I am a glutton in all areas of my life. If I love it, I want more and more and more. I do not just want the whole chocolate cake, I want to trick the entire cake family over to my house and eat them whole, in one sitting. In keeping with my want of more, I want more Ella. I can not get enough, I am thinking of getting tattoos of her, on the inside of my eyelids. Of course, I then think, why stop at Ella, lets have more kids. Lets give those Duggers a run for their money. And then we babysat our friends 2 almost 3 girl. This is a sweet child, perfectly behaved and as about as charming as you can get. She asks how Mr. Fitz is doing when we see her at the grocery store, she shows me how dishes go in the dishwasher and is easily bribed by chocolate milk, I mean a good kid. I take notes on how her Mama trains her so that I too can have a good kid. But babysitting her introduced me to the reverse side of getting more. Chocolate cake, you don't have to fulfill it, it fulfills you, the rest of the time it just sits there, taunting you maybe, but that is it. Kids, sweet wonderful kids, do more than taunt. All of sudden there are two children that need to be feed and entertained and watched and put to bed and they do not go in the same direction at the same time. It reminded me of when I try and feed Ella, here we are, one boob is going and the other boob decides it too, wants to join in on the fun. I am trying to hold one boob in Ella's mouth, keep the other boob from causing a flood, suit Ella up in the appropriate rain gear and build a canoe, just in case I can not convince boob two, that now is not the time. All of this has lead me to the conclusion that more, will have to wait until Ella is 17. However, I am sure I will have to keep babysitting to remind myself of the above conclusion.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
One is never enough?
I am a glutton in all areas of my life. If I love it, I want more and more and more. I do not just want the whole chocolate cake, I want to trick the entire cake family over to my house and eat them whole, in one sitting. In keeping with my want of more, I want more Ella. I can not get enough, I am thinking of getting tattoos of her, on the inside of my eyelids. Of course, I then think, why stop at Ella, lets have more kids. Lets give those Duggers a run for their money. And then we babysat our friends 2 almost 3 girl. This is a sweet child, perfectly behaved and as about as charming as you can get. She asks how Mr. Fitz is doing when we see her at the grocery store, she shows me how dishes go in the dishwasher and is easily bribed by chocolate milk, I mean a good kid. I take notes on how her Mama trains her so that I too can have a good kid. But babysitting her introduced me to the reverse side of getting more. Chocolate cake, you don't have to fulfill it, it fulfills you, the rest of the time it just sits there, taunting you maybe, but that is it. Kids, sweet wonderful kids, do more than taunt. All of sudden there are two children that need to be feed and entertained and watched and put to bed and they do not go in the same direction at the same time. It reminded me of when I try and feed Ella, here we are, one boob is going and the other boob decides it too, wants to join in on the fun. I am trying to hold one boob in Ella's mouth, keep the other boob from causing a flood, suit Ella up in the appropriate rain gear and build a canoe, just in case I can not convince boob two, that now is not the time. All of this has lead me to the conclusion that more, will have to wait until Ella is 17. However, I am sure I will have to keep babysitting to remind myself of the above conclusion.
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Love the blog! How did you get the header like that? Trust me it gets a little easier the older they get. Their needs change and you have to change with them. We are ready for a second child now. Glen and I were up in Pa at the end of July and I found out that you guys are only 1 to 1 1/2 hours from where my mom lives. I considered stopping by to see how you guys were doing but had no way of getting in touch with you and did not want to just drop by unannounced. We will definitly stop by the next time we are up.
ReplyDeletelove to all and take care