UJuly 1-3, 2016

It’s been far too long since I last posted, but I do have a pretty good excuse.  We moved on Friday from our old house (which is actually new) to our new house (which is actually old).  The last week has been an absolute nightmare because of working full time, momming full time, and packing full time.  To say “there aren’t enough hours in the day” is to make a molehill out of a mountain.  It has been INSANE.  We had two requests to show the house just days before the moving trucks arrived.  The second request was followed by a “just kidding” – only the cancellation came after I had raced home and worked with Ashley to make it perfect again, woken the baby up, and then got is both in the car and on the way down the road.  Thank goodness for Mom and Dad who made us dinner and calmed me down.

So the move happened on Friday.  It told seven hours to get our worldly possessions down the road about 20 minutes or so.  We spent the next 48 hours making sense of it all.

The absolute best birthday anybody could have given me this year was childcare for Selah June during the move.  Jess watched her for two nights and three days so that she wasn’t under foot.  We were able to focus on each thing until it was done and made substantial progress in a relatively short period of time.  I’ll post pictures soon, but right now I’m going to archive the fun that was had by three little monkeys on Selah Juney’s Big Adventure!

Friday, July 1…

Selah Juney had Mexican with Nana and Papa.  She slept hard that night.  After a 3-hour nap, she was out cold for 11 hours straight.

Saturday, July 2, 2016…

Selah Juney had fruit loops for breakfast and a “tiny” milk.  The message Jessica sent me was:

She slept 11 straight hours – woke up in a great mood. Asked for a tiny ba-ba this morning. “Tiny ba ba for Selah? Tiny?” With the hand motion…

Then apparently she ordered Satie to pray.

That was “Satie pray, Selah eat!”

We also discovered that communal bath time is a blast!!  She likes showers too!

One of the battles that she’s been waging with me is over her seatbelt.  This adventure provided the perfect opportunity for her to fight it out with the seatbelt nazi incarnate.  Jessica Jones is really good at laying the smack down on some children who think it’s fun to unbuckle themselves while riding down the street in the back of the car.

Apparently after a one-time come to Jesus, Selah Juney is obediently leaving her seat buckle alone. This is the text I received during the adventure:

When I put her back in the car and buckle her up, I tap lightly on the chest clip and tell her “this stays buckled.” She puts her hands over her eyes and
says “OK” quietly.

Selah June has met her match.