This is the week I have been equally excited about yet dreading. Season starts this Friday down in Houston which means the next few months are going to be filled with traveling. You can feel the anticipation of season starting, especially since we are such an unknown this year. I am very ready to be out of Oosterbaan fieldhouse. I hate playing the game "how did Oostie wind up there???" when I find the little rubber pellets all over the house. The strangest place yet has been on EV's changing pad...gross.
With the awesomeness that is season starting comes the weeks of travel and days away from my family. EV is developing so fast, tummy time turned into sitting up time and this week (maybe next) we're starting solid food! Oh my goodness... It's only rice cereal but still, I feel like it's a huge step. I celebrate her development but for some reason I am apprehensive about starting her on real food. She isn't a baby baby anymore I guess.
I came home tonight from practice and found EV and Claudius hanging out on the couch. They were watching Mad Max (Claudius said it was EV's choice but I seriously doubt that) and he had her in his left arm. She looked like she was in a food coma, eyes half shut while she reclined and had to look over her belly to see the TV. I don't like when she watches TV but I can't avoid it in our house when I'm not there. All I can control is when it's my time with her and then we read and play. When I walked in the door and got to where EV could see me she burst back into life and started smiling. She does the same thing in the morning. She'll be talking to her mobile in the mornings and the second she sees me come get her she kicks her legs and flails her arms, smiling the whole time. I hope I can remember these days when she's older and doesn't want me around, let alone be excited to see me.
Ed plans on taking pictures and emailing them to me while I'm gone. I'm trying to think of more things to help me feel connected to home. I'm going to miss them dearly. My plan is to stay busy and completely engaged in the games (that's a given) but then to remain busy after the games. It's the only thing I can think of to have to weekend pass quickly.
When marty and I lived apart, I bought webcams and we used msn messenger to communicate with them. If you'll have internet and a laptop with you, the webcams themselves are pretty cheap. It made a big deifference for us to actually see each other smile and laugh (instead of reading 'lol' on the screen).
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