An Update

Well, it's time to update the blog again, so here it goes. About a week ago, B1 was working (big surprise--he credited over 100 hours in February, a new personal record!), and I was just getting home from picking up the kids at the babysitter's house. Our neighbors from upstairs were out walking their dog. As I said hi, B2 interrupted and started introducing himself (it's one of his favorite activities). He said, "I'm B, and this is D, and he's pretty cute, and he's a baby."

Last weekend, B, D, and I went to B1's cousin's daughter's baptism. (So, I guess that would make it B2's and D's second cousin's baptism.) All went well until the time came for the actual baptism. B2 went up to the font with the rest of his cousins and second cousins, and when the little girl went down into the water and back up, B2 said (about as loud as you can without actually yelling), "HOLY MY COW! He got her all wet!" We all started laughing, and B2 kept talking really loudly as the bishop tried to get him to quiet down. I finally had to go up to the font and tell him to be quiet. Poor kid...I guess we need to attend these a little more often so he understands the social norms.

Last week, D was diagnosed with a double ear infection. Poor kid--he was running really high fevers, and was all around miserable. We understood more of why he was so miserable on Sunday, when BOTH of his two bottom front teeth broke through. He was cutting two teeth while battling two ear infections. What a trooper!

D has been army crawling like no one's business. This kid is so fast! It just makes me melt because when I come home, he'll book it over to me and try to crawl into my lap so I can hold him. I love that he's such a momma's boy, since B2 only wanted to be near me when he was sick. But, now that he's teething, we've been giving D some Cheerios to munch on. He LOVES them, though he's still having a hard time figuring out how to get them in his mouth. That pincer grasp isn't far away though.

Yesterday was a milestone (albeit a sad one) for me - it was the first day in 9 months that I didn't nurse or pump. Yep, D is now on solids and formula. I did get a bit choked up when I put D to bed last night without nursing him. I didn't think it would bother me as much as it did. I had hoped to make it at least 10 months (I nursed/pumped for B2 for 10 months), but my last managers retreat pretty much killed it. It was so hard to get out any milk after going 3 days without nursing, so I've been struggling the last few months to maintain any type of supply. So, finally, this week I gave up. I take comfort in the fact that I at least got him through the worst part of the flu/cold season. We do have some pumped milk in the freezer that we'll give him for the next few weeks to hopefully give him a few more defenses against illnesses.

One last bit of news: we decorated our condo! I found this quote online, and liked it because it was different (most people out here have phrases like "All Because Two People Fell in Love" or something like that). Our graphic artist at work made it look nice, and I was able to print it on the vinyl at work as well. We absolutely LOVE it! I got all these frames for Christmas, and have been itching to put them up. I'm going to get that last of the pictures for the frames today, but am just so excited to be displaying some of the pictures of my family that I love so much.

A random picture

Since I was able to figure out how to get images and video off my phone, here is a random picture:

The past week at work, I spent nearly three hours going through old employee files where documents could be shredded, and then nearly another hour shredding those documents. I kept filling up bag after bag of shredded paper. As I was trying to stack them to get them out of the way until our building could be cleaned (note also the huge pile of trash at the bottom of the picture), I noticed it looked like a snowman. So, I grabbed my Sharpie, an orange post-it note, and a gray piece of paper, and made my friend Frosty here and left it by our Accounts Receivable/Payable person. We had a good laugh. Despite our building being cleaned several times, Frosty is still here.