The Weakest Link

Becoming a Nanna is tough work.

Seems to me I recall folks telling me how 'easy' it was--
--they lied!

Or maybe they did it differently.
All I know is I'm bone weary.
Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth--grab this, pick up that, offer this, offer that, rescue, charm, rescue, field the visitors, charm some more....pick up, pack up, grab this, call them, text her, run this there, run that here....ack.....

Sheeeeeeeeeshhhhh. Not MY fault I got some of it backwards. LOL
Inbetween all that, I gotta hold the most fabulous small person.

Yeah, yeah....
Really--she's a good baby.

'Cept she doesn't like baths.....yet...
(thinkin' it was the absence of the rubber duckie-which HAS been rectified, dontchaknow!)
OR.....it could be that she's gotta bathe in the silly receiving blanket.
*rolling eyes*

Suppose to be 'less traumatic' for the wee one.

AND she's suppose to sleep on her back--NOT on her tummy.
Gee.....seems to me when the girl was a wee one she was to sleep on her tummy and not her back.....oh well--whatever brings the girl peace of mind.
(Maybe all that tummy sleeping is what made her so ornery!)

I will say that we have a very clear understanding, given the past four days.
The girl understands that she's to be 'the voice of reason'......that's her role.
The other, other boy understands that he's to clean shotguns within clear sight of any fella that decides he wants to woo the wee one.

And my job--is to keep 'right' right and 'wrong' wrong....no matter the source of adversity.
I can feel sorry for her cuz it sucks to hear "NO".....but right's right and wrong's wrong and she'll just have to get over it.

See this photo?
Yeah....well--this is the reaction to 'dad' talking with her.
Every time she cried he got to her first (no foolin'!).
And EVERY time she turned into the 'cutest little thing on the face of the planet'.

NOT that she isn't a cute thing--I'm clear she is.

But do you see that face?
*sigh*

Really--what I needed to do was take a photo of 'DAD's' face.
Oy geeze.....

'Dad' is gonna be the weakest link.

Oh yeah.....hands down.
It mighta took him all of the four days to admit it, but he finally conceeded and owned it.


THIS is where it started.

Not one tear fell, folks.
NOT one.

k....I'll give that she's still cute when she's about to launch a fit....

But I know......and the girl knows.....and the 'dad' knows....

"I'm the pushover, huh?....."

Yup.
He IS the weakest link.

Guess we know how HE'LL be referred to from this moment forward, huh? LOLOL