Hit and Run « Ramona Mae

It’s been brought to my attention several times these past days that if Ramona wasn’t supposed to be here, she wouldn’t. I know. Not sure where all those icky thoughts come from, but they seem to be a reality of this situation.

I always feel better after I’ve gotten things off my chest. Thank you for your kind words and strong exhortations. Things around here at Rancho Ramona are going pretty smoothly today. Yesterday was another story.

I’ve redoubled my baby proofing efforts after Simon gave himself a wee bit of a shock yesterday morning. He was quite surprised, his finger was hot but not burned and he cried. I gave him some tylenol and things were improving when Ramona decided to pull out her NG tube. While her feeding pump was running. I didn’t notice until she had been marinating in her formula-soaked crib for awhile and, understandably, started to cry.

Simon was still a bit wobbly from his shock and I was terrified he would do it again (that’s the kind of boy he is), but I needed to finish Ramona’s feed. So I plopped Simon in our new-to-us hiking pack and strapped him to my back. The poor little guy got a bird’s eye view of an NG tube reinsertion and witnessed a shade of purple he’s probably never seen before on Ramona. Can you blame her?

But we made it through another day. That’s my new mantra. We made it through another day, we made it through another day. Today’s pic is of a paparazzi-style vehicle incident of Simon’s doing. Please note that after ramming his car into our prized peonies, he clawed his way out the side and ran away at top speed, pumping his right arm in smug victory.

Jane.

10 Responses to “ Hit and Run ”

Jen says:

May 31, 2007 at 8:11 pm

How is it possible with all you have on your plate that your yard and flowers look that nice?
You amaze me.

So glad Simon is ok after his hair raising experience. Wow you never know what they’ll try next eh?

Val says:

May 31, 2007 at 10:10 pm

Ya know, that’s the first thing I though when I saw the picture…where in the world did you find the time to plant nice flowers Jane? And then of course, the picture made me laugh!

Rosemary DesIsLes says:

June 1, 2007 at 7:24 am

Jane

YOu’r amazing.. trying to do it all. Your super MOM. Just dont’ burn out.

Love

Aunt Ro

ang says:

June 1, 2007 at 7:54 am

Oy vey…this is one of those days that you will lay in bed and laugh about at some point with Andy, I promise. In the moment though, it just sucks bad. It just indicates to me, however, that God chose very well when He put you all together…you are a creative, loving, patient and beautiful mother, Jane and you are loved immeasurably.

Jane says:

June 1, 2007 at 7:58 am

Don’t be too impressed guys, they’re perennials that come back every year 😉

And you gotta give props to Anne, too, who came over and helped me weed for several hours so I didn’t have to bulldoze the place and start over next year. Thanks Anne.

Jane.

Erin says:

June 1, 2007 at 8:04 am

that car makes me think of Fred Flintstone. These stories reminded me of something my sister said to me yesterday when she and Emmett were at my mom’s while she was trying to nap, it went something like “Why does Emmett only like things that are fragile, loud and breakable?!”

sarah price says:

June 1, 2007 at 9:09 am

aaaah. perennials – they are one of our world’s many glorious wonders i do believe – they may fall, break, wilt, be pummeled by 1 year old speed racers – but they will come back, strong and beautiful again and again and more lovely each time. i remind myself of that after each fallen petal that Avery decides he MUST have as a first time garden-explorer. yea for making it through another day, and another – here’s to another weekend…and another and another. sarah p