NEEDING to vent.

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It’s Gone! I’ve looked everywhere for the past three weeks. Church, cars, my entire house got turned upside down. Everywhere in between…. So I’m calling it. It’s lost for good and never coming back. I am so beyond bummed. My sling was literally my life saver. It was the best second set of hands ever. Kaylee has lived in this thing for over a year, and I was so looking forward to using it with Regan. Kaylee loved the sling and would often get it out of the diaper bag and bring it to me so I could wear her. Yes I still carried her in it baby belly and all. It holds up to 35 lbs. and she’s not even 19 lbs. I loved the color, the fabric, having a variety of carrying positions, everything about it. It was so nice being able to clean, cook, do laundry, use the bathroom, or hold her for long stretches of time without killing my arms or back. Everything takes at least twice as long when you only have one hand. And even if we had the $40 to spend, I’d be mad at having to spend it for something I should not have lost. Let’s face it $40 goes a long way when you are poor. And I’m one of those people who hates having to spend money over and over on the same thing (except food and diapers of course). I like getting the most bang for my hubbies hard earned money. It’s part of the getting to be a stay at home Mommy. OK there, I’m done! I’ll get over losing my spare hands eventually…. maybe.

about 2 hrs later…

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I’m so very grateful that Kaylee has had a relatively easy time of teething. She gets a little extra crabby for a few days and is done. It’s been REALLY nice. That is until this last tooth. This one has been a beast! It really just makes me so grateful that her other teeth didn’t cause her this much pain. She hasn’t slept at all well the last couple of nights, and this morning woke up just thrashing in bed and crying from the pain. She is not a morning person (gets that from me,) and so was too tired to get over it and fall back to sleep after I got her some meds. So I had a lovely morning that started at 6am (normal is 8:30 9ish) with my ouchy baby crying nonstop for almost 2 hours. I finally got her to eat a couple of pancakes to fill her tummy. Then we put on shoes (over her jammies) and broke out the lipgloss. She finally fell asleep on the couch with all her favorite things to comfort her: Mom, Lamby, blankie, pillow, shoes, lipgloss, and the theme song of Friends in the background. It helped that her meds had kicked in so the pain was dulled, but I like to think it was my half awake and slightly insane by that point (not a morning person) mothering that did the trick. It was at this point that I took out my earplugs. 🙂 She was much happier when she woke up so we went outside to play. We finally broke out the sidewalk chalk from Auntie Sam, and had a blast with it. The rest of our day has been hit and miss, and I’m hoping this tooth comes in soon! Here’s to better mornings, and better days…

and then she climbed right in….

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Last night we had a family picnic at our favorite park and had lots of fun. Kaylee has been to this park before with her cousins and remembered playing in the river. Jon was watching her while I was getting food ready. She was staying on the sidewalk along the river but couldn’t get to the river because she really hates grass. So we weren’t too worried. Well before we knew it she was on one of the little bridges and climbing into the river! She found a perfect grass free way to get into the water. She was so proud of herself. I was surprised she stayed in the water for so long since it really cold mountain water. Jon had to pull her out and shake her off so we could eat. She was so wet! Well as soon as she was finished eating she climbed right back in. Jon and I decided for her that she was done when she started shivering. Every time we asked if she was done she would shake her head no. She really didn’t want to leave. I think we will take her back before it starts getting cold here. Which means we will be back to the canyon park soon.