AUTHOR: Kat and Kev TITLE: Oh Frabjous Day DATE: 7/19/2007 02:14:00 AM ----- BODY:

It seems that today is a better day. Ellis hasn't really fussed this morning and is sleeping quite well. You know sometimes I think he is the infant version of Jekyll and Hyde--one day he is a complete monster the next he just bats those lovely long eyelashes he got from his father and says, "Who me?". Yesterday I made my first excursion on my own to the grocery store since Ellis was born. I usually just order online, but we were desperate for something for dinner, so I plopped E in the pram and out we went. He still hates that thing. I have put the "big boy" seat on it so that he can see around a bit better. He loves i for all of about 10 minutes then he starts to cry. Which I am a sucker for. I don't know why I continue to persevere with it...well, I do know: the hot hot heat in Iowa and the bloody expense and stress the thing has cost me. I still do think they are quite strange contraptions. Wheeled carts, often heavier than the baby that goes in them, where baby is at the exact height of exhaust fumes and pushed first into oncoming traffic. And ours doesn't even have a cup holder. I am going to try it again today as its raining and I don't like carrying the wee one into town in the wet because I am clumsy and don't have a rain jacket big enough for the both of us. At the grocery we saw 4 people we know. Its a good thing I put a bra on and took that shower! I think the dog is dying to escape us. She has started digging escape routes out of the garden. Hopefully she will be rehomed before she hits free air. Not much on today. The weather has resumed its grey greyness. We did have sun and warmth yesterday just to tease us. Oh well, I am of o town to pick up some things and get a muffin. I love muffins.

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