Potty Training

We attempted potty training with Jay and it lasted a day.  He had a lot of accidents.  In fact, he only used the potty once.  The next morning I tried to put him on the potty and he freaked out.  He started crying and throwing a tantrum so that was it for potty training.  The reason we tried potty training was he keeps trying to take his diaper off, he'll smear poop all over and he likes to pull his penis out of his diaper which makes him wet the bed.  I'm getting very tired of doing all of the laundry. 
Jay is saying a few more words now.  He does several animal noises and loves to blow kisses.  He goes to see his doctor in October for a speech development check up.  I don't know what will happen after that.  Jay seems to not have any other developmental delays and is a typical two-year-old.  He is becoming very independent and loves spending time with his friends at daycare.  (He still goes once a week when I don't work and we're not on "vacation".) 
I do work on Monday, but I'm not sure if I'm back for the season or if it's just for the day.  It's always up in the air.  Pretty soon I will be back on a more permanent basis, but still only a temporary employee.  I've enjoyed my time at home and love that I was able to take Jay and visit family.  I'm sure I'll be able to do that same thing again fairly soon!

Long Time

So it's been a long time since I've blogged here. I apologize.  I've had computer issues and just received my new laptop yesterday.  I was also working 40+ hours a week (barring any previous engagements) and am currently on a temporary layoff until things pick back up.  I did make a lateral move at work where I now make all the solutions each department uses so I'll work longer than most of the seasonal workers.  I've been off for almost two weeks now.
In that time off, Jay and I visited Mom and Dad for a little more than a week.  We visited Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs, a couple of my high school friends and Jay's cousins were up a couple of times.  He had such a fun time with them!

 

 

In fact, here's Allegra talking to "Gampa Don".  One of the times she was playing with that phone without Jay wanting to play with it too.  There was also swimming, mooing at cows and car rides.  We did stay in Olin for a few days, but Jay was fighting a cold/croup so he was a stink-butt the whole time.  We got to help Grandpa John mow hay and I think Jay can't wait to be able to drive the tractor himself.  There were so many levers and buttons!

I worked at the State fair again this year and had just as much fun as last year.  The showing schedule was changed up this year giving us dairy clerks a little more down time.  Luckily for me, I was allowed to leave early the one evening so I could take care of the sinus migraine I was getting.  We did a family day the second Saturday of the fair.  Jay and I went down the Giant Slide and despite his reluctance at first, Jay loved it!  He wanted to go again.  He'll have to wait until next year!

Jason has been busy since the students are back.  He says it's almost impossible to get anywhere on campus with the increase of students this year. 

Jay has been having a great time at daycare.  He is really good there and is very helpful.  He has some listening issues, not that it's a big surprise.  He is two.  His daycare provider has said he is very empathic when the other kids don't feel good and will go comfort them.  He's also very good at giving hugs and has started giving kisses.  He isn't really talking, but he does quite a few animal noises if you ask him to. 

Now we are just waiting patiently for fall.  I'm trying to get our clutter taken care of along with getting the house ready for winter. Hopefully  I'll get to this blog a little more often now that I have a computer!

So Much

I didn't realize I hadn't blogged at all in May.  We had one major event.  Jay turned two and boy oh boy do we know it!  He has fits at the drop of a hat which is doubly bad since he doesn't talk and we don't really know why he's having a fit.  He doesn't like having his haircut at all but he loves being read to.  He's also quite the dancer!  Jay is pretty good the majority of the time, especially at daycare.  He had one bad day a few weeks ago, but it seems it was just the one day.  (Miss Marcia, the daycare person, had said all of the kids were out of sorts that day and they had just gotten two puppies the week before.  I didn't envy her at all!)

Enjoying our birthday supper!

Mmmm....nachos!

Happy birthday apple cake!

I have started back at work and have actually put in some full days.  I haven't put in a full work week, but hopefully that will change with this next week.  My section lead is on vacation until mid-July, so I am temporary lead while she is gone.  (Originally, we were told the busy season would be over by the end of June.  They were wrong on that one!)

We've been dealing with rain on and off for several months now. Our back yard is nothing but a swamp right now.  Jay loves playing in the yard because of all the mud though!  He also loves drawing with his sidewalk chalk on the driveway.  He's very possessive of his chalk and he and I went to Fareway with it.  The checkout lady was very nice and was able to get him to put his chalk in a small brown bag.  He likes to play outside, so possession of his chalk is a minor obstacle.

I've started running.  Yesterday I ran 2.8 miles.  I'm trying to work up to 3.1 miles so I will be able to run the 5K Color Run in Des Moines.  I've been running at Ada Hayden park so I've gotten some small hills to deal with as well.  Jason walks with Jay while I run and they have a pretty good time.  The first time we went Jay had to stop and play in all the water puddles, watch every car and person go by and look at every flower.  They didn't get very far.  The second time they went around the small loop, but it took some effort to concentrate on walking.

I'll have to try to keep up on this blog better.  Time has just been flying lately

Official

I officially start back to Solum, Inc. on Monday.  I had a nice talk with our HR director  and she assures me that will be my start day.  I may now work 40 hours for the first couple of weeks, but I will be going back to work. 

Our daycare provider is back and open again.  Jay went for the day this past Monday and he had a great day!  He cried for about 10 minutes after we left, but was fine the rest of the day.  I hope this means he'll adjust well to going back full-time.

Jay has also developed a laugh that is very infectious.  He really thinks animals are funny.  We took him to the petting zoo at Vet Med for VEISHA and he was pretty gentle with most of the animals and would laugh after petting each of them.  He made everyone with the animals laugh.

 

 

Jay is such a ham!  We're so lucky to have such a fun little boy!

 



Visiting

Jay and I are visiting Mom and Dad this week.  Since neither of our moms came out to watch Jay while I worked, I figured we'd at least try to visit my mom!  (As of today, I'm not going to back to work until April 29th.)  It was probably a good thing she didn't have to come out to watch Jay as she's been sick and is currently having a hard time hearing.  It should be an interesting few days!

VEISHA is also this week.  Jason is hoping that we'll have some nice weather on Saturday so we can go to the parade.  Last year it rained on and off for the whole day making for some cold times and a short time at VEISHA.  With the rain and snow in Ames today, it doesn't look like it's shaping up to be a nice weekend though.

Plans are still up in the air for Jay's birthday.  I know we'll have cake, but I'm not sure if we'll do anything too exciting.  I'm having Jason do most of the planning since I'm supposed to be back at work and possibly working extra.  I know he's still debating about what to do.  He did get Jay a present already, so the important part is done.

Jordan came out to visit this last weekend with Andrew.  We eventually got to go swimming with them and had brunch after church on Sunday.  We also went to Huxley on Saturday for a picnic at Jason's aunt and uncle's.  We got to see Grandma and Grandpa Slater, Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Slater and two Great-aunts and uncles.  This weekend was full of family and we had a great time!

Finally

I finally have a start date to return to work.  My first day back will be April 8th.  No April Fool's here!  Thanks to my mom and Jason's mom, we will have someone taking care of Jay until our daycare provider returns from Italy!  I'm not sure who's more excited about them coming, Jay or them. 

I will be taking Grandpa and Grandma Peterson to Grandpa's doctor appointment on Friday.  Jay will be tagging along as well so it should make for a fun and busy day!  (Jay is pretty good about not getting too far away.)  I'm sure he'll take a good nap for me that day. 

Easter went well for us.  I sang at both church services and Jason and Jay came to the second service.  Jay sat with us for the whole service and was really good.  He found all but one egg the Easter bunny left for us and really liked the monster trucks that was in his basket.  Jay did figure out how to open some of the eggs.  He thought the ones with the jelly beans were best because he could just eat them.  Next year should be lots of fun to watch!

Progress

I think we have successfully weaned Jay off of his pacifier.  He hasn't had it for almost a month.  He has decided to have more temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way.  Jay will grab my pants or hands and pull me to where he wants me to go.  He's also getting a little better at pointing at things he would like to have.  We're working on picking up our toys and books.  Sometimes he does really well, but most of the time he throws a tantrum.  It's a slow work in progress.  I'll take the small victories.  He's also started using his eating utensils a little more. 

Jay got a haircut on Friday.  He did not care for it and moved around a lot.  The lady who cut his hair did a pretty good job and was fast.  Not to mention patient since Jason and I had to take turns holding him.  Jay looks very cute with his haircut and Jason says he looks like a boy now.  (Jay's hair was pretty shaggy.)

I have finally heard that I will start back at Solum on April 1st.  This is also the first day our daycare provider will be on vacation.  So, my first day back, Grandma Pat will get to watch Jay.  We're still looking for some one for the third week of April to watch Jay, but I'm sure everything will work out.

I've also decided to try to make a Quiet Book for Jay.  I'm pretty sure I have all of the materials I will need.  I've already made up what I want my pages to look like, I'm too the cutting everything out and sewing things together.  Hopefully he'll like it!

So Tired

I know it's been some time since I've written on this blog.  I just feel like Jay is sucking all of my energy into himself so he can continuously play with his ball pit or run around objects.  (His new thing is running circles around the couch and kitchen table.  One night it was even Jason!) 

Jay has been without a pacifier for almost a month.  This decision was made when he chewed through his last pacifier.  He's been doing pretty good without it.  There were a couple of long nights, but he's not really missing it...unless he sees someone else with one.  He's decided to chew on his fingers instead since he's still working on getting the last of his molars. 

Jason has been keeping busy by trying to pick up as much overtime that is offered.  Summer is just around the corner and that means the end of overtime for a while.  CyRide is always busy in the winter and even busier with home basketball games.  They haven't cancelled service due to ice or snow, so we count ourselves fairly lucky.  (If CyRide did cancel or suspend service, Jason would still have to brave the weather and go to work.)

I am still waiting for Solum to call me to go back to work.  I enjoy my time off, but not knowing for sure when I'll be returning to work is starting to drive me a little crazy.  I do continue to take Jay to daycare one day a week to keep his spot and for him to remain used to going there.  In April, our provider is taking three weeks off to visit her daughter in Italy, so we're working on alternate arrangements for those weeks.  (Thanks you to both Grandma Pat and Grandma Deana for taking time out of your schedules to help us!)  I am also trying to work on free reading for myself.  A lot of reading is done while multi-tasking and Jay's books come first, but I'm slowly getting through the large stack that I have.

We do enjoy the snow that we have gotten.  Jay and I took a trek around our yard.  I don't think Jay's quite sure what to do with it, but he giggles when he gets to play with it and has discovered he can eat it and Mommy won't get upset. 

Jay had a photo session at our Super Wal-Mart today.  He was quite difficult, but his session was at 11:45 and they were running about 30 minutes behind.  (The second person called in sick.)   It was a long morning for both of us since we didn't get out of there until 1.  There are some cute pictures though and I'll make sure to give out the website once I get it!

Snow!

 

 

Ames finally got a decent amount of snow the other morning.  For a change, Jay and I decided to go out and play in it!



 

 Walking carefully.

 What is this stuff?

It's tough walking!

 

 

He had a blast playing!  Unfortunately, it was pretty windy so we didn't stay out too long.  We didn't get any farther than the driveway.  That's ok, maybe we'll get some more snow playtime this weekend.

 



Fever

Already into day 14 of the year and this is my first post.  I hope this tend doesn't continue!  Jay keeps me pretty busy while I'm at home and always wants to play when I have a free minute to blog here. 

Jay has a double ear infection.  We didn't know anything was bothering him until he ended up with 104.6 fever.  Not quite high enough to go to the ER, but enough for an urgent care doctor visit.  He's on an antibiotic and we're keeping his fever at bay with Tylenol and Motrin.  He always seems to be fine around supper time, just before bed time.  He's not playing quite as hard, but he still likes playing with his trucks.  He isn't eating quite as much, especially since Friday at lunch he ate an entire can of peaches plus a piece and a half of bread with hummus.  He'll still eat M&Ms though!

Jason worked his last Saturday yesterday.  They changed his schedule so now he has weekends off instead of Sunday and Tuesday.  He won't have to take as much vacation time since he'll already have Saturdays off for us to travel anywhere.

I was planning on being in Miles today, but Jay's fever was pretty high when he woke up this morning.  We'll try again tomorrow.  I won't go back to work until mid-February, possibly even later.  I'm not sure if I'll start back full-time or part-time.  I've also been working on finding recipes to make more of our food so we don't have to buy as many processed items.  I received a tortilla press for Christmas and it makes tortilla making so much faster!  Homemade tortillas are really the way to go!

Jay also finished the toddler's reading program at the library and received a new book!  It's about popcorn, one of his favorite snacks!  I might have to make some for a snack on our trip!

Happy Holidays!

Jason, Jay and I are very fortunate that we live so close to family.  We are able to spend some time with both sides at Christmas!  Jay gets to play with all of his cousins and Jason and I get to have some good, adult conversations.  We were very fortunate that the weather was good and made travel easier.

I think our house is a little more in order than it was when we first got back.  We have a lot of boxes to get rid of yet.  I'm still looking for homes for a few things, but once I get rid of some more clutter, that shouldn't be a problem. 

This weekend is jammed packed with visitors!  Jason's parents are coming down today for our choir's cantata tomorrow.  A friend from Texas is traveling through Iowa with her girls and would love to stop and see us.  (Not to mention a shower and some home cooking!)  Tomorrow, some friends of ours from Independence are coming out for the day.  We're going to have a busy couple of days!

Jay has discovered how fun it is to stick food up his nose.  It started with corn, then rice.  I'm trying to make sure to feed him food that is too big for his nose now.  It definitely changes things!  Jay and I also went and bought "Cars 2" and he is just as enthralled with this movie as "Cars".  The same people who made those two movies are coming out with a new one, "Planes" based on the planes from the movies.  Jason and I are planning on taking Jay to see it in the theater!

I am planning to take a trip to eastern Iowa in January, with Jay in tow.  We'll be leaving Ames the afternoon of the 13th and returning sometime the following week.  There are several people that have requested a visit, and we're going to try to see everyone, but we'll see how things go.

Jason will no longer be working weekends come January 14th.  He's been working weekends again for the last two years, so we're hoping that he'll get to stay off weekends.  That will help him accumulate some vacation time instead of using all of it. He's very excited about it!

We hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!  We'll be in Ames, celebrating at home and spending New Year's day with friends.  We hope everyone will be able to be with loved ones!

No Party

Jay and I made the trip to Des Moines Friday night to go see the Ryan family.  It took us about an hour and a half to get to the hotel.  Luckily, Jay slept halfway.  I spent some time talking with Cyndy and Eric while Jay decided to wrestle Kjetil.  Jay had so much fun!  We even got to go swimming.  I think Jay's favorite part was checking everyone's hotel room out.  He was very good about following me around the hotel to go to different places. 

We shared a room with Jordan and her boyfriend, Andrew, and his dog, Sally.  It was a long night since Jay was overly tired and overly excited about everything.  It took several YouTube views of the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" theme song to get him calm enough to lay down and go to sleep.  He woke up around 4:30am, after finally going to sleep about 2am.  He cried and cried, then started coughing this barking type cough.  After discussion with Cyndy, it's most likely croup.  The hotel room was very dry.  I finally got Jay back to sleep about 5am after taking his jammies off, Jordan turning the heat down in the room, watching some Disney Junior and finally getting him to drink some water.  Of course I had to wake him up to get him ready to go so we could check out on time. 

Jay and I did not get to stay for the family party.  Dad wasn't feeling well with his cold, so the three of us came back up to Ames.  And since Mom and Jordan didn't take the pinwheels I made out of the Pacifica, those came back to Ames with us!  Jay didn't take a nap when we got home, but he did end up going to bed at 6pm.  So far, no coughing!  (It's 7:30.)  Mom and Dad left to go back to Miles since Dad has to work tomorrow.  Jordan is nice enough to stay with us for the weekend to help watch Jay.  (Maybe we'll even get all of our presents wrapped!)

Waiting

I am recovering from my surgery.  I no longer have a splint and get my stitches taken out on Wednesday.  I am able to use my wrist as normal, as long as I don't overdo it.  I'm sure I'll have a nice scar to show everyone!

We're patiently waiting for some snow.  It did snow one night and Jay was amazed!  We even got him to try catching the flakes with his tongue.  He has a snowsuit so I'm hoping we'll get enough snow that he'll be able to use it.  For now, he likes to put his mittens on and wave at traffic while in our driveway.  (He tends to wave more at the cars than at people.) 

I spent a couple of days making some goodies and we gave them to our friends.  Jay was pretty good while I was making everything, sleeping the one day and staying fairly occupied the other.  We don't have our Christmas decorations up.  I can't get to where our decorations are, but we do have an advent calendar. (Thanks to Jason's mom for getting it for us!)  It's really cute.  It's a Christmas tree with snaps and each day is a different ornament.  I think Jay will really like it next year.  This year, he only wants to pull it off the wall.  I also don't have any of our wrapping paper out seeing as it's with our Christmas decorations.

We're planning on spending Christmas eve in Miles and Christmas day in Olin.  It's going to be an extremely short trip, but it'll be fun and filled with lots of family and love.  And probably laughter!  Currently, I'm planning on Jay and I spending about a week in Miles in January with a stop in Olin at some point.  I should go back to my job in February and want to take a "vacation" before I end up working close to 50 hours a week. 

I look forward to this holiday season as Jay is getting more and more curious about everything!  We decided not to take him to see Santa because we're not sure how he'll react.  We'll try to make sure we read the Christmas story and I'll see if I can't at least get out our Nativity.

Shots

Jay got his 18 month and flu shots today.  He was so brave!  He was a happy little boy all morning, then he had his shots.  The crying didn't last long.  I think he was done crying by the time we got his coat and hat on.  We decided to treat him to Perkins for breakfast since he was up earlier than he would normally be and he had three pokes.  At least we have six months before we get anymore pokes!

He was very good while we waited for our food, just didn't eat very much.  (He's not much of a breakfast person at times.)  He got to have strawberry-banana French toast with bacon.  He also decided he wanted some of my hash browns. 

I'm still getting over whatever it is I have.  I'm still coughing, but not as often.  I'm hoping it's gone in time for my surgery next week.  Thursday I have my pre-op appointment, so here's hoping things will go as scheduled.

Jason has started to get whatever it is I have.  He's starting to get to the "coughing all the time" stage.  He's been pretty lucky and hasn't had a fever, just coughing, sinus pressure and headaches.  I think the coughing causes the headaches though, at least that seems to be how it's been working for me.

Jay has also decided to not nap until almost 3 in the afternoon.  He's so much like Jason when it comes to sleep.  Jay just fights until he can't keep his eyes open anymore!  Since he's been napping so late, we've had a few nights where he goes to bed later than usual.  Don't worry, he's usually in bed and sleeping by 10.  Of course the holiday and Daddy being home at weird times has screwed up every one's schedule.  I'm sure we'll be back on track soon, just in time for it to get interrupted for Christmas!

Thanksgiving

I no longer work at Solum.  I will be hired back sometime in February, so in the meantime, I'm back to being a full-time mom.  And with staying at home again, Jay and I have been sick.  We both had the stomach flu last week.  Now we both have a cold and I've been running a low grade fever on and off for the last couple of days.  Jason was lucky enough to not get the stomach flu, but I think he's getting our cold.

We had a fairly good holiday.  We spent this last weekend at Jason's parents and we celebrated Thanksgiving with them.  The food was delicious and the company was fantastic.  Jay had a blast playing with Ethan and Audrey, which he always does.

Since Jay and I were sick, we stayed home for Thanksgiving instead of going to West Des Moines.  We had turkey tenderloins, stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.  Jay loved the stuffing and cranberry sauce!  His face was red with the sauce and he needed a bath after supper.  Other than that, it was a pretty low key day.

Today we're just taking it easy and staying home.  No Black Friday shopping for us! 

Surgery

I had a surgical consult again yesterday.  My surgery is scheduled for December 6th at 9:30 am.  The surgery to remove the cyst on my wrist will only take about 45 minutes, but the whole process will be four to five hours.  I'll be in a splint for a week and will have the stitches taken out two weeks later. 

Jason has decided to take the day and the two days after off.  I'm pretty sure I'll be able to go back to work the following Monday.  I won't be able to do all of my job, but I'll be able to do quite a bit. 

I will only be able to pick up five pounds with my right hand, at least while it's in the splint.  That means I'll have to pick up Jay with one arm.  It'll be a long week!

Costume

Just me and the little man for the majority of the day today.  We slept in some and had snuggles on the couch.  We did some grocery shopping and headed down to Des Moines.  We stopped at Miss Tabitha's new house to say hello and show off our Halloween costume.  We stayed for a little bit, but felt like we were more in the way than anything.  Jay did get to play outside for a little bit.

After leaving the house, Jay and I had lunch at McDonald's.  (Not the healthiest choice, but fairly quick and I know the menu really well and had decided what to get before we went in.)  Jay ate all of his kid's meal even with all the distraction of the other kids running around the Play Place. 

From McDonald's we drove for a surprise visit to Grandma and Grandpa Peterson's.  Jay showed up in his costume to Trick or Treat.  We spent the afternoon with them and Jay did everything in his power to stay awake and not take a nap.  Of course he fell asleep on the way home.

We had a pretty good week.  I had a consult for my ganglion cyst on Tuesday.  What it came down to was I should have surgery since it causes me pain.  I would be in a splint for about a week, then a follow-up and starting normal use.  It's up to us when to have the surgery and the doctor said it's possible it could go away on it's own. 

Since it doesn't bother me too much at work, mostly at home, we decided to give it a few weeks to see if it would go away.  Most likely, I'll have the surgery sometime after Thanksgiving.  It causes me quite a bit of pain when I hold/carry Jay around or twist my wrist too much.  It's not unbearable pain, but it's possible it could just get worse and cause more pain. 

For now, we just keep getting up and enjoying everyday.  We're hoping the weather will make up it's mind and settle into one season.  There is still a runny nose (Jay's) and a lot of clothing being worn since it's hot, then cold, then warm, then cold, then hot again.  We're ready for Halloween though and Thanksgiving isn't too far off!

Slow

So, I'm done with my antibiotics, but it seems everyone here has a nasty cough.  Or at least, is coughing gross stuff up.  I think Jay's problem is his canines are finally popping through and staying that way.  I'm still having some sinus problems, mostly headaches and congestion.  I blame the weather.

On Tuesday, I get my wrist looked at for the ganglion cyst.  I'm hoping the doc will say that draining it will be all that they need to do.  If they want to do surgery, I think it may have to wait until after my temp position is over.  The extraction team has found a way for people to get around all the repetitive motion for the whole shift.

Jay is doing really well at daycare.  He still isn't talking, but he's getting a little better at following directions.  Yesterday, he dumped all of his clementine segments on his tray, then put them back into the bowl.  He's such a stinker!  We've also been watching the movie "Cars" about twice a day, if not more.  I'm glad he's got a movie he just loves!  He now has Lightning McQueen slippers to wear when it gets cold.  Too bad he doesn't really leave them on his feet.

Things have slowed down at work, but I'm not sure when they'll start letting people go.  I love working there and my co-workers are great.  It's a lot of fun going to work, even if it is at 7am. 

I'm hoping to spend some time on "vacation" with Jay once I'm let go for the season.  Taking a trip to eastern Iowa to visit family sounds like fun to me!

Sickness

Happy October! 

We are in the middle of sick season in our house.  Jay had his first ear infection a few weeks ago.  While he no longer has the infection, he's still been having some problems. 

Jay had a hearing test today due to him not talking and not seeming to respond to questions.  Jason took him and the hearing doctor said they couldn't test Jay because his ears have fluid in them.  They sent them to Jay's doctor, who we were going to try to see anyway, and said the fluid could be from Jay being on the antibiotics.  The reasoning is the antibiotics killed some of the good bacteria and his body is having a hard time recovering.  We've started giving him a probiotic and it was also suggested we feed him yogurt more often. 

I am battling an upper respiratory infection that has moved into my bronchioles.  My doctor put me on an antibiotic and hopefully my cough will go away soon and I'll be on the mend.  All in all, I think a good night's sleep will do wonders!

Jason is starting to get something as well.  We're not sure if it's the same stuff or something completely different.  (It's so hard to tell since he works with the public.) 

All in all, it's best for people to stay away if you get sick easily.  I'm hoping with me being on an antibiotic that it won't get spread to the boys, but it may be too late for that!

Mommy Brain

I didn't realize that Mommy brain continued this long after pregnancy.  Mine has gotten a lot worse this past week, but I know I'm not getting enough sleep let alone enough time with Jay.  I worked over 50 hours last week and part of that was on Saturday.  Actually, I worked a nine hour day on Saturday.  We were begged to come in this afternoon and make double time if we came in.  I opted to spend the day with my family.

Since I'm working so much, I've found that I'm having a hard time concentrating on pretty much anything.    I don't seem to remember much either and all I really want to do is sleep.  I still get some exercising in and manage to get some housework done.  I'm not really sure how I do it, but I do.

Jay is pretty much over his ear infection.  He was done with his antibiotics on Wednesday, but we're still getting it worked out of his system.  He is doing well with daycare.  He's almost done crying by the time Jason walks out the door.  I dropped Jay off on Friday and he cried for a little bit after I left.  He's getting to the point where when I pick Jay up, he doesn't come running to see me.  I'm very glad he likes being there!

Jason has also been working a lot of hours as well.  He's gotten overtime at CyRide and has been working at his second when he can.  We don't see much of each other for now. I'm sure we will by Christmas time.