Brown on the couch

Hey Friend,

Summer has started and life is so much grander when one can get outside and smell the fresh cut grass and bask in the sun's rays! What else can you ask for?! Well friend, today I did ask for a whole lot more. I started the day feeling like Martha Stewart and ended it by feeling like Bridget Jones on a cheat day. 
Things like, "Am I really not a office lady?" popped into my head and I do believe I can admit I asked the question, "What would mother do?" more than once. I asked Gordon and his  response was a "jrkkrekeke" and a giggle. (I'm no cat lady, but I expect answers from a 10 month old... ;) )

It began as any day does in the C's household. Gordon woke up and was ready to head into my arms and be loved by the world's best nanny! Ahem, okay, so...no... Gordon woke up screaming and hating life, air, even ME! ;) This was too bad for him because there was a whole lot of things to do in the day. Ain't no nanny got time fo' that!  I had the cable man coming at 11, dinner to make for family and extended family, and he was going to love every minute! 
Well... he didn't to say the least. The cable guy came early (when has that ever happened in the history of cable guys have they EVER come early?)Gordon and I were painting on the floor and the meat I was cooking was sizzling. I leave Gordon to play quietly with his toys and talk to the cable man. The cable man is asking me a whole lot of questions in which I have no idea to answer. Things like is my router cable connected  to jack c whichever. (Do you ever feel like they ask these questions as a way of showing off how much they know? Anyway, I had to show him where things were and because of my few minutes of neglect... this happened...

A bit of dirt from the cactus plant...

and a poo explosion on the couch and in the diaper. (Yes, people without babies... diapers can only hold so much!) The cable guy began to laugh as he sees Gordon crawling towards us with the yellow goo trailing behind him. The cable guy made me feel a tad better by saying, " But we were only downstairs for a minute!" I started laughing like a fool and cable guy (Mike) and I had a good laugh. Gordon through it all was smiling his biggest winning smile and cooing. The boy knows when to put on the charm! 

Gordon was eventually bathed (*see above for how he enjoyed that*), the food  made that  day was "meh" (word of choice from my  sister Sydney) but eaten, and not all was lost. Gordon and I might have had an interesting day together of more crying than giggles for sure; but while snuggling up  to read Pippy Longstockings before bedtime, Pippy said something after a long day of adventuring to her pals which I can totally relate to... “I have noticed several times that people don't think I know how to behave even when I'm trying as hard as I can.”  
Sometimes our plans aren't perfectly executed... and it will come out a mess, but we try and we continue on and learn from our experiences without judging ourselves harshly so quickly. 
 After  that cunning  chapter of Pippy, Gord, after that long day,  fell asleep with his arms in a death grip around my neck. I love my job.

Love, 

Your slightly frazzled hippy,

Summer