Little Bitty Baby Steps...

Nicholas scares me. Well, okay, he doesn't, but his latest attempts at mobility do. We're up to about 8 steps at a time. They're teeny, they're tiny and they foreshadow the end of my concern over whether I'll ever lose those last 6 pounds of pregnancy weight. (I will...it's just a slower process when you're not excercising as much as you'd like).

This all started on Monday night (7/14) in earnest. Prior to this, Nicholas had taken a step here, a step there, and then three steps that morning on his way into the kitchen. He just improved exponentially such that by that evening, as he and I were waiting in the hall where we'd gone as a family to listen to a lecture about the wonders of coconut for diet and healing (we love coconut anything around here!), he did it...5 steps. Wow.

Since then, he tries his "feet" several times per day and I get excited each time and cheer him on while in the back of my mind I think "Don't encourage him!" But, of course, I must though the end result means he's growing up and I'm going to be chasing a toddler around.

But he's not just any toddler. He is an Amazon toddler...just ask all the people who keep asking me if he's two years old. Ugh. No! He's only a little over a year...please don't grow him up faster! He's just so dang tall that people can't believe he's just around 13.5 months. I see three year olds who are shorter than this little guy. Wow.

In other news, I had a great grand opening experience the second time around and this weekend my final one will be in Lamar. I didn't get to publicize it as well as I'd like (and I blame teething again), but I'm sure there will be at least a few visitors to my little show if for no other reason than I mentioned Nicholas would be there on the invitation!

One thing I did learn on Saturday is that our room sprays are PHENOMENAL!!! I never would have guessed they would be so effective and long lasting. I sprayed the stuff upstairs in our office building to help people find their way to the party at 10 a.m. I did not respray it...I didn't have time. And, you know what, I didn't need to. I kid you not, when I came upstairs when it was all over, it smelled just as good as when I'd first sprayed it. That was at 4 p.m. the same day. Now here's the super kicker...I came in on Sunday (ugh...I had to or our sales tax return was not going to get done on time) and I actually decided I better leave the outside door cracked because it STILL smelled just as yummy as it had the morning before and I didn't want to aggravate any of our patients' noses on Monday. That is totally awesome, don't you agree?

Our room sprays come in all the scents we offer for $8 each so if you're looking for a quick way to freshen up a room, they may be for you! Check them out at my website (www.scentsy.com/gotscent).

And with that, I suppose I shall sign off as there is a little boy here who wants to play chase - fun!