First, I want to thank Heather for responding with her experience using a crib tent. Thankfully, Nathan has stopped trying to climb out of his crib and it looks like he is simply content for the time being with the knowledge that he can escape from his crib while now longer trying to do so. At this point I'm filing away the whole crib tent thing and taking a wait and see approach. Hopefully Nathan is thinking that crib climbing is so two weeks ago, but you never know.
In other related business, the boys' second birthday is merely a few weeks away and wow did the last two years fly by. Recently I've been noticing how their baby selves have become more and more child-ish, and it's truly startling to witness. Their baby pudge is melting away, their limbs are lengthening, and the look of understanding in their eyes whenever I speak to them is unbelievable. I know that every parent wonders at how her child grows up before her very eyes, but I can't help be amazed and somewhat dismayed by it all the same. It's bittersweet seeing my babies turn into boys, I miss cuddling those tiny little packages of baby I brought home from the hospital almost two years ago, and smelling their lovely little baby scent.
Sigh...
The birthday party plans are really getting into full swing now, and M is in his full glory planning the menu for the big shindig. M is quite the gourmand/foodie, and he is planning on appropriating his friends smoker to smoke up some real low and slow BBQ. Because space is at such a premium in our place, we're having it out in the 'burbs at the home of M's Mom. Of course we will also have cake, and pin the tail on the monkey, (did I mention we were going with a monkey theme? These are our invites, which I just fell in love with, price be damned.) and possibly a baby pool or two for the kiddies. All of M's friends and their kids will be there, and most of my girlfriends too. I don't really know all that much about how you entertain older kids at a party, and there will definitely be kids in the 3 to 7 age group at the party. I'm resisting the subtle pressure to get on of those crazy bounce house type things to clutter up the front lawn, and clowns creep me the fuck out so that's a no go as well.
I fear I'm actually in a kind of denial that M&N's birthday is coming up so quickly, because I've only purchased a few small gifts for them and aside from getting the invites printed and mailed I haven't really accomplished much else birthday related. We also have a lot going on trying to figure out my whole career thing, and preschool plans for the boys, not to mention what to do about the fact that this condo is just getting too darn small to contain this family anymore. I guess it's just kind of overwhelming, and when I get overwhelmed I just sort of leave things at loose ends. I don't know what to do about any of it, and trying to figure it out only brings up questions I'm not really comfortable confronting just yet.
Oh, and once again my neighborhood is under siege by the gigantic food festivus held nearby every year. As a result, I feel even less motivation to leave my home this week because I hate wading through all of the crowds and traffic. Anyway, enough with my downer routine. Have a great holiday everyone!
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