Sunday Mornings are Chris's morning to sleep in. Frequently Ruby and I meet friends for a run and feeding of ducks and swans. With our friends on vacation and me not needing the mileage we stayed home. I filled up the baby pool and water table. Then started the sprinkler as Sunday is our watering day. For those not in Texas we can only water our lawns on Sundays and Thursdays. Ruby wasn't into the sprinkler very much. In fact she avoided it at all costs. When she swims in the back yard I usually just strip her naked. It gives her some naked baby time, it's the best thing for diaper rash. Plus what's cuter than a naked baby?
After a while I put her diaper back on and we had a snack on the back porch. She was obsessed with a cicada skin that was on the ceiling. She kept pointing and saying "Wazzat?"
I was able to drink my coffee, knit, and listen to This American Life while she played. I'm trying to finish up a dress for her to wear to wedding in a couple weeks. I've also got a couple sweaters to finish up before I need to start on some holiday gifts. Just in case everyone was wondering about my crafting.
When it got too hot which was around 10:30am we went inside and started making breakfast tacos for when Daddy woke up.
We're headed to Denver on Wednesday to visit our good friends Becky and Jason for a week. While we're there I'm going to head up to Leadville, CO to pace a friend for her last 23 miles of the Leadville 100 mile race. Carolyn is going to run 100 miles starting at 4am on Saturday and finishing before 10 on Sunday. No naps. 100 miles on her feet. It's my job to get her from mile 77 to 100. I have a feeling some tough love is going to be involved. Chris and Ruby will stay down in Denver. We got permission from ALL of Ruby's doctors both at CHOP and here in Austin for her to go to Denver. We can only stay a week and she can't go any higher than Denver. So, I'll be heading up to Leadville on my own. It'll be my first night away from her since she left the NICU. All in all it will be just over 24 hours. I'll be focusing on getting Carolyn to the finish line and hopefully not missing Ruby too much. We're looking forward to cooler temperatures. We just have to manage a 16 hours over two days in the car with a toddler. I got her a couple new to us books and toys that will hopefully keep her occupied. We have plenty of stops planned, too. I have a feeling though that some where around Dallas she's gonna be "All Done" with the car seat.
We'll post pictures from our trip along the way. The next couple days are going to busy with packing, therapy appointments, and normal summer time fun.
Hello to you and your
Hello to you and your family! That Ruby girl of yours is so very precious. I stumbled upon your earlier posts and pictures of Ruby by accident. I felt sad at first looking at all of the photos of her hooked up to all of the medical equipment, and hearing the reports of the things she had to endure, but I could tell that she is a fighter! What an amazing thing you are doing, blogging about your sweet, courageous Ruby. I was so very happy to learn of her progress and to come to the recent pictures of her this month in August. I'm so happy that she is running around and doing well. I wish you all the best of luck in your lives. Take care!