happy-farm

high fives….

make me happy. High fives from little Leo make me jump for joy!!! We’ve had a couple of incidences lately of him accomplishing a new feat and me putting my hand up for a high five… And he reciprocates amazingly enough! Then last night he climbed down from what was a seemingly precarious post with ease, I said “high five”, and HE stuck his little hand up waiting for ME! Just when motherhood and wife-hood and things in general are seeming overwhelming, your son high fives you and it all disappears… Well, for that moment at least. Cheers. And happy memorial day. Be grateful for love and freedom and high fives today and always.

happy camper!

Uh oh

So our happy farm is a bit frowny today with illness. LL and I have picked up a wicked cold (surely not a product of camping in sub-40 degree temps this weekend!) and hubby just got back from the vet with Senny-bear. We are trying to find out if his “dribbling” and general neurotic-ness is more than just signs of age. And we are all beyond frustrated. And surely part of that frustration has to be some unconscious super sadness for our twelve year old pal. Chin up, happy-farm.

Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do… This is how I found my little mister when I got home from work the other day. Daddy was frantically preparing dinner for us before he had to get moving and leo was so exhausted from an exciting weekend, restless sleep the night before and no nap so he left our little one at peace slouched over in his high chair during a snack of yogurt dots. Don’t poke a sleeping bear or giant or dragon or whatever the saying is… And take advantage of a moment to accomplish a mundane task like completing a meal sans LL. Nice work indeed, dad!

Spring has sprung in the CLE and that means all sorts of new happenings like walking the sidewalks of our neighborhood. Yes, I said WALKING the SIDEWALKS! This is most unbelievable to mama for a number of reasons including but not limited to 1) those adorable little sneakers are being put to practical use sooner than anticipated, 2) this little one is like in the open air(!) on his own little legs(!) like a wild animal(!), 3) he flexes his independence and gets far enough away to make me a little nervous, 4) the previously stated 3) also makes me really proud, 5) his wonderment is so apparently heightened by this whole new world, and so on. The movement, the freedom, the growth, the newness is just all so amazing. Our happy farm is spilling onto grandview ave and beyond! It is going to be the springtime of our lives indeed!

Somehow out of sequence…

I made some edits and now this little blog is out of historical order it seems. New blogger lesson learned.

he is my love. pure & simple… Although this parenting stuff is not simple. It is hard as hell! So today as we celebrate little Leo’s first year of being, we also celebrate our first of mommying and daddying. And that is quite a feat. Our little team is raising an amazing little boy (if I do say so myself!) and some days I can’t believe he’s all mine. I am just so so grateful for each Leo specific trait he possesses and for the process he goes through to learn so very much so quickly. I question how i am so lucky to hear that amazing giggle or feel those little hands or see the determination in him to do things for the first time… And as overwhelming the challenges feel sometimes, the joys are exponentially more so. Im overcome with happiness, my little love. happy happy day to our family! We have so much to look forward to!

As we are approaching LL’s first birthday, I am finding myself so sentimental it hurts. I just cannot fathom that we’ve almost been through a full trip around the sun with our son. And I can’t believe how quickly and amazingly he’s changed and advanced since we met him. The picture is from St. Patrick’s day 2011, the day we brought little leo home for the very first time. It was a day not too unlike this chilly February day filled with abundant sunshine. Even in my drugged-up new mom stupor I remember putting him in that seat and taking him out into the unprotected open air and feeling so brand new just like he was… I was so scared and so excited and so clueless. it truly was the first day of the rest of my life.