Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Day 2 of this awesome project and I was reminded of so many wonderful reasons why I put in the effort to make this happen for myself. The sweet little details that I remember to capture and write down during this week are precious to
I really do this project for me. I hope that Colin and Kai will enjoy looking back at these memories in the future as well, but honestly, even if they didn’t care I would still do it for myself. These stories are told from my perspective and viewed mostly through the lens of my camera. I’m so blessed to have people I love at the heart of my own stories.
8:00A
We woke up to clouds and sprinkling rain this morning. A fairly rare thing here. I think my peonies like it a lot! I started them from tubers 2 or 3 years ago and I think I’m going to get my first blooms on some of them this year. Beyond exciting!
8:30A
Kai was still sleeping pretty hard so I decided to let him rest a little longer. This hardly ever happens. I ate my cereal and read a little bit of my book. I’m reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and I’m almost done. I think I might finish it this week, actually. It’s a pretty intense one emotionally and I’m deep in the darkest parts of it now.
9:00A
Kai accidentally knocked some books over next to his bed while sleeping and it scared us both! He was a little cranky this morning, but rallied at the promise of Cheerios. I asked him to get his bowl and spoon out, he proceeded to grab 3 spoons. He rotated between the spoons while he ate the Cheerios. This kid. I love him.
10:15A
Kai and I got dressed and ready to head out the door for his Physical Therapy appointment. That super fantastic husband of mine had a cup of coffee waiting for me by the door. It was so warm and comforting to sip on it while the car warmed up on our wet drive.
11:00A
We’re all pretty big fans of Ruthie. She’s so sweet and very patient with our willful toddler. He was pretty temperamental today and really didn’t want to use his right hand for anything. Ruthie worked through it, though and found some activities that lifted his spirits so that he didn’t feel as frustrated about his hand.
I’m really grateful that we have access to such an amazing facility and group of doctors to help Kai with his Brachial Plexus injury. He has made incredible progress in just the couple of months we’ve been working with Children’s Hospital organization. Colin and I are both so excited for the possibilities that lay before him now.
12:30P
Back at home Kai enjoyed a little time on his Kindle while I got some lunch ready for him. He had not used it in quite a few days so his face lit up when I suggested it. He really likes watching youtube videos right now, specifically Blimpy videos. He’s this guy who acts child like and just explains random stuff simply and without talking super fast. I can see why Kai likes them and he actually repeats a lot of things that Blimpy says.
After lunch it’s time for Kai’s nap. Most days, Colin puts him down if he can. It’s a nice break for me during the day. One of the many wonderful things about having Colin working from home.
1:45P
This one right here, she’s my snuggle bug. She will snuggle everywhere. Like today, in the kitchen. So I sat on the kitchen floor, snuggling Penny and listening to Kai sing in bed while rain pitter pattered on the skylight.
2:30P
Kai was still napping, he must have been so tired. The girls and I hung out with Colin in the fireplace room and Penny started talking in her sleep. Colin looked over from his desk and took this photo. Then he said, “What a nice view.” Shucks, I love him so much.
3:00P
Colin took a little break from the computer and went into the garage to work on one of his motorcycles for a bit.
I made my way to Kai’s room. He was still sleeping, but it was getting kind of late in the day so gently woke him up from his nap. He woke up in a much better mood than this morning, but still wanted snuggles. I don’t mind. I was able to entice him with the suggestion of reading the new book he got yesterday from Tess “Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site.” It is a pretty adorable book.
4:00P
Bath time. I didn’t get any photos of it yesterday, but it was peanut butter face day. We save the mostly empty containers of peanut butter, and when we have two of them, we give them to Izzy and Penny to lick out. The result is two very sticky Doodle faces. So today is bath day. Kai helped as I washed Penny first. He would pet her gently and softly say “good girl.” I think he could tell that she was nervous. Then Izzy got in and it was just her and me, but Colin sneaked in at some point to take this photo. I didn’t even notice, ha!
4:48P
My turn to clean up! Colin and Kai got dinner ready and jumped in the shower since I was already soaking and felt a little gross from giving the dogs baths. I brought a small dish of this amazing exfoliator into the shower with me. It’s called Clean Dirt and is made by May Lindstrom. I love using it in a steamy shower – the steam holds the amazing the fragrance in the air even after I’ve washed it off my skin.
6:03P
Another round of delish salad with grilled chicken for dinner. Tonight, Colin and I laugh a lot with Kai. He tries to get us to laugh and I love it. He’s a really good fit for us in that way – laughing has always been something that Colin and I try to do together. During some of our most difficult moments we’ve found ways to laugh together and I truly believe it’s made all the difference.
6:34P
Kai’s turn for a bath! Tonight he stayed in until the water turned cold. He was having so much fun. I love to listen to him jabber and splash and squeal. He’s been obsessed with these cool water activated light cubes that some sweet friends sent to him a few weeks ago. They really are very cool.
7:31P
We all kind of bummed around tonight. Usually Kai would be getting into bed already, but we were all having fun together and he was in a good mood so we hung out a little longer doing laundry together and practiced washing hands. Colin opened the bathroom window and the lighting was amazing, as was the smell of fresh air and rain.
We ended the day with silly selfies and a big group hug. Love this family of mine.