Preggo Diaries: Slacking in the posting department...

Ok, so I haven't written in a few weeks and I feel pretty rotten about it. There are some interesting things taking place in our lives currently though, all of which I view as extremely positive.

#1 - Killian is sleeping "through the night." Now, this doesn't mean that Aaron and I never get up...we get up a decent amount of times actually, but Killian no longer nurses at night. I both LOVE and LOATHE this new arrangement. Love because I get a fraction more sleep. Loathe because I didn't truly mind the nighttime nursing, tired as it made me. It was a great bonding experience.

#2 - We are practicing signing! Killian, if we are lucky, will speak English, have a large Spanish vocabulary, and be able to sign to us with his most basic needs. I am excited by this!

#3 - Reflections are fun! Killian LOVES to look at himself, the vain little beast! We have a mirror in his crib now and this morning, he was talking in his crib before we all got up. When I turned his light on, he was content to lay and look at himself while I brushed my teeth and such.

#4 - We are having to upgrade our clothing sizes. I think it took Granny and Grandpa Lehs coming down and commenting that his one sleeper looked tight for me to give the "6 month" size of Carter's clothing a try, but yup, they fit pretty well. Poor kid, I'm in denial that he's growing!

#5 - We are eating foods! Momma makes Killian rice cereal every day now and we are adding a morning feeding at day care starting tomorrow. I have also made him peas and avocado. Peas were an interesting experience. He doesn't dislike them, but their texture is different than he's used to since I make them with the Baby Bullet and that means they have "skins" still. Last night, we tried avocado for the first time and boy did he chow down! I guess that one is a hit, so long as he doesn't show any signs of reaction.

#6 - Mom and Dad took Killian OUT to eat for the first time. While Grandma and Grandpa Lehs were in town this weekend, we went to Joe's Crab Shack, our first dinner outing since Killian was born. Killian did SO WELL! He talked, he ate his avocado, he let Mom and Dad eat their food, he played, and boy did he look at things! I think all the lights and ceiling fans were a hit while he laid in the car seat in the "hammock" deal.

#7 - Tummy time is improving. Though it's still not his favorite, he is doing better and better at being on his belly, we just can't leave him alone or expect it to last for very long. He still hasn't rolled over since the doctor's office, but I feel confident that it is coming.

#8 - He loves his exersaucer and jumperoo! As I am typing this, he is still next to me, bouncing a bit in the jumperoo and talking up a storm. I hear a lot of grunting too, so I think he may be working on a poo.

#9 - THUMBS ROCK! Killian loves to eat his hands, but his thumbs are particularly great!

#10 - He survived his first January Jam. He was able to make it to school to be with me while we invited families and students to spend a fun evening at school. He made the rounds to see all of staff, with the exception of the one staff member who is still frigidly cold toward me after I posted on here about having trouble breast feeding.

I think that bridge is officially burned. I try to initiate conversation with her, but her responses are short and she never really comes to talk to me about anything other than students. This makes me sad because I was trying to say that I appreciated her offers to help, but I guess things didn't come across that way. I would still like things to be repaired between us, but I think I'll just let her be because she clearly doesn't give a shit anymore. It's fine I guess, but still sucks that I had to lose a "friend" at work just because I decided to breastfeed my son and it made her feel uncomfortable.

Enough with the heavy, let's get to some pictures!