My Last Night "Alone" With Gidget

I guess that might sound a little more ominous than I intended, but this is technically, the last night I will be spending alone with Gidget. And I'm feeling melancholy and aching for the days when she was just a tiny thing, so tonight we are back to calling her "Gidget". Amusingly enough, she does recognize the name and whenever I call to her using it, she always turns towards me.

Tomorrow my eldest son, Matthew, arrives for the summer and a few short weeks from now, Gareth is home for good. And it just hit me like a ton of bricks that this is it....no more mommy and Gidge alone in the house anymore.

It's a good thing in a lot of ways. I'm really excited (and yes, pretty nervous) about Matt's visit, and especially excited about Daddy's FINAL homecoming. And being that I tend to be paranoid about things that go bump in the night, it will be nice to have two guys in the house to watch over things, not to mention help me tackle some of the projects I've been neglecting, and to hang out with and give me a hand with the baby. But this entire time (aside from the two months in NJ) it's just been me and Gidge. I haven't had to share her with anyone else and have just soaked in every bit of her that I can. And now, I'm going to have to share her.

No, it's not a bad thing and believe me, she needs to have other people around...and I know there have been days when I've sat here and, bone-tired and wondered how on earth single parents handle it, day in and day out, but all in all, I've really enjoyed having her all to myself.

It is time for her to start hanging out with Daddy though and tightening that hold that she has on him and vice versa. She's already got him totally wrapped around her little finger - to be honest, she has since before she even made her grand entrance. And now Gareth will get to embrace each morning either watching his daughter slumber the early morning hours away before he heads off to work, or be greeted with one of her million dollar smiles. I'm looking forward to seeing the look on his face when he is finally able to make a regular habit out of pulling her up out of bed whilst she's still all warm and cuddly and having her bury her face into Daddy's shoulder and squeal just like she does with me each morning. There is no better way to start my day than seeing her smile and feel her warm cheeks pressed up against mine.

And now it's time I let go just a little bit and share some of that with Daddy. I'm ok with that, just a little whistful, that's all.

Speaking of Gidge's gorgeous smile, how about I share some more of them with you? Oh come on, you didn't think you were going to get all this soppy syrup outta me and not get any photos now did you? Ha! Think again.

All of these are from this past week.

One of my favourites. If this doesn't make you smile then you must have lead for a heart!



Goofing off in her exersaucer whilst mommy hangs up clothes....





I really wish they'd had these things, "The Floppy Seat" when I had my older kids! Shopping carts are really kinda nasty, especially the handles. And let me tell ya, this thing is worth every dime...I'd have paid twice for it what I did. And best of all Gidge loves it! She loves being right up where she can see everything, flirt and be flirted with and holler and have the attention of all the other shoppers.

Here we are at the grocery store yesterday and whadda ya know, I just happened to have my camera with me....











After all that shopping, some nice icy cold water sounds good!



An afternoon snack, cold apples in her baby-mesh-feeder



Helping mommy in the kitchen.......







After chaning her outfit for the third time, and having a very impromptu second bathtime because mommy gave her too much prune juice (she'd had a little *trouble* lately if ya know what I mean) we plopped down in the front room to watch some telly. But of course, mommy had to take some pictures because she thought Gidge looked too cute sitting there.



All good things must come to and end, and thanks to Jim Carrey and his over-the-top facial expressions and big mouth, Gidget's good mood came to a crashing halt.....





"Liar Liar" was on the idiot box and it appears that she doesn't care much for Mr. Carrey....not one little bit. So I guess maybe we won't be watching him in "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" or the other one we have with him in it, the movie based on the Lemony Snicket books - which I adore. Oh well.

Well folks, it's late and I still have a million things to do before Matt gets in tomorrow night. Hope you all have a great weekend. I'm sure I'll be back soon posting lots of pics of Gidge and her Big Brother!