the adeline chronicles

monday: dark red lipstick on the newly cleaned carpet
tuesday: waking up millie every time i finally got her to sleep AND emptying contents of my purse & eating tums & chapstick (or was that monday? i don't really remember at this point)
wednesday: dumping, folded clothes & taking them around the house (also note that this is the day that mama, yes mama, flooded half of the basement while addy played there)
thursday: emptying contents of certain folders in a somehow not baby proofed picture cabinet

so here's a picture of the damage this morning. she always gets into things when i'm feeding amelia. always. i can not get ahead of her! i have learned to close all doors except to her bedroom & so she sneaks downstairs & gets into this cabinet...which she has never had interest in! what is going on in this mind of hers, i have no idea. no clue. all i know is that it makes me very frustrated.

a picture of her first decorated pumpkin. she did this with grandma & grandpa gerbick last weekend at avon lake's homecoming celebration. apparently, she had loads of fun! she even got to ride a pony, which she is still very excited about. we have other artwork from that day also, but this is by far the most impressive.

the joy of her life right now: her dolly. she does everything with this doll that we do with amelia. it's very cute & endearing, but when she runs out our batteries on the (stupid) doll, that's when i get frustrated! but, still, we encourage this b/c i think it helps her with amelia getting a lot of mama & daddy time.

another 'looking out the window' picture. she just loves to look out the window & always has. when i see this picture, she just looks so grown up to me. & to think that millie will be this age & size in just two years!

so after the terrible day yesterday, i had to get out of the house once wes got home. alone. no kids. what else is there to do but go to target?! so i did. i heard babies crying & sort of smiled to myself, knowing i was alone! i stopped at steak & shake on the way home & indulged in a tasty treat of a steak cheeseburger & greasy fries & a large chocolate shake. yum yum yum. then i go home to help wes with bath time & bedtime b/c i felt bad & missed them, sort of. missed the smiles, let's say. i took millie to give her the bottle & was sitting in the nursery chair, feeding & rocking her & in runs addy, post bath, no clothes on. she's ecstatic over something, who knows what makes a 2 year old girl so giggly & happy, but she was. and she just starts PRANCING around the room, laughing. prancing & laughing. round & round, round & round. then she stops at the chair & gives me the most genuine & beautiful smile ever.

i have to remember those times better than the bad ones! they have to be the ones imprinted in my mind's eye when i think back in a few years, not the ones where i am hot-blooded & mad & ready to spank over something like folded laundry on the floor. if only i could have a camera always on hand, to catch the prancing & smiles & giggles...