being a mama

It is late and I am rocking sweet Jackson. He asks for so little, really. He just wants to be fed, held, and loved. So little to ask of life. Sometimes I wonder what is harder: to be the center of the universe of a very talkative boy who understands almost as much about the world as he doesn’t, or to be the center of the universe of a brand-new baby whose perception of the world and his place in it are being formed by the bedrock of this experience. One is not more important than the other; although one stage will be more forgiving at times, less forgiving at others. I live with this realization daily, of the importance of my actions, as though it were nothing, commonplace. Then I will think about it, and suddenly the enormity of it is overwhelming. 

Let me do right by them, everyday. 

And when I do not, let me apologize, and let them forgive me. 

   
 

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Parenting level: advanced

 I completed an elusive baby carrier-to-bed-asleep-transition. It is a very advanced skill. The transition from ring sling on my chest to sleeping soundly on the bed required mental and physical skills which I have been honing for some time. 

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My helper

I was writing thank-you notes and found myself called into Jackson’s room for a diaper change. Jacob decided to help me write my notes. I noticed some envelopes were missing. He had carried his stool outside the door and placed these into the mailbox:

(Don’t worry; all the postage was salvaged.)   

   

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Jacob’s first bike race!

Jacob raced in his first ever bike race on Tuesday’s Over the Hump at Irvine Lake. He was so cute and focused. You could tell he was concentrating, but when he heard me yell his name, he looked at me and smiled. I loved seeing the different types of bikes and cute helmets the kids were sporting. His category is 2-5 years old. 

   
    
    
   

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Oh Jackson

you are cute.    
  
    
    
   

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Noisy sleeper

   

 

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Yum

 Oh summer, how I love you. 

I love you and your fruit! 

I am obsessed with watermelon right now. It’s so good and I can’t get enough!  
 

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My boys are in my heart (and on my wrist)

   
 

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Goofy

   
 

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This guy

   
    
  

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