Where Did My Baby Go?

Pretty much the first thing every mum will tell you when they find out you are expecting is that you need to cherish every moment because it goes by so fast. It is not always easy to do this when you are in and out of your bed during the night more times than you can count trying to console an inconsolable baby. But, at the risk of sounding really cheesy and cliche, I have to admit that they were right.

Laney is almost nine months and I can't believe how fast she is growing up. The early months seem like such a distant memory. Every time I see a little baby I can hardly believe that only a few short months ago, Laney was that small. I really miss the cuddles. She is too busy pulling herself up on everything and motoring around to give her poor mum some love. Now, she has to be pretty much passed out to let me snuggle her.

She is constantly at my feet when I'm in the kitchen. This is the first time she pulled up on Mike.

She moves so fast!

The baby carrier always works like magic when I want a cuddle.

Keeping up with this and chasing a crawler

Considering how I started this blog about two months ago and only have one post, one thing is quite clear: I need to continue with what I start. I have no follow-through. I am the queen of multi-tasking. I always held a job throughout my 8 years of postsecondary schooling. I also managed to have Laney during my last semester of university. Just because I keep a lot of different things on the go does not mean that I do them all well, however.

Here's Laney and I before my graduation.

The problem with having so many different interests and with always needing to have different things on the go is that I have the tendency to start a project almost every day and many of these projects get dropped just as quickly. In the past I have decided to paint, knit, blog, write stories, exercise, sew, etc. I move on to new things constantly. If I want to get good at something then I need to stick with it.

Just to highlight one example, here is my last attempt at painting. This is a field in the Isle of Man where I spent a few days two years ago. I realize I am no Picasso, but I figure I could at least improve my skills if I would practice more often than once or twice a year.



So with that being said, what is new in my world? Well Laney has been crawling since about seven and a half months. She has really taken off though since eight months. This means that my attention is even more so focused on her. I need to prevent her from slamming her fingers in drawers and getting ahold of dangerous items, and  to kiss her injuries.

Here is a recent pic of my little troublemaker.



She is also going through a somewhat clingy phase. She wants me and only me to hold her much of the time. I was going to go deposit a couple of cheques and do some grocery shopping. She had a minor meltdown in the grocery store and after managing to finish up shopping with her on my hip, I decided to head straight home rather than finishing my errands.

I really need to get some things done and I am going to have to figure out how to do them while still focusing all my attention on Laney.