Yesterday marked my first day back to work. It sucked. Not the job itself, just the simple fact that I *had* to go back to work at all. It’s been so lovely being able to stay home and enjoy time with my family, both immediate and extended.
This summer was a summer of trips. First we went to California to hang out with the Salisbury side of the clan. We stayed in a house called Tudor Rose Manor. The website said it could sleep up to 22 people, but I really don’t think that would have been comfortable. We had 17 people there all together, and two of them slept in their RV. A couple of the couches in the living room were futons, and there were sleeping mats in a couple of the bedrooms, but it would have been very crowded indeed if we had 22 people sleeping in that house.
It also had an abundance of chairs, both inside and out of the house. I think there were six picnic tables in the backyard, if that gives you an idea about seating. There were two dining room tables in the kitchen and there were so many chairs they could not all fit around the tables. It was a nice enough place, a little kitschy for my taste (think old-lady chic) but it was very close to the ocean and was in a nice, quiet neighborhood.
We went to the aquarium while we there and also visited the Santa Cruz boardwalk (so fun!).
The boys and I hit up Dad and Dani’s house in Arizona for a couple days before we headed back home. Velvet’s girls were also there for a couple days while we were there. It was a very good visit with Dad and Dani, and Ezra learned how to float and paddle with the help of a life vest! I love how he’s becoming more comfortable with the water, but it also makes me nervous because he could very easily jump in the water thinking someone will catch him, or that he’d naturally float without the vest. We definitely need to get him into a swimming class.
We were able to relax at home for about a week before we headed off to the Baugher family reunion at Mom’s house.
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We met up midway with Velvet’s family and stayed at a hotel that night to help break up the driving. We ate dinner in Ontario at a place called Country Kitchen and they had amazing fries! They did not, however, have air conditioning and we were all sweating by the time we left.
The reunion at Mom’s was fantastic because we got to see a lot of relatives that we hadn’t seen in years (or in some cases never met) and I left with a closer feeling of my people.
The trouble with returning to work after a lengthy time off is that my day isn’t mine anymore. Usually at bedtime I’ve been telling Ezra “Love you,” and he says it back to me (it’s frickin’ adorable, take my word for it) and then I say, “I’ll see you in the morning,” and he repeats it back to me. Only now I have to say, “I’ll see you tomorrow night,” because he’s not awake before I leave for work.
There are times when I feel like a bad parent because Ezra will want to play with me and I just can’t be bothered. Perhaps I’m reading or watching a show or something and eventually he’ll wander off to play by himself or watch some YouTube videos. And I know at the time that I should stop what I’m doing and play with him but I tell myself I’ll do it in a couple minutes and next thing I know it’s three hours later. I know there will be a time where he won’t want to play with me and I should get in as much time with him while I can. But really, I can only play with mega blocks for so long. Or, I’ll get out his finger paints (which is a painstaking process to get it all ready) and he’ll paint for about three minutes and then be done with it. So sometimes I justify it to myself that it’s not worth the effort. I need to work on that.
As far as the new baby is concerned, he’s doing great! At his two-month checkup the other day he weighed in at 16 lbs 9 oz and is 26in! He is already in six-month clothes,he’s a beast! Apparently he is in the 99th percentile. He got his vaccination shots which he wasn’t too chuffed about and was a little fussy after that, but all in all he’s fairly chill. He gets us up around 3:30am and then again around 6:30am which gives us a decent amount of sleep throughout the night. Ezra loves him, always telling me how cute the baby is and lately he’s been wanting to help feed him and talk with him. Ezra loves it when Leo smiles at him, thinks that’s the best.
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