Friends from Cali

We had some friends from LA stop by for a visit yesterday.  One of my friends from back when I was doing gymnastics, oh...  nearly 25 years ago.  Sheesh!  I hadn't actually done the math on that one till just now.  I'm so old!  Anyways, my friend came with her husband and 3.5 year old daughter.  It was great to see them, since I haven't seen my friend since she moved to California several years ago.

TerraDactyl playing with her hands.  I half expect her to "Mwahaha" while she's doing this

The last couple of days I've discovered how I can sneak in an extra hour of sleep in the mornings.  If TerraDactyl is too alert to fall back asleep in her bassinet, I can lay her in bed with me and she's totally chill just staring at the ceiling fan or me for a while.  Sometimes she even falls back asleep, too.  I guess she gets bored staring at her sleeping mother.  :D  I often struggle to stay awake when I'm holding her while she's sleeping, so maybe it also works in reverse...  It's not 100% successful, but so far, it's worked on my super desperate days. 

I STILL love these socks.  And they make so much sense since 90% of baby clothes are pantless

Well, I managed to do 5 push ups yesterday!  An improvement.  I'm curious to see how my progress works out.  Will I increase by prime numbers?  Or will it look more like the Fibonacci sequence?  I'm really just hoping the number keeps getting bigger for a while.  ;)

DH made me dinner.  Mmmm

Why yes, those are green eggs and ham (OK fine, it's bacon).  DH made me breakfast for dinner while I fed TerraDactyl her dinner.  It's a good thing food coloring doesn't taste bad. 

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