memories and such

I decided to treat myself today while I was out buying wipes; I went through the McDonald's drive thru for a mocha (and discovered they don't make them anymore) and ended up with a caramel frappe. Oh my gosh!

I remember working at Starbucks and having a mental patient regular ask us if we could "not put crack in (his coffee) this time". That's kind of what this frappe thing makes you thing. I was buzzing like crazy after only drinking half the drink. I wonder how much longer 'till the government outlaws sugar and caffeine combos : )

On a totally crack free topic... Olive is amazing (and driving me insane). She wakes up and is a gurgling smiling cutie pie. That lasts at best one hour. From then on she's a fussing, active, kicking, grabbing fuss budget. Happiness is a maximum 15 minute activity and most commonly found while being bounced or actively entertained. It's exhausting. For the first couple months she was great at sleeping a full 6 hrs at night and at least one 3 hr. nap during the day. We went 2 nights with little to no sleep who knows why. I think it's almost a level of development and awareness. During the day any time that she does happen to fall asleep, she is just too darn tuned in to voices and noises and wants to be included. So she wakes up and wants to be involved but is too sleepy to be enjoyable... my life. I have to say though, during that first hour of enjoyable wakefulness, she is super fun to watch. Her motor skills are improving so fast! She seems to be a lefty and almost always grabs with her left hand. She likes music and is starting to vocalize more and more. She says "ma" "ng" and "oooh" ... pretty interesting how we learn. She's started trying to bring toys up to her mouth; let the choking hazards begin. Olive is chewing on her own fingers, on my fingers, on her passy... on pretty much anything she's lucky enough to get to her mouth. She discovered that her feet can splash in the tub and loves to make a mess of it. I can't wait till there's more play and less fuss. I think I might actually enjoy motherhood when (if) that happens.