I wake up to the sounds of the cutest one year-old in the world. When I get up, the coffee's already been made. I pick up the cutest on year-old in the world and feed her. Then we go to the park and play. We come back and I put her down for her first nap and watch the Tour de France with the last, yet surprisingly fresh cup still left in the pot. She wakes up an hour and a half later, and then we play, eat, and change diapers until nap number two. After this, we more or less repeat step four (I can't remember which step the play, eat, and change diaper one is). This brings us to 5pmish, when mom and/or dad show up. Like I said- cake.
Plus Gabriela is THE cutest, funniest little booger. She loves to mimic bird sounds; perform her own headstand version of downward dog; push anything that is moveable; play in the spice drawer for 30 minutes at a time just taking them out of the droor; and fart. The last one is my favorite (big surprise there right?). She also loves to give kisses. Seriously- could it get any more adorable than a one- year old giving you kisses (although this is particularly hilarious as well as she does it with her mouth wide open and tongue sticking out) !?
This weekend begins my search for an apartment in Knoxville and thus the rapid approaching process of beginning graduate school. And I think I'm writing this more to simply remind myself just how lucky I am to have this little window of time to experience the joyful being that Gabriela is, simply chill out, and do things like watch My Best Friend's Wedding at 3 in the afternoon on a Wednesday (oh yeah- that's right) and watch her wake up on my chest with her little smiling face. What a lucky schmuck I am.
I bought my ticket back to the Northwest for the beginning of my moving process- July 25th. I have two and a half weeks here. I plan on soaking it up. Summer is slipping away like a sunset.
Hope you all are soaking up your summers.
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