I love Craigslist. Yesterday I got three gates and a walker for Scotland- $15.00!
A couple of days ago Scotland crawled up the stairs from the basement to the kitchen.
Yesterday, was one of those dream mothering days. I can’t really descibe it, it was just a day full of smiles and laughter. (Except for when we tried to give Scotland his antibiotic- “It’s bubblegum flavored- kids love it!”- My Foot!) It was a sunny crisp day, so I took Scotter out for a walk then let him sit in the stroller while I raked leaves. He enjoyed watching the cars go by, crinkling his nose and smiling at me whenever I called out his name, and played with a huge leaf we collected on our walk. After a while I felt bad for making him just sit there. Being mostly done with the raking I got him out, I figured he would immediately start stuffing leaves in in his mouth. To my surprise he didn’t, well maybe just a few. He enjoyed crawling through the leaf pile, sticking his hands in the mud, and collecting leaf after leaf. It was one of those mental snapshot moments- I wanted to burn that image and those feelings in my mind forever. Such joy! 
I own around 15 pairs of jeans. (I pick up them cheap at thrift stores.) Currently only two fit- the two I just bought and made into skinny jeans. The rest- as Tom would put it- “Look like you’re wearing my jeans.” I know I shouldn’t complain about what hormones and nursing has done to my body, so I’m not, I’m just commenting. Women told me, “Your body will never be the same after having a baby.” I anticipated that to mean: I’ll have wider hips, longer feet, a flabbier stomach. What I didn’t expect was that I would loose my tush all together! Pants that used to fit, now hang empty around my backside. (If this is more information than you’d care to read- skip this paragraph.) Last week when I was out running my shorts were literally falling off. There’s nothing to hold them up! So what do I do? I know I’m not going to stay this size forever, it would be unhealthy- I weigh less than I did in high school! But do I go around with my pants half falling off until I return to my more normal size? It’s getting dangerous- why, with Scotland pulling his way up my leg all day! I knew I’d have to store different sizes of baby clothes for Scotland: 6-9 months, 12-18months. What I didn’t plan for was the need to store different sizes for myself: Pregnancy clothes- to accomodate a large belly; nursing shirts- to accomodate a larger chest; and postpartum pants to accomodate the lack of a bum! Oh my!