January 3, 2014

Selah June and I had a whole Saturday together with no plans and no daddy.  Jeremy went with the men folk to the Gator game in Birmingham.  The game started at 11:00am, so they had to leave at 4:30am to get there with plenty of time to eat and get to the stadium before kickoff.  What was bound to be a rough night turned into a crazy rough night, and poor Jeremy left the house on about three hours of sleep.

I woke up with a migraine — the result of a bad combination of bad weather and little sleep.

Selah June is drooling and eating her hand ALL the time, so we think she is probably showing early signs of teething.  She was not that happy, and she really didn’t want to spend her Saturday sleeping.

So we spent time reading and rocking in my new rockers from Sam’s on the back porch.  This is a selfie from our time outside.  I really like it.  For me, it’s a beautiful reflection of the shift that happens with children.  The selfie is no longer about myself.  It’s about her and my hope for her joy.  I don’t care that it’s first thing in the morning, with no makeup, with crazy hair.  She looks great!  And most importantly, she’s happy…  We played with our rattles.  We drank lots of milk.  And Mom took Tylenol.  Though I tried to get up the energy to start a day out and about, it ended in both of us turning comatose at Grammy’s house.

We did manage to get it together enough to go to dinner with the fam.  Satie is all about Selah June.  She loves to get up close and giggle to make SJ smile.  Satie even reports that SJ laughed for the first time last night.  Grammy caught this precious moment between the two at Cracker Barrel.