Efficiency and Bonnets

We are keeping busy around here. Between keeping up with Celia, Mike's burgeoning business and my work, we have nary a moment to breathe. Oh, and did I mention that we have an unfinished two story addition off the back of our house?

Yes, things here at the Robertson household are always ALWAYS moving at a hundred miles an hour. I remember thinking, "once winter hits, we can hunker down and catch our breath." Then, it was, "once the holidays are over, THEN we can catch our breath." I'm not sure what we are waiting for now, but I still feel rather breathless.

Celia has begun throwing things on the floor so that we can pick them up for her. Mothers out there - isn't this a fun trick? Don't you just LOVE to pick up the teether over and over? Now, I realize that my child is LEARNING, and PROCESSING, and starting to comprehend cause and effect. But boy - if that comprehension doesn't start to get a little old!

So Mike, ever the seeker of Ultimate Efficiency, has come up with a solution. Look closely at the picture.

Do you see that all of the toys are connected to a multi-color chain? Do you see that the multi-colored chain is connected to the highchair? Heh heh heh.

So, Mike was playing with Celia today (he has her at home on Mondays and Fridays.) I come home to find them in Celia's room on the floor, and Celia is wearing a bonnet that was mine when I was a baby. What a sweet moment - my baby wearing my baby bonnet.

She particularly liked the ribbons, pulling on them and chewing on them.

Not to get too existential, but the passing of the generations is still pretty amazing to me. Every once in a while I just have to reflect on the fact that I am now a mother, and have a child I ADORE. I think about my own mom, and how she must have felt about me when I was Celia's age (granted, Mom had two older children, so she didn't have nearly the time I have with Celia.) But to think about the magical MAGICAL relationship a parent and a child have, and to think that there are parents out there who make the choice to not participate in their children's lives. What a tragedy - not just for the children, because that is tragic, but what a loss for the parents. Because I tell you - there is NOTHING like it.

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I also promise in the future to put in some pics of Mike and me - we do exist, it's true.