Jadens Journey

Jaden is giving new meaning to the word “toddler.” Once he learned to walk he decided he wanted to run instead. The word of the month has been “SLOWLY.” We know he understands slow versus fast, thanks to Elmo (See! TV isn’t always bad).

We have seen more slips and falls in the past couple of weeks than I can count. He took such a bad spill yesterday on the hardwood floor in the kitchen that I thought I’d be taking him to the hospital (again!) and that they’d think I was purposely whacking him on the head – I mean, how often can a child fall before they start to think that you have something to do with it?

Today Jaden rounded the desk in the kitchen, clipped it with his foot, and landed so hard he gave himself a bloody nose. Thankfully Neville was still home. My ability to think during crisis was stripped from me the instant I became “Mom.” I don’t know what it is, but I go blank. I think to myself “I should know what to do – I can do this – what do I do?” — and then I scream “honey?! Help!” or I call my Mom who seems to have all the answers. Thank goodness someone can think clearly.

Part of the problem is that we don’t have shoes right now that fit him well enough to have him wear all day in the house, and his socks are just not doing the job on the hardwood floors. I measured his foot the other day, and it is no wonder his size 5 wide shoes no longer fit— he is now a size 7 extra-wide. Just a little growth spurt!

I ordered some shoes online (I rarely buy anything at the stores these days – even groceries are delivered to the house) and they were shipped out today, so I’m praying they’ll help eliminate some of the problem. On the other hand, Jaden’s imperfect balance, his desire to move through inanimate, dense, immovable objects, and his unwillingness to walk (not run), will remain for quite some time. God willing, I’ll recover a few brain cells at the times I need to deal with the bumps and bruises that are still to come.

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I love rainy days. I don’t know why. I just do. As long as I don’t have to go outside, that is. If I have to go outside, then I prefer clouds but no rain. Odd, right? I am. Maybe that’s why I picked Luna for a blog name. I wonder if there’s some underlying reason for picking Neville….

No news yet. I keep wondering whether or not we’d actually get a call on the weekend. The offices in Korea are closed during the weekend, but then again, it is thirteen hours ahead of here, so technically it is Monday there while it is still Sunday here. Assuming they open at 9:00 a.m. Seoul time, it means that we could get a call any time after 8:00 p.m. today, if my Sunday-afternoon-I’m-feeling-kind-of-foggy math is right. 

I thought I had given up jumping every time the phone rang. I proved myself wrong on Friday when I pulled a hamstring trying to get to my cell phone, which was charging downstairs while I was upstairs getting ready to go out. It was Neville. Imagine my surprise.

Then yesterday I decided I was going to stop waiting for the phone to ring, and that I won’t risk any further injuries by running to pick it up before it goes to voice mail. Now it seems I have replaced the obsessive phone-ringing habit with a habit of keeping an eye on the clock and counting the hours until the office opens again in Seoul. *sigh*

The hamstring pull didn’t bode well for our planned 23 mile run yesterday afternoon, although it wasn’t the hamstring that did me in. We ran along the Cape Cod canal  - great place for a long run – but we only made it 19 miles before my plantar fascia gave out. I’m not convinced we’ll be able to run the entire marathon in October. I might have to cut it back to a half-marathon or risk another stress fracture to my hip.  After a year of physical therapy and another year of sitting on my butt waiting for my hip to fully heal, I really don’t want to chance it again. Add that to the fact that I’m 30 now so I have to be cognizant of how my age affects what I am capable of.

On another (final) tangent…. I’ve been wanting to post pictures of the beautiful favors that mom and sis made for the shower, but as busy as it has been I haven’t had time to take pictures, no less post them. I’ll get those going soon…

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