Gratitude

My enthusiasm for blogging about Richard Armitage's work has taken a back seat to

my enthusiasm for staring at another person lately. No, not someone on @Rob's replacement list...

this person is 8 pounds of cuteness, has my husband's nose and smells of baby lotion. 

She has stolen my heart... and any extra time I used to have! :)

Thank you, blog readers and RA buddies, for all of the lovely

thoughts and congratulations during this time. :)

I'd like to share a poem I love:

Song for a Fifth Child

by Ruth Hulburt Hamilton

Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth,

Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,

Hang out the washing and butter the bread,

Sew on a button and make up a bed.

Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?

She’s up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I’ve grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue

(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).

Dishes are waiting and bills are past due

(Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo).

The shopping’s not done and there’s nothing for stew

And out in the yard there’s a hullabaloo

But I’m playing Kanga and this is my Roo.

Look! Aren’t her eyes the most wonderful hue?

(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).

The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,

For children grow up, as I’ve learned to my sorrow.

So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.

I’m rocking my baby and babies don’t keep.

Between "blissfully rocking" and guarding the Christmas tree from my 2 1/2-year-old, I've been rather busy.
Therefore, I send another THANK YOU to our gracious guest bloggers! I loved receiving and reading

each post.  It reminded me of my excitement for the FanstRAvaganza in a way, due to different

people contributing their own flare on the topic of Richard Armitage.  Anyway, here's

a reward for the guest bloggers who had the courage to try something new:

Applause, plus this:

No, not the trophy...

your prize is seeing Richard in a tux. :)

Although I'll be blogging once again
(when time allows, which will mean not as often as before),
I plan to leave the invitation open for guest posts and encourage any who are
interested to contribute an entry.  Just email me your RA-related post
with any pictures/videos/links to be included.