Tonight's picture was taken in July of 2003. Mattie was 15 months old, and beginning to take a few steps. Mattie was cautious about learning to walk. Apparently most kids start walking between 8 and 18 months. By 16 months Mattie was walking. This photo was taken in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was Mattie's first trip there and in the afternoon when it was very hot, we would have some book time. One of Mattie's favorite books was Goodnight Moon. I think Peter and I read it so often, we can still recite the story!
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 42,622,969
- Number of people who died from the virus: 682,468
I can't take these 6am mornings! It just isn't my hour. Peter and I are so chronically exhausted that when we stop moving, we fall asleep. We locked Sunny in my office last night, as he is not supposed to walk around and do steps without us using a sling. It seemed to work out fine, as we left him sleeping on my rug. But at 6am, he somehow got his body off the floor and onto his dog bed which we left in the office for him. Sunny is eating, but truly doesn't even want to toe touch his leg to the ground. Therefore, he is hopping around on three legs when we use the sling. My hope is he will make progress each day, but it is clear to me that he isn't happy.
We had the electrical team here at 8am. They were working on tracing electrical wires to the breaker boxes. This took hours and we even found electrical switches in the house that control NOTHING. Believe me we looked. While I was sitting down giving Sunny pain meds, all of a sudden a large spark jumped out at us from one of the electrical sockets. It literally looked like a sparkler on July 4th. Sunny let out with a noise and I started screaming. Needless to say, the electrical team replaced sockets and things today so this doesn't happen again. One of the electrician calls our house "the fun house." You know like at a carnival or circus! It isn't a compliment, but I totally relate to his feelings. Nothing here is standard, and therefore, Peter and I assume this moving forward about everything. It helps to level set our expectations.
Apparently, to add to the mix, shudders on the house came flying off during the storm yesterday. Peter found one on the grass and of course we can add fixing shutters to the long list. It is our joke.... what will go wrong on the farm today?!
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