Signs You Might Be The Parent Of A One Year Old

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  • You can’t say the words “cracker,” “apple,” or “banana.” She hears the mere suggestion of these treats and suddenly she is hungry and only one thing will do.
  • You spend 50% of your day crawling, either on your knees or a bear crawl. Just me?  It makes Wee One shriek with laughter, and has become my go-to tantrum diffuser.
  • “We don’t eat off the floor.” Is a statement that comes out of your mouth several times a day, as you scramble to pick up the scraps she just dumped off her plate and is bending over to eat. She won’t eat it off the plate, but from the floor, it’s awesome.
  • If you leave her field of vision for a short length of time, chances are good you have started a game of peek-a-boo. Sometimes I’m not paying attention, and I realize WO is giggling at me and hiding behind her hand, and I feel guilty for not noticing sooner and letting her hang. Fortunately, she’s forgiving about my lapse and her laugh is so gleeful when we play.
  • You find a small hand creeping down your shirt multiple times a day. I think that’s just for breastfed babies and – what? It doesn’t stop at one year? I heard about this, but it is starting to get to the point that when she’s upset, she doesn’t need to nurse, she just needs to reassure her they’re there. Then I can say “cracker” and she’s not upset anymore.

She’s the best.

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Inspiration taken from Things Anxious Mom Said. See what she put!

Share My World – Tree Climbing And Rainy Days

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I haven’t done this in awhile, but why don’t we “share our worlds?!” (I mean, outside of what we already do. Let me know how you would answer these questions, and then go back to the originally poster and let them know, too!!

Are you a traveler or a homebody? 

Ooh, I’m a traveler! I love to be on the road! Check out adventures I’ve had under the travel tag!

What kind of TV commercial would you like to make? Describe it.

I think my commercial would be the top 10 trees to climb in the world. So then I would get to travel. There would be location-establishing shots with little labels on the bottom of the screen, then close-up shots of the trees, then talking to arborists about the species of the trees and their virtues, and then a smattering of shots of me climbing the tree. And then the gag reel would be me getting down, as graceful as that is.

Describe yourself in a word that starts with the first letter of your name.

I love alliteration; I can do this all day. Sassy? Sarcastic? Smart? Spirited? Super? Snuggly? Savoring? Spiritual? Studious? Steadfast?

List some fun things for a rainy day.

Sans child: Reading, writing, snuggling, watching TV, drawing, crocheting.

Avec child: Reading (different books though), playing with blocks, coloring, bouncing balls in the basement, rocking and singing by the window, crawling around like bears.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful for some talks Cohiba and I have had.

I’m looking forward to seeing friends in St. Louis next week.

Today

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Today 

I hate the way,

I feel I have naught to say.

I want to report today’s events 

But it wasn’t exciting, no suspense 

I miss the mountains and woodsy air

And struggle with feeling so lost from where

(I want to be)

‘Tis a time of change, these autumn days

Present-minded in them, may I stay

“Now He Knows Who Killed Kennedy”

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This past Tuesday, during the presidential election when everyone thought Hillary would win, scores of voters covered Susan B. Anthony’s gravestone  with “I Voted” stickers. The woman’s suffrage activist (I mean, suffrage for white women; not true suffrage) obviously believed women should and could vote, but could she have imagined voting for a woman president?

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