I called my dad on Thursday night and I told him I needed him to brainstorm for me. Our staircase goes down the back of our house and turns when it gets to the bottom. We had a gate up but without a railing on the bottom two steps we couldn't attach the gate to the bottom. That meant Blake could get up those two steps no matter what. Not only did Blake enjoy climbing those two steps and throwing a fit whenever we wouldn't allow him to play on the stairs, but he totally thinks he knows how to go down steps. Forwards. He can't.
Saturday morning my dad called me and asked to come over and discuss the stair situation. He came up with a plan in about 10 minutes. I left with my mom to go to Pennsylvania to attend my soon to be cousin's beautiful bridal shower. Keith sent me a text a little while later with a photo of my dad constructing a wall in our house. Blake was helping because he obviously had no idea that it was being built to keep him from going upstairs. My dad doesn't waste time. It is life changing. Seriously life changing.
So now I'll just add that to the list of things that need to be painted when we get back from vacation. Currently the list includes molding in the living room and bathroom, our spare bedroom, our front door...and so on. Our front door is white and we are painting it white so I'm sorta like, does that really need to be painted!?! It does, but it's just sort of low priority. Blake took Grampy out for ice cream to thank him. (Blake actually is not thankful for being locked out of the stairs, but I am!) Grampy chose chocolate chip mint which Blake was very happy inviting himself to share.
I actually had a million things I planned to do when summer arrived. I haven't done one. I've had a blast with Blake every day so far though so who cares??? I just feel like everything can wait. I'm not missing out on time with Blake because, seriously, this kid grows up every day. The last couple days we did a little gardening around the house to make it look presentable while it wasn't super hot outside. I know you can argue that I can't just sit around and never get anything done around my house anymore because I have a baby, but they will eventually get done.
I know I keep saying how much more I fall in love with Blake every day. He's more than a year old now but recently I just feel like I'm in some kind of new relationship. You know when you just can't get enough of that person and you just want to be around them constantly? Who am I kidding?! I still feel that way about Keith. But I just feel like I discover something new about Blake every day and the more attached he has become to me, the more attached I've become to him. Lately when he goes to sleep he just keeps kissing me. It is THE SWEETEST. There is just nothing better that sweet little baby kisses. Also, check out his new car seat pose...
I still haven't unpacked. Which means I still haven't started packing. I have lists and I just did this two weeks ago though so I'm SO ready! I even found a couple apps that Blake may like for anywhere from 1-5 minutes so I'll share if they are worth it!
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