some photos of our recent trip to the San Diego Zoo (Last Saturday). It was the first visit for Maddi, and all of us as a family together. We enjoyed seeing all of the animals there and walking the park. My heart swelled as I saw a momma and baby bonabo interacting with each other. Baby was using momma as a playground and getting piggy back rides from one place to the other...you could see the love, thick like smoke. As I looked over at my husband who was watching with amazement, I teared up. Things like that get to me, I guess because I'm an emotional creature, but also because I could tell it touched my husband as well. BTW...Maddi wasn't touched at all...she was staring at the 6'5" woman standing next to us...smiling and loving any bit of attention strangers would give her.

The first one

Sooooooo, I thought that I'd start blogging our hectic lives as a sort of time-capsule to come back to now and again (great idea I encountered by an old grammar school friend...thanks to Andria for the idea)...see where we've been and where we're headed. It's a crazy life, and we're living it one moment at a time...soaking it all in and learning something brand new each day we're together...Me, the hubbs and Miss Maddimonster. Let's see where our adventures lead us!