Anyway. Back to my original thought. In taking my cue from Becky, I thought I'd do my own version of a Five on Friday...five thoughts, moments, ideas, whatevers from my week. So...here goes.
1. Ryder is FINALLY coming out of her shell and I couldn't be happier about it. She's been here for about three weeks now, and it was rough in the beginning. She was {and still is, a lot of the time} afraid of everything. Noises. Movement. The carpet. She had a lot of accidents in the house and was so afraid of Scott that she'd immediately pee whenever he tried to coax her out of her crate. It was a battle to get her to come out of her cage, and even now she still prefers to sit in there rather than come into the living room with the rest of us. But now she's starting to feel more comfortable with us. She runs outside on her own now, and she very rarely has an accident in the house. She's downright gleeful when she's playing in the yard--running with the kids, leaping into the air, lying in sunny patches on the grass. They get a kick out of it, and it's so nice to see her enjoying herself and not being so fearful all the time.
2. Gerry is getting to be such a "big boy" and I can't handle it. Just like with Bailey, it's amazing to me to watch him growing up and learning and understanding new things. Just this past week he's gotten the hang of the "mommy" thing and understanding that I am mommy and Scott is daddy. I love, love, love hearing him saying "Mommy, mommy!" over and over in his tiny little voice. And it always surprises me when I tell him something and he understands. The other day I was getting him ready for bed and had just gotten his jammies on. His bottle was ready to go and sitting within reach on top of our {electric} fireplace and I said to him, "You ready to go night-night? Go get your bottle." And he said, "Night-night!", walked over, and got his bottle, then came back for me to pick him up and carry him to his crib. So cool.
3. Bailey is something of a celebrity on her t-ball team. This one cracks me up. She had another game last night and as we were walking to the field, one of her teammates and his mom walked with us. The mom walked next to Bailey and said, "Alright, Bailey, you ready to play? You've gotta show those boys how it's done!" All throughout the game, the parents were cheering for her {I really love how all the parents on the team are involved and cheer for all of the kids by name...the feeling of camaraderie is awesome}and one of the moms commented that she's going to be " a legend" after this season. Now, it's important to note that Bailey is in no way. shape, or form a "good" player yet. 9 times out of 10 when she's up to bat she swings at least three times before connecting with the ball and, even then, it travels maybe 5 feet. But she's entertaining. When she's on the field she stands by her coach and by her BFF Max and she talks. Incessantly. She pays almost zero attention to what's going on around her and is always the last one to come in off the field. But she chats away to her teammates and her coach, gets distracted by a runny nose, a plane flying overhead, or the fact that the playground is just a few hundred feet away, and is innocently hilarious while out there. After she bats, she holds onto her helmet to keep it from blowing off her head when she runs the bases, and she talks to whoever the first baseman on the other team is. "Hi, my name's Bailey Reece W*****. My mommy calls me Bailey, but I like to say Bailey Reece W*****. What's your name?" Her first base coach tells me after every game how funny she is out there. We joke that she's nothing if not entertaining.
4. Gerry picked me a flower yesterday. And my heart melted. He had ripped it into pieces by the time he made it across the yard to where I was sitting, but he gave it to me with a big smile on his face and let me pick him up and give him a ton of kisses before itching to get down and go play again.
5. There is nothing better than coffee on a Friday morning. It's no secret that I'm a coffee addict but there's something about that first cup on a Friday morning that is just incredible to me. My sister brought me a large cup from Dunkin' Donuts this morning, and it was heaven. Heaven.
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