RAMBLINGS

Every now and then when I'm writing down the date, I have to do a quick double take.  I'm not complaining at all, but is it really June already?  I'm pretty sure I JUST wished everyone Happy New Year and wrote down my resolutions.  Sheesh!  

Elle Bell says hi, and look at my cool flower Aunt Koko made me!

Switching subjects, my husband is in love with my baby.  And this makes me even more in love with him.  It's the most precious part of my day when I watch him hold her.  And despite what you see pictured below, she's pretty in love with him too!  But sometimes, when you're 7 weeks old, you just gotta fuss!  Learning to raise a child together brings so much new greatness to our marriage.  I can't say enough how I excited I am about taking this journey with Joe.  

Elle spends a lot of her life sleeping right now.  It's nice because she's so sweet and happy when she's sleeping.  Is there anything better than a sleeping baby?  On a side note, when I was holding her earlier today, she tilted her head back a little more than usual and I discovered that she's been storing things under her double chin.  Dog fur, milk, and other unidentified specks.  Note to self: wipe under the baby's chin every time she eats.  I have so much to learn about this whole motherhood thing.

One more thing.  On my way to work the other day, I went into a local coffee house to grab my iced mocha with half-caf and no whip.  I brought Elle inside in her carrier, made my order, and then set the carrier on the ground next to me.  She was out of the high traffic area and no where NEAR the coffee pouring counter.  Meanwhile, an older lady came by me with a scowl on her face and asked "Is that your baby?"  I immediately decided that, since my hand was on the baby carrier and she still wasn't sure if it was my baby,  she couldn't be about to say anything intelligent.  I politely answered that it was, indeed, my baby.  Then she proceeded to tell me that I had better get my baby out of there because someone was going to spill coffee on her.  Sigh.  I'm sure she was just trying to be helpful, but she was kind of ugly instead, and after she left the girls on either side of me remarked about how rude she was.  I guess this is only the first of many times that people are going to give me unsolicited advice on my child.  Such is life I suppose!

Just to let you know, we made it to work just fine that day without any coffee spilling mishaps!

Well, adios my friends.  Enjoy your evening, and if you think about it, glance outside your window at dusk tonight and check out the lightning bugs.  It's summertime y'all!