Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Wheel

When Heber was growing up, he had hamsters.  Dan and Pinky would run like crazy on the wheel in their cage.  Round and round it would go. 

Lately, we are pretty tired.  The first thing to go is our ability to communicate.  I either can't get the words to come out or I can't even come up with something to say.  It's sad really.  You would not believe the effort it takes to make this blog sound coherent.  So, if you've called or emailed or facebooked me or even spoken to me in person and I sound like I'm not all the way there, well I'm tired and can't talk.

When we can't get our brains to work, we say that the "hamster has fallen asleep on the wheel."  And he has around here, a lot.  I sure hope he wakes up soon.  I miss the wheels turning.

Here's some shots of the guy keeping us up in the night.  How can I be mad at that sweet little face?



2 comments:

Kate said...

Time, sleep, connection to the rest of the world- all things that slowly slip away while caring for children. I must say how wonderful it is to see you and Heber taking on parenthood so well. Oh, and you're right, Leo really does have the sweetest little face; we still have his cute baby announcement up on our fridge! :)

Ruth said...

After I had Lily I had the hardest time concentrating. I would regularly forget what I was going to say and when people were talking it was really hard for me to pay attention to what they were saying. You would hope it wouldn't last that long, but it lasted so long (at least 7 months) that I thought I was always going to be that way. I'm hoping it won't be so bad the second time around. Only time will tell...