Scraps of Life

• Ben rolled over completely for the first time this week.
• I had Ben laying on the floor. He was crying, but I was trying to get lunch cooking & was planning on picking him up when I got it to that place where it could just cook. After a few minutes, I turned around and Z was carrying him into the kitchen for me. I gave him a big talk about carrying the baby and he said, "but he was crying." Truth is, he did stop crying when Z picked him up.
• Ca loves it when I say, "Don't you dare give me a kiss!" He loves getting that chance to be cheeky.
• I did a quote on Ben's wall. It's not perfect. I could have spent another hour on the edges of the letters, but you have to stop somewhere. I found one I liked from one of those vinyl wall lettering companies. I then found the exact same font they used, made it in photoshop, printed it, and free handed it on the wall.

• I can park my car in the garage now. Chris finally got enough of his stuff unpacked.
• Z read his first book today. I've started doing hooked on phonics with him. I'm trying to do school a little with him because I feel guilty that we don't send him to preschool. A friend said something about me being really scheduled. I thought I should start living up to that myth about me.
• I'm teaching piano again. Most of my students are Korean. The parents LOVE the baby. He's been staying with me during the lessons. He's so easy. When he gets cranky, I just rock him or put him in his swing to go to sleep. He doesn't cry himself to sleep when I rock him. Ca and Z always did.
• You might have heard me say when I was pregnant that I didn't really like babies until they hit 1yr. Ben has changed that for me. I love babies now.
• Speaking of babies. B's crying. Should I pick him up or keep typing?
• Thanks to the girls who came over for our swim playdate. It's so nice to have friends over. The kids love it and so do I.
• Ok, I'll go pick him up.