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A Big Day

Two rather significant things happened in my life today...

1. My surgeon had a cancellation and I'm getting my gallbladder out on Tuesday, March 2. YAY YAY YAY!!! I'm so excited, I'm using multiple exclamation points (and THAT is EXCITED). I'm still wrapping my head around exactly what that will mean in terms of child care, work, and my family - but we'll figure it out. If I need anything at all, you can rest assured that you'll be hearing from me... I'm a girl who's capable of asking for help when I need it. And I think we might need it next month. I know it's a fairly insignificant surgery as far as surgeries go, but I won't be allowed to lift Briony for two weeks minimum and I *always* have a fibromyalgia flare post-surgery.

2. Briony cried when I left her at Moms Group this morning for the first time EVER. It broke my heart when the grandmas in charge of childcare kicked me out of the room and assured me she'd be fine. But she was fine. And two hours later when I came back for her, she was happily reading books with one of them, cuddled up in a rocking chair. And then this conversation happened:

Grandma #1:
"She sure likes books, doesn't she?"

Lindsay:
"Yup."

Grandma #1:
"I don't think I've ever met a baby who loves books as much as she does. You must read to her a lot."

Lindsay:
"I guess so... But she'll go find books on her own, and usually likes to look at them more than she likes to play with her toys. I guess it explains why she's talking but not walking."

Grandma #1:
(looking at me strangely)
"But she walks..."

Lindsay:
"Oh yeah, well, holding on to stuff."

Grandma #1:
(still confused)
"But I saw her walk today. She was standing up at that chair over there and took two or three steps over to the table with the toys."

Lindsay:
(stunned silence)

Grandma #1:
(quickly figuring out what's going on)
"Um, maybe I'm mixing her up with another kid... Let me double check."
(calls over to another grandma)
"Did you see any of these babies walk today?"

Grandma #2:
"Yes. Briony walked two or three steps in between that chair over there and the table with the toys."

Lindsay:
"Totally on her own?"

Grandmas #1 and #2:
"Totally on her own."

Grandma #1:
(looking at me wide-eyed)
"Oh no! I shouldn't have said anything!"

Lindsay:
(laughing it off and speaking casually)
"Well, if I didn't see it, then it didn't happen."

And then I cried all the way home. Because even though I WORK FROM HOME, I missed Briony's first steps. It's going to sound strange, but I knew that I would. I knew from the time she was born that I was going to miss them. But I hoped in my heart that the person who got to witness them - Geoff or Katie or my parents or whoever - was someone who knew what they were seeing... And that's why I cried enough that I should have bought shares in Kleenex.

(Of course, she hasn't walked at all this afternoon... And I'm watching her LIKE A HAWK, hehe.)

Labels: Attack of the Gallbladder, Briony, Milestones

posted by Lindsay @ 4:57 PM 4 comments

Chatterbox

Stop the presses! This just in... My child talks. A LOT. I know, I don't have ANY idea where she gets it from either ;)

I keep meaning to maintain a better record of all Briony's words. I've done an absolutely lousy job of it. So yesterday, I figured that I would do my best to make a list of all the words she knows now - at 14 months - just so that it's documented. This is by no means a complete list... My mom counted 25 words at the beginning of the month, and I know there are probably 10 on here that my mom hasn't heard yet - so I'll probably have to come back and update this list as I remember some more.

So here's a collection of Briony's words so far... She understands a heck of a lot more, but these are the words she actually says out loud. Check back tomorrow, there's sure to be more - we totally added 'high five!' yesterday :)

Tickle
Hi
Hello
Baby
Mama
Dada
Uh Oh
Yes
Giraffe
Fish
Jump
Walk
Shake
Juice (she's never had juice, but she calls water 'juice' - hehe)
Wow
Look
Tree
More
Giggle
Foofa (her favourite on Yo Gabba Gabba)
Dance
Wiggle
What’s that?
What’s this?
Duck
Car
High Five

Animal Noises: Dog (woof woof), Cat (meow meow), Lion (roar), Tiger (roar), Monkey (eee eee), Penguin (waddle waddle), Alligator (roar), Snake (pfft), Raccoon and Otter (roar... hehe), Rabbit (hop hop), Duck (quack quack), Bird (tweet tweet)

Does anyone else think it's funny that my child is looking more and more like she's going to be having complete conversations with people before she's walking? I LOVE HER :)

Labels: Briony, Briony's Second Year, Milestones

posted by Lindsay @ 11:50 AM 2 comments

Snapshots: Briony's First Haircut

This was the day before we left to come to BC.

I think these pretty much speak for themselves... The haircut went about as well as the Santa visit last month :)

Labels: Briony, Milestones, Photos

posted by Lindsay @ 12:54 PM 1 comments

Year Two

And what a year it's been... Two years ago today, I was marrying Geoff. One year ago today, I was *very* pregnant with Briony. And apparently, we are marking this auspicious occasion of our second anniversary by dealing with a fussy, teething ten month old baby girl who has temporarily stopped sleeping through the night. And really, what's not festive + a little bit sexy about that? hehe

It's been a crazy adventure so far. I have no idea what's in store for the next year - or the rest of our lives - but it's been lots of fun trying to figure it out together. Go Team Wright :)

Labels: Milestones, Music, Photos, The Boy

posted by Lindsay @ 9:36 AM 4 comments