Busy Weekends

Jay had his final check-up in Iowa City on Friday. The doctor said it looked good and would like to see him again when he starts potty training. We're really glad that things went well with his surgery and recovery. Thanks to everyone for your prayers!

Jay had a busy weekend. He got to see all of his grandparents! He also got to play with Ethan and Audrey for a little bit. Of course, that meant a lot of driving for Mommy and a lot of riding for Jay. We came home Saturday and spent the rest of the weekend relaxing.

This weekend we are traveling to Coggen to came with some friends of ours. Lots more traveling for us! I'm hoping for a few weekends of staying home and not traveling. It's quite exhausting to travel. It was before we had Jay.

Today, I have a headache, Jason doesn't feel very good and Jay is super tired. The weather isn't helping either. It's been raining since last night and is expected to keep raining all day. Hopefully my headache will go away soon.

Starting to Feel Like Spring

We've been enjoying a lot of nice weather this week. I've taken Jay for a walk everyday so far. I think he really enjoys the walks. He gets to see different trees, houses and sometimes animals. And of course there's always cars to look at. The library even had a pony for Jay to sit on to celebrate spring break.

Tomorrow Jay and I go to Iowa City for his final after-surgery check-up. I'm hoping they say everything looks OK and we don't have to go back. Worst case scenario, he has to have the surgery again. We're being very optimistic.

I'm working on cleaning our house. Quite the never ending chore with an almost toddler. I actually vacuumed some cobwebs in the kitchen yesterday, with Jay's help. I'm just taking things one room at a time.

Jason is glad that it is spring break and work isn't quite so busy. There's only about 7 weeks left in the semester before his summer schedule starts. We don't know what that will be yet, but we'll know soon enough. Hopefully he'll be able to have a little time to do a few fun family activities with us!

Fruit Baby

Jay loves fruit. He would rather eat fruit than pretty much anything. (I'm not sure about broccoli though.) Last night he ate 3/4 of a peach. He's starting to eat almost a whole banana. Yup, he's my fruit baby. Of course I did eat a lot of fruit while I was pregnant with him. One of the perks of working at food service.

Of course, he isn't too picky when it comes to food. He is going through a phase right now where he doesn't really want to eat pasta. He used to love it but he is teething so maybe that's the reason for his eating habits. He is sleeping better most nights. We have been giving him some medicine before putting him down at night since his teeth have been bothering him so much. I think it really helps him.

We have had a busy week. Jay got to play at the kid area at the mall. While we were there, we got to see Jason on his bus.

I took Jay to the city's Play Pals on Tuesday where he got to play with other kids in a gym. He did more watching of kids since they were mostly older kids than playing with them. He seemed to have a pretty good time. We went for a family that afternoon after getting the stroller tire fixed.

Wednesday was a long day. Jay and I went to Baby Talk then to lunch at the church. That night, Jay and I had supper at the church and did our church activities- Jay at the nursery and me with the two choirs. Jason joined me for the Chancel choir and will continue to do so.

Grocery shopping was our mission on Thursday, but we stopped at CyRide before going to the store. It made Jason's day and Jay got to flirt with some of the women that work there.

Today, we went to the library. Jay played with some of the toys and there were a couple of other babies his age there. He played with them for a little bit. I checked out some books for Jay and some DVDs for all of us. Hopefully we'll do a movie night tomorrow.

Happy Days

After six long weeks, Jay is able to use straddle toys again! He has been standing up with his bouncy chair and bouncing next to it all week. I was so happy when we were able to put him in it this morning.

I Skyped with Mom this afternoon and she had me put him in the bouncy chair. He bounced for the entire time we Skyped. He's going to be so worn out tonight!

Last night, Jay fell asleep about 8:30 and slept til this morning, only waking up to eat once. He did wake up once for cuddles and once because he wanted his pacifier. I can live with that. He's been a pretty happy boy today so hopefully we can keep this pattern up.