I began writing
this post early yesterday morning since I had a spare few minutes before they
all woke up. I continued it later in the
day when little Elliott’s parents were away visiting friends and more, and my
husband and I were baby sitting. Elliott
fortunately decided to take a nap.
Elliott
will turn six months old next week. He’s
adorable! But of course, at that age,
he’s still high maintenance. I can
remember caring for both of our sons during their infancy. Yes, it’s time consuming, but it’s so much
fun!
Our dogs
are fascinated by him. They’re also
demanding attention when Elliott is asleep or otherwise occupied. They’re used to being our babies around here
and keeping us at their bark and call. At the moment, they’re pretty far down in our
pack hierarchy and don’t really understand.
Fortunately, they’re Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and are extremely
people oriented. They’re curious but
won’t do anything more than sniff the baby and increase their usual demands.
I’ve gotten
some posts up online and done a little bit of writing, but not a whole
lot. Do I regret it? Not at all!
I wish they were closer and I could see them more often, but for now
everything else can wait.
How about you--how do family visits affect your household?
5 comments:
Need I answer this? When my grandkids are here, I get very little done.
And yours are local, Janie, so I know how time consuming and fun they are!
I didn't have children so have no grandchildren to distract me - kind of sad, that - but when good friends or other family members visit, I'm happy to be distracted from my writing to entertain them, at least for a few days. Longer than that and I start to sneak time at the computer.
The gang just left, Monica, and I'm now getting ready to start working again. I did get a little time at the computer while they were here, but not much and I was distracted a lot.
My motto is family first - human or animal.
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