It's been great catching up with everyone!
Ok -- us.....
We had a great summer. Took a few trips and July - September DH had AWESOME hours. It was a big treat.
DD and DS will be three and one respectively in October and I can't imagine where the time went!!!
DD started pre-school in the fall and it's been a good fit. It's two and a half hours twice a week. Just enough for both of us. DS and I do some errands or fold laundry and it's amazing to me how "rested" I feel when I only have to focus on one for a couple of hours. I'm pleased with the school and the adults in charge. DD is VERY into the Disney princesses as of late -- although I'm not sure HOW? Her friends have influenced this as well as her books. Cinderella is her favorite and her "I'm potty trained" treat was a pair of glass slippers. She LOVES those. It's pretty funny.
DS started walking between ten and ten and a half months!!! PHEW. Now at almost twelve months old he's a wiz with the walking thing and gets into everything. He ADORES his sister and cracks me up. He was weaned at about 11 months which I am really enjoying! He went straight from me to a sippy cup and the transition was smooth.
One of the reasons DS was weaned at 11 months is I was able to go for a weekend with some friends of mine all by myself! It was AWESOME. I left Friday and got back Sunday night. I haven't done anything like that since I was a mom almost three years ago for different reasons. It was good medicine for the whole family.
Now we are hot on the job trail and it's been very underwhelming. DH has done a fantastic job beating the bushes and the couple interviews he does have are a credit to him being resourceful -- not due to anything else. We thought we could "look" in about 65% of the country but with the limited jobs out there, we now will look in areas we originally did not want to look. Kind of depressing but he'll find something and we'll be ok. I'm not too worried oddly enough and it is still surreal sometimes when I realize this is our last year of training.
DH started nasty hours again today -- so I imagine I will be a bit more active than I have been on the boards lately!
I guess that's about it! I am in a good place and hopefully I can sustain it when I solo parent for the next 6 months! UG.
Ok -- us.....
We had a great summer. Took a few trips and July - September DH had AWESOME hours. It was a big treat.
DD and DS will be three and one respectively in October and I can't imagine where the time went!!!
DD started pre-school in the fall and it's been a good fit. It's two and a half hours twice a week. Just enough for both of us. DS and I do some errands or fold laundry and it's amazing to me how "rested" I feel when I only have to focus on one for a couple of hours. I'm pleased with the school and the adults in charge. DD is VERY into the Disney princesses as of late -- although I'm not sure HOW? Her friends have influenced this as well as her books. Cinderella is her favorite and her "I'm potty trained" treat was a pair of glass slippers. She LOVES those. It's pretty funny.
DS started walking between ten and ten and a half months!!! PHEW. Now at almost twelve months old he's a wiz with the walking thing and gets into everything. He ADORES his sister and cracks me up. He was weaned at about 11 months which I am really enjoying! He went straight from me to a sippy cup and the transition was smooth.
One of the reasons DS was weaned at 11 months is I was able to go for a weekend with some friends of mine all by myself! It was AWESOME. I left Friday and got back Sunday night. I haven't done anything like that since I was a mom almost three years ago for different reasons. It was good medicine for the whole family.
Now we are hot on the job trail and it's been very underwhelming. DH has done a fantastic job beating the bushes and the couple interviews he does have are a credit to him being resourceful -- not due to anything else. We thought we could "look" in about 65% of the country but with the limited jobs out there, we now will look in areas we originally did not want to look. Kind of depressing but he'll find something and we'll be ok. I'm not too worried oddly enough and it is still surreal sometimes when I realize this is our last year of training.
DH started nasty hours again today -- so I imagine I will be a bit more active than I have been on the boards lately!
I guess that's about it! I am in a good place and hopefully I can sustain it when I solo parent for the next 6 months! UG.
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