so…

Sep 27

Posted by: Rachel in: blog, caleb isaiah, carseats, current events, family, just another day in paradise, memories, parenting, ramblings, rants

I think Caleb and I are going to Georgia tomorrow. I really cannot fully express how much I am looking forward to a six hour car ride with my mother. There just aren’t words. But I’m not going so that I can complain about my mother. Honestly. Even though I probably will anyway. I’m going so that my son and I can see my grandmother. I’m taking a stroller so that I can escape with Caleb. I’ve thought about going to buy some toys to give him when he’s being a pain so that he’ll have something new. I’m guessing there will be some medical equipment at my grandmother’s house which he will no doubt be fascinated with, so I need distractions.

I took him clothes shopping this morning. Clothes shopping. That was interesting. Anyone in heeere? Anyone in this dressing room? As he leans down to look below the gaping hole under the dressing room door. Which came up to KNEE height, by the way. Hello privacy! What happened to that? It was almost as bad as those dressing rooms that have curtain doors! Not to mention how many times I lunged across the three foot cubicle with 8 way mirrors to keep him from throwing the door wide open to share my birthday suit with the entire store. I was already seeing all that I wanted to see in those mirrors. I came out with a brown outfit. Hopefully in my total and complete lack of fashion sense, it is totally against the rules to wear brown to a funeral. I must have tried on everything black in the store with no luck. My mother insists that we go to Georgia ‘prepared’ and states that brown is okay because that is what she’s wearing too. Great, we’ll match. I love mother daughter matching. Almost as much as I love an impending six hour car ride together. Nevermind the dripping sarcasm today, I’m just stressed. I’m stressing over things that are completely out of my control…

Like the fact that I can order Caleb’s carseat online right now. That’s right, the Signo is in stock somewhere. The Elite Sixteen. They were sent to <insert online store name here> as a promotional deal. The rest of the newly manufactured seats are floating in the Pacific somewhere, on a boat that departed everyone’s favorite country…China. So these 16 are quite literally the only ones on US soil for sell. I’m sure Recaro has a few prototypes and extras at company headquarters, but none for sale. Here’s the stressful part, I’m waiting on a few details of the seat to be confirmed before ordering. There is only ~~three~~ ONE left in stock. So if everything checks out, there is only ~~three~~ ONE opportunity left to get this seat. I could of course wait until the shipment comes in, but I could have had another baby while waiting on this carseat. Okay not quite, but almost! I’ve been waiting since March! I’m impatient dammit. I should be getting a review by the first owner in the United States this evening, at which point, I’ll make my decision.

On a side note, even though it was purchased for a sad occasion, how handsome does this little guy look in a suit? I’ve never dressed him up like this before, just nice khakis and sweaters and such.

I thought the crocs and pacifier were a nice touch too.

But I convinced him to remove them for a few pictures. He’s really happy about it.

Yep Mom’s being goofy.

Some days he looks so much like me it is scary, I feel like I’m looking at my own baby pictures sometimes.

One, two, three, aaaaawww

Welp, this is getting boring.

I think I’ll go back to sleep.

Or try the serious, yet playing with my toes look.

Comments

2 Responses to “so…”

Lauren
September 27th, 2007 7:37 pm

I’m sorry but all I keep reading over and over is the: “Great, we’ll match. I love mother daughter matching. ” That just cracks me up!! Don’t get me wrong I understand how tough things are with the mother and I HATE that but I love the sarcasm!! But OMG Caleb is SO freakin adorable!! That outfit is precious!! Def lots of “awwws” coming out of Wilmington! And yes your child is your twin!!!

I saw a cute quote the other day “You know your the mother of boys when your coffee table is filled with little trucks.” So true! I tried to put a pumpkin and scarecrow on the table and within 2 secs little Tonka Trucks rammed them off the table! Seeing the little truck in your pic made me think of that!