ramblings...

Ambrose's second tooth poked through this morning. Also, while I was vacuuming a few minutes ago, he managed to grab hold of my leg from the exersaucer and then reach his little hands up for me, which is a first. It was so cute! He looked so proud of himself--and quite pleased when I responded. *sigh* I've finally gotten the hang of using the baby sling! Up until now, I've used the Snugli carrier--which is great, but awfully confining for Ambrose. Anyway, I've been wearing it (the sling) while out and about over the last few days. To my suprise, it seems to get some sort of response out of almost everyone I meet. It's usually pretty funny--I hadn't really expected that a woman carrying a baby in a sling would be so foreign to people. Feedback usually falls into one of the following categories: 1. The teenage girl/ childless woman who looks at me like I am W-E-I-R-D and says something like, "Doesn't it get HOT in there??" 2. The mother who says "Oh WOW, what a great idea! I need to get one of those!" 3. The woman who says nothing, but looks at me like she's wondering why people even have babies anyway, or the man who says nothing, but stares for a long time trying to figure out what in the world that thing is, and what's in it. 4. The old woman who tells me what a great invention it is, and insists that they didn't exist when she had babies. I've been suprised by this a number of times, and have never had the heart to say that women have been carrying babies this way pretty much forever. Anyway, Matt's working super-duper long days this week, so I'm off to find the best way to fill up so many hours. We've been planning to make a trip up to Michigan this weekend (which would be GREAT after these last couple of weeks) but there's been murmurings of possibly cancelling it due to the huge amount of work. :-( Keeping my fingers crossed.