Sunday, May 25, 2008

She's Walking!

I keep on mentioning this reflection of mine to my friends and family, and yet I still feel the need to write it down and share it with everyone. I'm amazed at the complete difference in personality that my two daughters showed when it came to walking.
My youngest, 15 month old daughter, is finally walking. I don't mean just walking as in she never walked before, but as in she has finally decided that instead of crawling everywhere, she's gonna get up and walk. She's been working on her walking skills for over a month now, but she'd tease us, take a few steps here and there to show us that she could do it, but she just never really cared to pursue it. That and she's a very careful baby when it comes to her safety. She never felt it was a safe endeavor, and so, she didn't walk! :) And yet, the thought process that has finally brought her to the decision to walk, continues to amaze me.
And oh how different this process was for my older 33 month old daughter! :) That's almost three year old Sumy. She discovered her ability to take steps at 1 year and 3 weeks old. And she never looked back. As simple as that.
One day we were living with my parents and Sumy was a walker. Then we went away with my in-laws for a two day vacation to PA. The evening we left my parents house, Sumy discovered walking. She took a few steps and fell. Was amazed, got right back up, took a few more steps and fell, and got right back up. She continued like this for a good hour, and she never went back to crawling. Amazing, subhanaAllah! My sis in law caught a good 15 mins of it on camera. I should look it up.
SubhanaAllah the differences that kids have in approaching life. Now I wonder, does this really reflect on differences in their personalities? Differences in how they approach life in general? Or is it just a walking issue? A physical issue? I'm not really sure, but i'll discover it as I continue to live and grow with my girls.
Alhamdulillah.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Where My Time Flies...

So, it's really busy business being a mommy. Whenever someone asks me what I do, I answer, "I'm 'just' a mother.' And then I explain that being a mommy is busy business, but I rack my brains to remember why it's a busy business... Can't I do more with my time? (Answer is yes, but when I can't....)

So, this is why I can't do much more with my time....

Today I came to write a check for a bill that arrived in the mail. I sit down and start writing check. Baby is hungry. I get up and put an egg to boil, come back and entertain her a bit to get her to forget her hunger. I run off and find another, working pen, and start writing check again. Older daughter finally agrees to use bathroom. I get up to help her.
The egg is ready by the time we're finished in the bathroom. I cool it down under cold water, and put it for Baby to eat. A couple of minutes later, Baby decides it's nasty and lobs it over the side of her high chair. Big Baby (older daughter) decides she wants an egg too, and I hear the sound of an egg cracking in the kitchen. I run to save the egg and my kitchen and pour some milk for Baby. I retrieve the egg, let her drink milk, and give her some egg to try again. I sit down and finish writing the check, but the envelope isn't the right size, so I get up to get another envelope.
I run to the kitchen to make an omelet that I'm convinced won't be eaten by Big Baby, run back and clean up the once again lobbed over side of high chair egg (stupid me), and address the new envelope. I take down Baby, wash her, place her on the floor (upset of course, because she's sleepy). And I finish the envelope!!! I run, make the omelet and run back to stamp the envelope. Alhamdulillah, it's done and waiting to be mailed tomorrow.
By the way, much to my delight and surprise, the 11 pm omelet gets eaten by a hungry 2 1/2 year old Big Baby. :) yay! And thirty minutes after I put my mind to getting this item off my to-do list, it's accomplished. Mission accomplished!