A blur of soothers, sippies, commuting and photos

For the January 1, 2008 blog exchange, we are to post about the Best of 2007 Awards.
Huh? The first half of my 2007 was spent at home, dazed in babydom, still trying to figure out how to read the operator's manual for this six to twelve month old critter, never mind actually move much beyond walks in the parks, music classes, swim classes and the occasional fringes of a mommy group. I hardly payed attention to the outside world, let alone enough to award anyone of social, political or musical talent.
The second half of my year was getting my sorry self back to work. I went back to my job and left my girl to the care of her father. It was easier than leaving her with a stranger, yes, but I was still leaving her. I got retrained to my duties and I reiterated instructions to my husband every morning before heading out the door. Reading blogs became a little less – okay, a lot less – consistent since the return to payed employment, so how can I claim enough knowledge to hand out awards there?
The one constant rock throughout the whole year, though, has been my husband [okay, stop rolling your eyes or making little gaggy sounds - it's true!]. He came home early on the days either his wife or his daughter weren't feeling their best. He cooked. He cooks. He took over as stay at home parent with barely a dent in the continuity, despite what I may have thought at the time. He got his daughter out to the mall, to the toddler gym and figured out how to walk her and the dog at the same time. He put up with the photo-a-day project that I signed up for – and saved my butt on more than one occasion with his camera phone. He phased her into day care. Got that? He managed to phase her into daycare calmly and almost peacefully and retain his sanity. And for his final month off before going back to work? He'll be painting and cleaning up the house.
Yeah, so that last one's a theoretical, but he seems to be on board…
So, here it is: My Best of 2007 Award goes to Mr.Q for being a great husband, an amazing dad and all around great guy.*
*despite what may sometimes appear in print on the web
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Today's post is part of the Blog Exchange and was written by Jenn from Quarter Rest. She blogs about her daughter, husband and everything that may affect those two regularly and is hosting Jodi's post at her blog today – head over and check out her Best of 2007!
A note from Jodi: Yes, Jen was my blog exchange partner New Years day last year!