In The News...

A few months ago, a reporter in the "Upper Valley Parents' Paper" contacted me with some questions regarding being a 'working mom'. I emailed her my answers, and we're in this month's edition! Please click on the picture to see the article. After it loads, you should be able to zoom by clicking on the article. A big thank you to Mike for taking the time to set this all up.

AAAAAAAH!

Today something so exciting happened that I had to write about it right away!!! Exactly 35 minutes ago, Jonathan had his first poopies in the toilet and not in the diaper! It's been a challenge to catch him before he has to go, as his usual strained face usually indicates that he's already in the process. So, this morning, he looked a little strained, and I asked him if he has to do poopies and he said "ya" so I figured he already went, and took him to be changed...but, behold! His diaper was dry! So, I figured maybe he was trying to tell me before-hand, and so I placed him on his potty on our toilet, and told him to make poopies and I heard a "plunk"...I couldn't believe it...I almost started dancing in the bathroom and screaming "AAAAAH!!!" Here is the proud boy in all of his glory!
PS...this miracle has yet to be repeated :)

Updates

Jonathan is growing so quickly! He says "ta ta" just about every time we ask him to repeat a word. For example, when we ask him to say "brownie"...he says "ta ta". We ask him to say "thank you" and he says "ta ta"! It's very funny. He does say "no mow" for 'no more', says "ha" for 'hi',"ba ba" for 'bye-bye', and "ee" for 'eat' when he's hungry. Jonathan has started hitting lately, which he will hopefully outgrow by the time the little baby comes around. Or at least, he'll realize that it's not fun for others. I think he's trying to compete with the older kids at the daycare, and is learning from them. He does say "ta ta" for 'sorry' when we ask him to. :) One of his favorite passtimes is playing his guitar while daddy plays his guitar game on the playstation.

We spent a weekend in NY at the end of January. Jonathan stayed at Matt's place and the boys seemed to have had a great time. It was definitely a nice break for mommy!
My belly's getting bigger by the day. I've gained 12 pounds so far and am currently at 22 weeks. At this rate, I'll definitely gain more with this pregnancy than I did with Jonathan! I guess it makes a big difference not living by myself in New York. I still love working my 2 days a week in private practice...what a difference from being pregnant in residency! Of course Mike is doing great at work, and has even been interviewing resident candidates for his program. We have a very busy March coming up and so are trying to take it easy for the rest of this month. Please click on the title ("Updates") for all the pictures!