We just can't wait to get home and see everyone. Every time Gordie tells Baker, Do you want to go to South Carolina? He always smiles so big! So we take that as a yes. I think he knows the South is where he belongs. :) I am starting to get little things here and there ready so we aren't scrambling at the last minute. A little more goes into traveling having Baker with us. Before it was pretty easy to pack up and leave but now we have to plan ahead so much in every aspect. I think we all are ready for some time off. The weather here warms up and then cools down so it won't make up its mind. And I thought I'd never miss the humid temps of SC but oh we just can't wait to feel the humidity. We haven't been to the beach in YEARS. Literally, I think this is the longest time in my life that I've been away from the ocean and I can't stand it! We can't wait to get Baker in the sand and have the waves crash on his feet on the shore.
Work is going well. Stressful at times but overall going fine. I worked from home today for a little bit which was nice. I got Baker off to daycare and came back and worked and then relaxed with Gordie before we have to go get Baker, fix dinner, and then Gordie will go to work. We hate that he has to work tonight! I love spending quality time with Baker though. I'm thinking it will be movie night tonight. Not sure what we're going to watch yet. Gordie is still working swing shifts but he's been having a little more flexibility in his schedule to go in later or have a night off here and there which has been VERY nice!
Baker's personality is revealing more and more. He has coined the nickname "Faker Baker" only because he tests the water to see how you're going to react. Example: Baker doesn't like certain loud noises (i.e. someone clearing their throat extremely loud, someone coming up behind him and spooking him with a noise, or perhaps someone just sneezing really loud) He will look at you when either of those types of things happen, throw out his pout lip, quiver his lip, and wait for you to react. If you start to smile or show emotion then he shrugs it off and smiles back. However, if you don't respond that fat, quivering lip turns into a loud burst of waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! hahaha It's hilarious. Then he gets over it in the matter of a few seconds and he's fine again. It's like he's just testing us to see how we are going to respond to him doing such things. You really can't resist his pout lip though. He really has that going for him.
He is starting to laugh so much now. Laughing more at things going on around him or me tickling him. He particularly likes to laugh at Miller. I think he finds his size funny when he's walking around him when he's sitting in his bumbo seat. The other day Miller got out of the backyard due to the gate flinging wide open since we had 40-50mph winds as a storm front came through. Miller went on a joy run through the neighborhood and while I had a near panic attack trying to figure out where he ran off to, Baker had a way to bring me back to reality and laugh the whole situation off. So I am on the phone with my mom and I told her that I was going to go let Miller back inside since it was so windy out. I open the back door and yell for miller and I don't see him anywhere. I start to walk around and still there was NO sign of him. My heart sunk and I walked over to the gate to see if it came open. The latch doesn't close properly so we put two big rocks on either side to prevent it from opening either way. Well, Miller managed to move one of the rocks just enough for the gate to blow open with the wind. I ran back inside to get his squeaker toy to lure him back with and then ran out front to determine which way he might have gone. All the while Baker was inside quietly and calmly sitting in his bumbo seat. I was looking all over the place trying to find Miller and my mom was still on the phone with me to try and calm me down. The neighborhood kids from 3 houses over said they saw him run behind their house. So I quickly ran over there (with no shoes on) to see if I could see him. No sight of him ANYWHERE. I just couldn't believe it. Gordie wasn't at home so I had to find him on my own and felt so helpless. I knew Miller wouldn't run away but it was just a matter of figuring out if he would know how to find his way back safely. We have a road that goes behind our house that big trucks and dump trucks use to get to the landfill so I was hoping he didn't run that way and get in the way of those big vehicles. Luckily, a neighbor saw me and let his dog (who is pretty annoying) outside to try and be a decoy for Miller to want to run to and play with. Well, the plan worked! He ran towards Daphne and I was able to get a hold of him and basically sit on him until our neighbor got a rope for him to tie on Miller's collar for me to walk him back home. He tied the rope on him and he trotted back to the house ever so proud of himself! I was so angry with him the entire walk back. Then we get to the front door and I open the door and I just hear Baker laughing hysterically! Of course at that point I was coming down from my panic attack from being so angry at Miller walking so it was hard to calm down too fast but hearing Baker's sweet belly laugh just eased me so quickly. He just wouldn't stop laughing. I think he was laughing a little at the rope that Miller had tied to him as it was a little strange looking. But at the same time I think it was God's way of showing me that everything was going to be okay. Turning my stressful situation into humor.
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