Stroller Addiction

Well as we all know and I completely admit and will someday seek medical help for I have a stroller addiction. I have A LOT of strollers and if I hear about one or see a good deal on one I usually jump on it and now I have completely justified it!
I grab my work horse of a double stroller, we head down to the store to recycle and I think WOW these cans are heavy cause the stroller is a bitch to push and only on Emma's side. After recycling it is still so hard to push on her side so I look down and notice I have a flat. Argh, I head home grab the pump and pump up the tire, good as new (so I think). We head out on our run and about a block from our house I feel like I am pushing 200 verses the 100 pounds I am already pushing, only to look down and see the flat again, so I pump up and run home. Not too big of a deal I'll get a new tube, however I have a dentist appointment tomorrow am and it is almost 5:30 now, no time to get a new tube before I need to go to the dentist tomorrow. Luckily I have more than one double stroller :) Can you imagine Liam running lose while we take the T into the city then again while I get my teeth cleaned. Ah Justifying my addiction and proving that it is not an addiction but a purchase of need and practicality :)

TV watching with M+P

So lately I have run into a few parents who have said wow I learned about this via this kids show and that kids show and I think to myself...are you really sitting there on the couch with Jr. while they watch TV?? I must be horrible, I toss Jr. in front of the TV so I can clean up, go pee or get a few minutes of me time, I don't sit there with them.. Does that make me a bad parent? I feel guilty enough about using the TV as a babysitter now I feel even more guilty about feeling guilty about how I'm using it.. Ahhh Mommy guilt will it ever stop!

Eastie/Running

Running in Eastie is just the pits, we drive over garbage, swampy water and dodge cars in crosswalks...Hopefully running in Nebraska will be different, dodging tractors and running over mammal poo...
Oh and the people who use baby buggies as can collecting transporting devices, I have the right of way thank you!

City = Done

So we live in the city, a 5-7 minute walk to 2 T stops both having Elevators now and do I use them?? Well last week our car was in the shop so I decided to go out and about car free for a few days. Well this city is NOT made for us anymore. I needed thread for a baby project and yarn for a knitting project, so I figure I will head into town to Winsor Button. I decide on a single stroller with a ride on board in case both need a spot. I put Emma in the Beco on the front, Liam in the stroller and off we go. Well the T ride to State street was fine, but that's where the fine ends! State street is under construction and us alone with all the other T riders at 4:45 barely fit down the platform and I am bumped numerous times by busy people trying to push past us, then comes the stairs..I make Liam jump out and I carry the stroller while holding Liam's hand and Emma on the frontup the stairs while being "excuse me'd" by people as the run up and down trying to get ahead inthe rat race. NOT one person offers to help me out, seriously NOT one person could spare a minute. So I get up the stairs only to go down again on the other side while sweating profusely. We finally push through fighting the crowds on and off the train and take the orange line to Downtown Crossing where we find one nice young guy to help us up the stairs and out. Now downtown crossing is "culturally diverse" for a lack of better words and not well morally well. I hear F this and F that and "he's a Mother F'er" all the while Liam is asking me what they are saying and can he have an ice cream or a lollypop like that boy..We make is to Winsor Button and I breathe a sigh of relief. Liam is driving cars and digging and dumping buttons while I fondle fibers, trying to relax a bit before we do it all over again. I find yarn, thread and we are out. The trip in takes almost 40 minutes door to door and the store well about 15. We endure the lovely process all the way back home and I realize why I DO NOT run into the local Mom and Pop shop in the city. I'd much rather sit on my rear in the car and drive 15 minutes to Micheal's use my 50% off coupon spend much less for the same item that use the city we live in. Maybe it's time to move on out!

Emma's Growing Up

Little Miss Emma started solids and hasn't looked back! This little lady is so different from her brother, she's tried and liked, Avacado, mashed rice, banana, cauliflower, peas, carrots, mango, pear, apple, cheerios, baby mum mum biscuits and just can't get enough! She's got her 2 bottom teeth in and they seem to help her chew :)
She had her 6 month checkup and is a whopping 13 pounds and 23.5 inches, a long and thin little lady!
She is rolling and scooting back and front and side to side, walking in her walker and jumping all around in her jumperoo. We've had to retire the swing and bouncy seat as she leans and tries to climb out of them. Hopefully by the end of the summer we will move her into Liam's room and she will start to sleep through the night!!

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