I want to know what noises giraffes make

I get so grumpy when I don’t work out on my set day. Thankfully I did manage eventually yesterday. This is why I hate working out – if I don’t at all, I just think "hmm, would be nice to do that today" but if I do workout often but miss a time, I get all "yargh why can’t I do this waaaah"

We’re gonna get a small whiteboard to hang up so we can have a constant "these things need doing!" list. It’s realy necessary and I’ve been meaning to get one for ages but I keep forgetting. If I had a whiteboard, I’d put "get a whiteboard" on it. Ah, so silly. But lists are awesome. Jake has a before-bed list of things that he has to do while I’m feeding Ashley and getting her asleep. It’s realy basic (are the toys put away? are the doors locked? is the water jug full? things like that) but it is SO AWESOME because before that, I’d have to tell Jake a few things that need doing (1 or 2), he’d do that then come back and try and talk to me while I’m being quiet getting a baby to sleep. Now, it just happens, and I walk out of the bedroom and can marvel at the lovely awesome nice tidy room that was such a mess when I left it only 20 minutes earlier.

I put Ashley in her swing for the first time the other day. She instantly grabbed the side and started rocking herself, then let go and used her head and legs to pick up speed. It was pretty impressive.

At nap time, Ashley always wants to sit up and climb over me while I’m laying down, so that’s what we do. Today, instead of attacking me while still sitting on the bed, she got up on her knees. Progress! I know she’s 7 months old, but man she seems to be growing up fast.

This evening, I sent Jake and Ashley outside for half an hour while I showered. I only take 10 minutes to shower, so then I had time to RELAX. I sat wrapped in my towel and ate icecream. It was awesome. I get time every evening to be myself (play some DS, listen to music, do word puzzles…. something) but it’s nice to not have to worry about being quiet, not having to keep an ear out in case bub starts to fuss and Jake can’t fix it because he doesn’t have boobs.

Bedtime process needs to start.