Multi-tasking has never had more meaning...Thankfully Makayla is not a picky eater - her favorite (shown right) is oatmeal w/ raisins. She stopped wanting us to spoon-feed her about a month or so ago and has preferred to do everything herself - including eating. Additionally, crawling has made Makayla (and u
s) all the more active - her curiosity and "no-fear" approach to exploring the world keeps us on our toes each day. We just recently (yes...just recently...give me a break) bought & installed gates, electric socket covers. A kitchen drawer full of stuff has also been provided in which to amuse a little one while doing my own multi-tasking in the kitchen/dining/living room or u
pstairs.Swimming is Mak's sport of choice...she LOVES the water.
In one of our adventure's to the pool I decided we would try out the kiddie-slide .... together... her on my lap. Little did I know I would not be able to stop, sliding as only a good slide would allow you (fast & no-friction) which plummeted us both butts first - but heads under - into the water. She was unalarmed and seemed unsurprised by the event...while I was still catching my breath.
Her actions, communications, expressions seem to get more "person-like" every day. I so treasure this time...and am enjoying every day (hour) I am able to spend time w/ her.
Jay and I are in a flurry of our own daily, weekly multi-tasking and somehow seem to still be able to manage to keep the things that are important to us in some sort of balance (work, friends, house, dogs, family, ourselves, soccer/basketball). It's not that I didn't know going in this would be challenging at times - but the reality of it all is more then I could ever have imagined. Multi-tasking has a positive connotation attached to it...usually. But lately I can't help but feel I am missing out on the full-awareness of any one thing.
