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@Adira: How is bath time going?

@Smurfette: @Adira: @silver1: I feel you guys about the phone/picture thing! Now I can only get a good pic if he's sitting in his high chair or stroller and strapped in somewhere.

Hope everyone had a good Valentine's Day! We didn't really do much. We met up for lunch and ate at an AYCE korean bbq place, then kept it lowkey at home that night by getting take out Wendy's and watching House of Cards (season 2 just came out, yay!) after we put the kids down.

@Adira: yay!! it's been a lot of fun watching J climb stairs... keeps him preoccupied and busy too! he's learned to slide on his belly down the stairs too haha he's such a wild child.

@Smurfette: Isaac just crawls as fast as he can for the camera when I take it out. Makes it hard to get a pic of him doing something cute. I couldn't get a picture of him in his valentine outfit and I tried so many times throughout the day.

@silver1: Sounds like a good night out.

@Mrs. High Heels: Sounds like a nice valentines.

We stayed in and DH cooked me dinner which we ate after Isaac's bedtime. We usually wolf something down before he goes to bed, so it was nice to take our time and talk while eating.

@Adira: I can't believe he is crawling stairs. That just scares me! At the first sign of it the baby gate is going up at the bottom.

Isaac's new trick of the week is standing in his crib when he wakes up. If he wakes up in the night and we want to leave him crying, do we go lay him down every few minutes or just leave him standing? He does know how to get down from standing.

Is anyone going to do anything special for their LO on their actual birthday? I am think I might get her some balloons or something to decorate a little bit. I have a hand-me down 1 onesie that she is going to wear to school. Saving her party one for the party, I could see her getting paint on it or something. Then I will make sure she gets all her favorite foods for her meals!

@Adira: Any progress on regular food?

@ALV91711: R's party is the weekend after her bday. DH is trying to work from home that week. So we can give her gifts on her bday.

@Adira: He was up a couple more times. I'm going to see how tonight goes to figure out when he is waking up and then get rid of one more waking. I don't mind once for now.

One month today and I start back at work. This year has gone by crazy fast. I keep thinking about it and it makes me so sad. I wish I could just go back part time, but that is not going to be able to happen right now. I'll have to talk to DH about it, but I hope in the next year or so I could go to part time for a while.

Hey everyone!

We've had a busy week and it feels like Pete is learning something new every day! He's babbling so so much now and I love it. I can't wait until I can actually understand what it is that he has to say. He also learned how to make a kissing noise on the way to daycare today. And he's starting to walk more regularly now, although he can only take about 4 solid steps before tumbling over. And finally, when we go, "How big is Peter?" he puts both arms in the air and smiles and we say, "sooo big!"

I am just loving this age.

My husband and I were off work today. We sent him to daycare so we could spend the day taking care of some moving prep. We met a painter at our new house so we could get some estimates on interior paint work. We also need a new car so we spent some time at two dealerships. It felt very productive!

And finally, we visited two daycares in our new neighborhood. It's hard because I just love our current daycare so much. For me, it's the perfect size, the location is great, and the teachers are just so warm and caring. I trust them completely and Pete is so happy there. The two we saw today were... meh. The first one is a new facility but it felt a little sparse and brightly lit. He will seriously never sleep there with overhead fluorescent lights in his face. The teachers in the infant/toddler rooms also seemed to be going through the motions of changing diapers and dangling rattles, but not really smiling or loving the babies. The second place literally felt like a dump. It was in an old house, all the toys looked like there were from the 90s, and the paint on the walls was chipping. It just looked so depressing! Ugh. I was feeling very discouraged.

However, I found out through the neighborhood association that there is a home daycare right on my block. I called the woman who was very friendly over the phone and I am eager to meet her next time we are there. We really only need full-time care for 9 weeks until I am off for the summer so I hope we will feel comfortable with her for that time. Then, I can hopefully find some better options for September.

So anyway, that's the update on our end. I'm going to read through earlier posts to see what you all have been up too now!

(Sorry that was a really long post!)

@Adira: Wow, so jealous Xander is off the pacifier! That's great! Pete is also obsessed with crawling up the stairs. I think he knows that he gets instant attention from us as soon as he starts speed-crawling to the base of the steps. I've been trying to avoid buying a gate until we move to our new place though.

@ALV91711: Awe, it must be hard to think about returning to work after a year at home. I know that it's different for everyone but... I was dreading my return to work in September. It felt like a dark cloud hanging over my head for the whole month of August. But then, on my first day back, I felt so GOOD. I was shocked but I felt like "me" again! Anyway, I hope you have a similar experience and it's a positive one. I do agree though that part time seems like the perfect balance. I hope you are able to work it out so that you can work part time in the future too.

@Smurfette: We don't have anything super special planned for his actual birthday right now. I will be on spring break then and we will be newly moved. Perhaps we will try to go to the zoo or swimming at an indoor pool as a fun activity, depending on the weather, but probably nothing crazy. I am going to be in shock when it's March 21st. Cannot believe it will have been an entire year since our surprise delivery!

@silver1: Glad you guys had a lovely Valentine's Day!

@Adira: Yay for eating chunky!! I have try that for J. I don't remember seeing in my grocery store, going to check Amazon.
@Smurfette: No plans yet on J's bday, I'm working that day. Thinking I might take the afternoon off and take him to library or gymboree if they have story time or something. I have never yet been to a mommy/baby class and want to try it out.
@ALV91711: Wow that is going to be tough! Hope you can work out going part-time, it would be best of both worlds. I want to go part-time as well in the next year, hoping things line up.
@QueensBee: Aww thatz so cute putting his arms up and walking!! yup LO is getting to be more fun with each day!! hoping this will continue all the way thru toddler years! Yay for moving to your new home hope things go smoothly!! Ugh sorry you had to visit the crappy daycares. hoping the home daycare works out.