it's finally cooled off a bit here in western montana - at least enough to finally sit outside and enjoy our beautiful yard. i just watered the garden beds i've so carefully tended and added to over the years. needless to say, they currently look terrible seeing as how they are suddenly super unimportant. it's funny how quickly your priorities shift. jeffy is lying in a hammock under the ash tree with elie reading and dozing and miss lucy is happily sunning herself on the grass. i feel so thankful for this little house, this beautiful child, but today, most importantly, my husband. i honestly don't know how single moms do it. i don't even know how mom's whose husbands have to go right back to work do it. i'm simply not sure if i could have made it these three weeks sola.
jeffy is a reader and a theorist. he has read all the books on sleep in the house and can quote dr. sears and dr. karp. he thinks carefully about what will make elie thrive and then strategizes on how best to make that happen. last night when elie's evil cousin "elsinore" from the planet scream returned, jeff kept his cool and walked her around and around the block, shushing, swaddling and swinging like a champ while i slowly folded into myself with exhaustion. he gets up with her in the night and let's me sleep if she doesn't need to nurse. he is involved and tuned in and so in love with his little girl. he's just now sitting up and plotting or departure to the creek. a light breeze is blowing them on the hammock and i am filled with such admiration and love. elie is singing like the dolphin she is and all is well.
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