crank-shaft

A crank-shaft is what we call Isaiah when he wakes up too early from his nap.
Like today.
I have included a demo video so you can sympathize with me...he pretty much did this from 4:30 in the afternoon until he went to bed any time he didn't get his way.
Ahhhh, the hard life of a 1 year old.

Today Levi taped a line on the floor marking off a corner of the living room where his special stuff is. Or, Isaiah's "no fly zone." We point to the line on the floor and say "no" and sometimes he makes the right choice.

I love our little man and his long little hairs to death, so all of this is totally worth having a baby, but it is definitely a c h a l l e n g e some days...more than others. : )

Recently around town we've heard there is a rumor that Levi and I are expecting another baby. News to me! : ) I laughed so hard when I heard it, considering I *would* be the first to know, it's not exactly the kind of rumor you expect to get out without you starting it...

Sorry, I'm going to have to wait till Levi gets home to upload the video.
In the meantime, a true snapshot of the days emotions:

sugar baby

Anytime Isaiah is away from me for any length of time (ie like this mornging when daddy took him out for "manly time") I have a renewed sense of how precious he is to me!
When he comes home and reaches for me my heart melts all over the place.

I am eating a no-bake oatmeal and cocoa cookie. They are my favorite right now. We cut the sugar in half and they still taste amazing.

I'm on an exercise video kick right now. I've scoured my library and Amazon.com for belly-dancing fitness dvds. Alas, my library doesn't have any, so I settled for the "Mommy Baby Body Builders", "Cardio Pilates", and an intimidating tae-bo dvd.
I am really set on trying belly-dancing, though, and don't laugh! It's actually a really good workout for women, traditionally practiced (in part) to strengthen women for childbirth.

Oh my gosh!! I just got a call from a painter-friend who is hooking me up with an art show in North Charlotte. I have some "stuff" I've been making off-and-on for about a year or two now but this will my first actual setting-up-a-booth-and-selling event. : )
I hope to have stuff up on Etsy.com (the most addictive craft website ever) soon as well. But I'll let you know when that happens.

Ok then, I'm off to make something....

going home

you walk into the room/
there's a fire burning warm and bright/
open up the door/
there's a room where they're waiting for you/
and you will feel so at ease/
you will know you're/
home.
[credit: a song i heard once]

Tomorrow morning, in the barely light crispness of early fall, we'll climb into the car with the luggage and coax the doors to close up around us.
So we can drive. Home.
I have big plans of: smiling a lot, huggs, lounging on familiar couches, eating delicious food I didn't cook, holding hands with my ever-present husband, and letting everyone else entertain Isaiah. : )