We had a really good trip. Most of the time we were glad Noah was with us. He was really happy and smiley and looked around wide eyed at everything when we were hiking and plus I mean he looked adorable in his rain coat. He didn't really want to sit through nice dinners with wine though. Lesson number 1 learned: leave the nice dinners out for when you can handle a baby sitter. Self catering cottages where you can cook your own dinner with your baby crawling around instead of throwing food across the table and knocking over your wine glasses or reaching for the knives make for a much more relaxing environment for everyone.
Just a few more of my favorite pictures from the trip.
Noah in the Glenariff forest.
Looking for fish with dad.
Standing precariously by a waterfall.
And well this was my attempt at taking an artistic picture but Noah was so active this was the best I could do :). It was an old school post office drop box at the Bushmills' distillery. Noah wasn't allowed to go on the actual tour because of the alcohol fumes so I watched him crawl around outside while Spencer learned all about whiskey.
So I go back to work Monday. I'm not sure what to expect and it's just making me feel anxious. I want it to be here so I can tackle it and figure out how to make it work instead of having to think about how things might go without really knowing what it will be like. I've been running errands this week trying to simplify life. Just little things like buying a drying rack for clothes so I don't have our lululemon drying on the dining room chairs for a week before I have time to put them away. I gave away two giant bags of books and I have three more still to give away, one to Spencer's mom and two to the church library. I decided that thinking I would reread all my RUF books was really rather pretentious. Who am I kidding. On vacation I read the Happiness Project and The Book Thief and even with that light reading I still had to reread things after keeping Noah from touching the wood burning stove or changing the controls on the washer/dryer combo in the cottage kitchen.
Also I bought milk for Noah. Real milk. And I felt nostalgic for maybe the first time, like really nostalgic, like oh no he's not a baby any more!! Which in most respects is totally okay with me but at the same time it's just odd to think almost a year has passed since he was born. He's almost walking, he says momma and dadda (mostly only when he wants more food or wants to be held), he gives us hugs and clings to us when he doesn't want to go to bed or doesn't want us to leave. He has an opinion about what food he wants and he totally knows that it's not okay to drop food off his high chair for Blitzy when he doesn't want it and does it anyway.
He is also fearless. With new people and with new experiences which I think is amazing and also a bit overwhelming. He's going to be the kid with a million bumps and bruises. He climbed up on some kid furniture at the gym yesterday and promptly fell off it and got a big bruise. I'd say they weren't watching him but he does the same thing all the time at home! And who am I kidding I don't watch him 24-7. I let him crawl in the next room and explore and I keep cooking dinner or folding laundry or looking at facebook and texting. Which by the way, I keep seeing these things about putting down your phone and for the most part I totally agree. I wish I were on facebook less and involved in what's right in front of me instead but at the same time being a stay at home mom is LONELY. And being able to text your friends and comment on their cute baby pictures makes the day go by much more pleasantly and makes you feel more human.
Wow this is a random post. Let's see I've also been trying to go through all the piles of random junk we have and throw stuff away!! I cleaned the medicine cabinet baskets out this morning. I went through an end table we never use yesterday. I cleaned out the car. I'm planning to find a jewelry box today so our dresser isn't so out of control. Basically I'm taking one thing from that Happiness Project book and trying to declutter so when I'm stressed about balancing work and Noah and still enjoying life I won't be staring at a pile of trash we never bothered to actually throw away.
I just tried to make cookies for community group and the oven wouldn't preheat. Lame. This happened once before but I can't remember how to reset it.
Okay I'm off to cross some more things off my de clutter list. If only I could knock out my work clothes shopping with Noah but I think that'll have to wait for Saturday when Spencer can have Noah for a bit and I can try to find some office appropriate clothing. Not buying business casual for almost two years has done a number on what I have to wear to work on Monday.
Go to Ireland. Just do it. It is so beautiful. Even in the gloomy rain.
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