Hot hot hot

If this week is any indication, we are in for a hot summer.  Last year it was above 90 degrees from the beginning of May until the end of September.  It gets old after a while but I like the trade off of summer heat for cold winters full of ice and snow.  The good thing is that around here there are lots of ways to deal with the heat, there are a ton of pools (every neighborhood has one) and right down the road from our house is a water playscape at the park.  So we hit that place twice this week.  My toddler attempted to run away both times.  The first day she did a brazen dead sprint out of the water scape then ran down the trail at the park and promptly fell and skinned her knee and was covered with gravel from head to toe.  The second day she modified her escape attempt.  This time she just casually sauntered off walking with a family that was leaving.  I no longer think child leashes are weird or cruel.  

Today in the mail I got a mother's day card from one of my friends.  She is one of the nicest people on earth.  She remembers every milestone and sends cards and thoughtful gifts.  Sometimes we'll get something out of the blue, for me or my daughter, just because she saw something she thought we'd like.  She even sends my mom a card on her birthday.  But the coolest thing is that she always finds a great card that's usually blank and writes a very thoughtful quotation in it.  So today I get a card with a martini on the front and inside she's written "Children and mothers never truly part - bound in the beating of each other's heart." 

It was nice to see that card in the mail right after listening to the voice mail from my RE who wanted to check in and see if I was alright.  Well yes, I'm alright in the sense that I'm moving on with my life but not quite in the sense that I can't quite move on because money and circumstances prevent any further movement on attempts for baby #2.  As I approach my second Mother's Day I'm happy and grateful that I get to celebrate and so very acutely aware that the fact that I am celebrating is fairly miraculous.  

Moving on.  First, do not be tempted to buy your girl child a little larger bathing suit.  Because as you can kind of see above, the bottoms will be sagging quite a bit once they get wet.  

Secondly, we still haven't conquered poop on the toilet.  I needed a solution to clean up poopy underwear.  I wondered what cloth diaper moms do so a little research and I stumbled across a mini-shower that hooks onto the toilet.  It arrived yesterday.  Sadly not in time for an accident. No worries though, 10 minutes after I got it installed this morning I had an opportunity to use it.  It's pretty cool.  It's super easy to install and works very well.  If I had another baby I'd even use cloth diapers because I have this thing to clean out the poopy ones.  Ok, I wouldn't go that far because I'm lazy.  But, until we get the #2 issue resolved, I'll be thankful I have this thing.  It can also be used to make your toilet into a bidet.  Which I don't find at all appealing but hey, who am I to judge if one of you thinks that's awesome.