Taking a breath

I've missed mentioning a lot of important days so far....my second Mother's Day, Jason's birthday...life has been a bit of a whirlwind lately so I apologize for my absence. Boba is on her second illness of the month - the first was the another strain of the Coxsackie virus, and now it's a bad cold - so sleep has come in fits and starts at the Boba-household for all involved. My other focus this month has been getting the house together before the man-of-the-house leaves me this summer - that's right, he's LEAVING me (okay, okay, it's for a acting gig and it's a good opportunity so it's totally forgiveable but it still SUCKS) - so forgive me if I haven't been too inspired to write about all the chaos. I think by next week all will have calmed down a bit (plus I should have some great pictures of the house in all its decorated glory!) so perhaps I'll be able to talk more freely and positively about everything. For now, though, I am just CRAZED.

We visited Black Angus again this year for Mother's Day...I'm beginning to wonder if we've begun a tradition. It wasn't intentional; it was just the only place that had reservations open! Plus we like steak! Boba wasn't as interested in sitting in her high chair this time around - but then again, she hadn't learned to walk yet last year at this time. Little did we know how lucky we were back then; we could all actually eat at the same time. No "shifts" or shoveling down your food so you can free your hands to catch her as she flings herself off the table. But hey, she's even cuter now than she was then, because she can actually say "Mommy" now, so, you know, you just go with the flow and it's all good. At least, that's what I keep telling myself as I ram my forkfuls of steak down my throat at record speed while hearing Boba screaming from across the restaurant. Yeah. Good times.

Daddy's birthday was pretty good too...mainly because we had the night off! Thank you Lolo and Lola! Jason was all, "What do you want to do?", and I replied, "Honey, it's YOUR birthday, YOU decide." He settled on watching "Shrek 3" and eating at Forever Fondue. Not a bad evening actually, although I would have liked to see a movie geared for a slightly older audience, I was perfectly happy seeing "Shrek." And our fondue was AWESOME! Oh, and Daddy - how about the 9 hours of STRAIGHT SLEEP you got after that, huh??? Best birthday gift EVER!!

Anyway, despite our crazy schedules, we're all doing pretty good over here, and even though I could do with less viral illnesses, Boba's just a joy. Here she is chilling in her car seat from one place to another. She's just a real trooper.