My Little Pumpkin

I can't believe we've been in school for over two months! Last post I wrote, I had just gone back to work, and I wrote about how hard it was leaving Kinsey each day. I wish I could say it's been easier, but it hasn't. Yes, the routine is in place. Yes, the flow of the mornings has gotten easier. However, leaving her each morning is still the same--incredibly difficult. Sometimes I tell myself to "suck it up" because a lot of Moms have to go back to work and don't have a choice. Some Moms have to work long, long hours, and barely get home in time to tuck their little ones in bed. I guess I have it "made" for a working Mom. Each morning, I drop her off or leave her with Grandmas' or Momma Nolt's House. Who can beat that? She has the best care in the world, that I do know. Kinsey usually wakes up around 6:30AM. I nurse her, get her dressed, get myself dressed, get ready (which is increasingly becoming more and more difficult now that she's mobile), and eat breakfast. Take 2 loads out to the car, then load her in, and then off we go. I usually call or text once or twice to see how my little nugget is. (It's one of my favorite parts of the day!). I'm still breastfeeding, so I have some motherly duties to attend to during lunch. Then I leave as soon as the kids do, and race home to her. We play, cuddle, read for several hours until bedtime. Housework and schoolwork waits. It has too. However, even though I couldn't ask for better care and a job that allows me to leave when I do, I still tear up in the car almost every day after I leave her. I just feel like I'm missing out on everything. I live for the weekends, when I can wake up with her and Mitch and not have to race out the door. When I can put her down for a nap, and know exactly what she's doing all day. Mitch is so good about reassuring me and praying each night. Having a baby has definitely strengthened our marriage.

Anyway, enough complaining from me! My little pumpkin is almost 7 months old! If I can describe her in two words I would say "alert and active!" She takes everything in and loves looking all around. She can sit up by herself, crawl on all fours, pull herself up to a standing position, and just recently, conquered the stairs. She's on the move! Baby-proofing begins! She's starting to get strange at times, and definitely wants someone in the room with her all the time. It takes her a little bit to smile and laugh. You have to be really funny for her to let out a good belly laugh. She hates being put "in" things. She loves it best when she roams free. However, Momma Nolt, finds the most success in the Baby Bjon, which Kinsey loves! Kinsey also loves dogs. Cocoa and Miles definitely entertain her during the day.

Her daddy absolutely adores her. My favorite thing about seeing them together is when he is reading to her. Every night he sits in the big ugly blue chair and reads 5 Little Lady Bugs and The Best Nest. He uses all different voices and really attends to punctuation (teach jargon). She amazingly sits pretty still and listens. I love it! She's going to be a Daddy's Girl, I can just tell.

Loving Being a Mommy:)