She's walking and I'm tired

This week is already exhausting me, and it's only Tuesday.  Well, at least it's Tuesday evening, which means today is officially "over."  Now, on to Wednesday.

Yesterday was a big day for Laci.  First, she went for her 10 month checkup.  She weighs 17 pounds now and measures 26 1/2" tall.  She is very petite and I love it.  She's like a little peanut, but much softer.

Yesterday was also a big day for her because she officially "walked."  Not just one or two steps this time, it was like four or five steps, and she did it a whole bunch of times.  She got so excited and was obviously very proud of herself.  I have to admit, it was pretty exciting for me too.   Do I have any pictures of it?  No.  Do I have video of it?  Not in my possession.  We were visiting my mom at her office when we decided to see if Laci would walk.  She's been so close, but is too cautious to just let go.  Well, she did it.  And I wasn't prepared.  My camera was out in the car and I don't even own a video camera.  Whitney took a quick video of her for me, so hopefully I'll get the file from her.

I've been so terrible with photos lately anyway.  The picture above is from about a month ago.  It isn't that I haven't taken any pictures, because, trust me, I've taken plenty of them.  The problem is getting them from the camera to the computer.  This is not a new problem for me.  In fact, I may have even mentioned it before, but I can't remember, so I'll talk about it some more anyway.  My computer time as of late has been reduced to only when Laci is sleeping.  She just won't tolerate me sitting at my desk anymore.  If you could see my shelf of computer supplies you would understand.  In the few minutes I've tried to sneak on the computer, she has managed to empty and re-empty all paper, folders, binders, and other such nonsense from every shelf in her sight.  As a result, my shelves are now empty and my desk is cluttered - to the point that I have to look over a stack of papers just to see the monitor.  One might think that I would find an alternative location for such things, but no, I prefer to leave it on my desk and complain about it.  Since she only takes two one hour naps a day, and that's on a good day, my computer time feels like no time.  Especially if I need to accomplish something purposeful while she is napping, like say, cleaning something, then my computer time completely disappears.  The fact that I'm blogging right now is actually a shock to me.  Maybe that's why I seem to have writing diarrhea.  Sorry for the gross analogy, it just came pouring out of me.  Sorry, gross again.

All this leads me back to where I started - exhausted. Laci now wants to walk all over the place, but still wants to hold your hand. Not both hands anymore - no just ONE hand. And she means ONLY one hand. If you try to offer the other hand, she just pushes you away. Then we cruise around the house, her holding one finger, stopping every few feet to pick up anything and everything she sees along the way. Very entertaining for her - not so much for me. To top it off, Ryan has been working 12 hour shifts the past...week? Two weeks? I can't remember, but long enough to make me feel the strain. He leaves before we wake up and gets home about 45 minutes before Laci mentally checks out and goes into crazyland where the only solution is a bath and bedtime. I think I'll actually be grateful when he switches to the swing shift because at least then he'll only be working 8 hours and we'll get to spend mornings together. And to think, I'm this tired with only one baby. How do people do it with twins?

I know I need to shake myself right now and realize that it really isn't that hard.  Someday, I'll have more than one baby to take care of and I'll be dreaming of the days when it was just Laci & me.  But for now, I'll be thankful for the few minutes of peace I was just able to enjoy and hope for more blogging and photo time tomorrow.