From Dawn to Dusk... the journal |
Thursday, January 17, 2002 * baby sitting Wrote this entry about 2 weeks ago and am just getting around to posting it. Babysitting for Grand-daughter I'm writing this journal entry here in San Antonio with the intention of posting it later when I return to Dallas. This particular computer is too slow to even try to work on my web pages while here. But I just got the idea that I could be writing when B was sleeping and that way I'd have a few pages to post when I got home - to make up. I will just have to remember to save it to a disk and to take it home with me when I leave. The reason I'm here is to try to postpone sending the baby to a day-care for as long as possible. She is scheduled to go in February - so we are doing what we can to keep her home until then. I will admit that I was a little apprehensive about taking care of a young baby all day since it HAS been a long time... But she is so sweet and so-oo good that so far it has been a pleasure. She smiles so much and is beginning to giggle some. And she is due to wake up from her nap any minute so I'm going to close for today. Besides, I need to check the broccoli I've got cooking. Yesterday went very well. She was a little angel, eating, sleeping, and playing in between. The only times she seems to get a little fussy is sometimes about 20 minutes before her next bottle - and then again about 5 pm - which is her sleepy/grumpy time. Today we had a photo session after lunch and before her nap. We dressed her up and took pictures. It was fun for about 10 - 15 minutes, then she played on her mat a bit, then took a nap in her swing... where she is now. I'm in the process of making spinach with rice soup (served with grated cheese and pine nuts) while she's asleep. I saw the recipe in the newspaper and it looked really good. I'll let you know how it turns out. The soup is done - but is a little disappointing so far. Of course I haven't added the spinach yet as it says to add spinach and cook for 5 minutes before serving. Can't imagine that it could make that much difference. It's OK, just not as good as the picture in the newspaper looks... Rian ** Note: This weekend is DH and I's 34th wedding Anniversary! ** |
