Thanksgiving Day

Last year it was cold and we hosted our pals Doris and Christopher. We brined our turkey in a garbage can (with a liner, don't worry) outside our kitchen window on the roof so it stayed cool overnight. That would not have worked so well this year as winter has not yet arrived here. We had already had a few snow days by this time last year, but I don't know if we have been below freezing yet.

This year we are spending the afternoon with local friends and thinking about not so local ones and family spread far and wide. It's been a big year for us. As I was leaving the Y yesterday (I have still made it to exercise every weekday since I started my daddy day care routine) someone looked at Mo asleep in her stroller and said, "You sure have a lot to be thankful for this year." She's right, and Mo is only part of the story. We hope that all of our friends and family (who we don't see often enough and don't speak to often enough) have a wonderful holiday and that they know we are thinking about them.


Photos up soon, I promise!

One Week In

So, the early results were mixed on whether Mo was going to be at all happy with me being home. On Tuesday last week she cried non-stop from 1 until 4 in the afternoon when she finally passed out from exhaustion. Since then, she has spent less time each day crying. On Friday and today she spent less than an hour each day yelling at me. Progress, for sure. I have to figure out when she will get hungry and make sure I am in a place where I can feed her before the frustration sets in for her. I have to mix that need with the need to keep her moving and to change scenes often enough. Taking her for a walk is pretty much a sure thing everytime, but it makes it hard to feed her. I feel weird not working and being across the street from the action, but Mo is keeping me busy enough that I don't feel like I am on vacation.

I have also made it to the gym every weekday, plus playing ball on Saturday mornings, so I am keeping my word to myself so far. I fully intend to be in MUCH better shape when I return to work. My body is complaining a bit about weight lifting, but I know it'll get better. I need to be stronger and have more endurance in the spring when I get back to work and we begin the real craziness of balancing two jobs, two kids, day care for one, after school care for the other, my dissertation work, church commitments, etc etc etc

Daddy Duty

So, as of this past Monday, I am on daddy leave from school. Beth has been back at work for a week and a half. This at home adventure is going to be MUCH tougher than working every day. I'm loading up more photos soon and I'm going to try and write every day. We'll see how it goes...