plumbing problems & teething pain

chalk art in the evening

cupcakes (even though this one was for the husband)

little baby pig tails

i don't know if you're anything like me, but it's so easy to get caught up in the things that aren't perfect that you loose sight of the simple things that are. 

recently, we've been having trouble with our plumbing in this old house. we got a sprinkler system installed a couple of months ago and the weirdest things have been happening since. for example, sometimes when the sprinklers turn on the upstairs shower will start running and it can not turn off! dan says that we have a poltergeist. i just think we have a crazy house. the other day i flushed a toilet and the same thing happened with the shower. and the sprinklers weren't even on. anyway, we had to have all the water turned off in our house for about 36 hours while we waited for the plumbers to come. i know that these are totally "first world problems" but i get really angsty when i don't get a shower first thing in the morning. it is so tough to get moving and i just wind up sitting on the couch in my pajamas for most of they day. and ruby has been absolutely miserable with those molars. they are pretty much all the way through the gums, but she is still really uncomfortable. those two things combined to make a really tough day. 

this really was going to be a more positive post! the plumbing got fixed and ruby is happier today. what i'm trying to say is that it doesn't really matter if you get a shower first thing in the morning because that really doesn't matter. there are so many other things that are good and perfect. i am so lucky to be able to be there to comfort ruby when she is scared and hurting. i am lucky that we can call a plumber to solve our problems. it's so important to remember that these things that seem so bad are just a small blip in the general timeline of life. 

(but so are the really good things. they'll be distant memories before we know it.)