But much has happened in Victor-land. Since the addition of crawling to Jason's repertoire of skills I have been busy. Ensuring Jason stays out of trouble has been difficult to keep up with. We now know that he enjoys the taste of cat food, can climb stairs in a single bound and hates anything to do with "containing" him, ie: we have now put away the excersaucer and the jolly jumper. For those who know us the absence of the jolly jumper in our living room may come as a shock. In place we know have a very easy to move baby gate to keep Jason from taking a tumble down the stairs.
In other news, we have successfully survived our first family vacation which including the daunting task of taking a mobile 7 month old on a 4 hour flight and a 5 hour train ride. All in all we all made it in one piece. I think the hardest part about the whole vacation was staying at our friends house (which wasn't very baby proof). My biceps look great from lugging 23lbs of baby around to keep little mister out of the cat dishes, electronic equipment, blinds, off the stairs etc. Once we got to the hotel in Chicago, we could unleash the beast with out worry of too much damage occurring. The only down side was keeping quiet and busy in the wee hours of morning, as to not wake the sleeping daddy exhausted from a busy week at work prior to our vacation. So Jason and I developed a morning routine of breakfast in the atrium followed by a dip in the pool. I was able to strap Jason to me using a pool noodle and swim some laps on my back. He seemed to enjoy our time together and was oblivious to the strange looks we were getting from the other lap swimmers. Little did they know that I used to be a lifeguard and am quite proficient in the pool.
Once we got the hang of taking Jason and all his "stuff" out for the day the trip home did not seem so daunting. I think sometimes throwing your self in to a situation with out too much "what ifs" is the way to go. My husband has a new found confidence and now feels like a seasoned parent thanks to our little trip.
More news... I am going back to work sooner than expected. August 6th to be exact. I was offered a job I couldn't refuse and thus the frantic search for a daycare ensued. We found a pretty decent one, surprise surprise. As where we live the waiting lists for day cares are all at least 2 years long. I'm pretty sad to have to leave Jason and trying not to think about it. But in this economy there was just no other way. And apparently " I just have to suck it up sweetheart" yes, that was an actual quote from an insensitive co-worker of mine. Which is a whole other post as soon as my blood stops boiling long enough for me to get the story down.
So there you have it... It's been a pretty busy month. I'm trying to slow down and enjoy the last few weeks of home alone time with my son... I'm going to miss it.
