Update 1.5
There are new pictures up of month 10. For those of you who noticed this earlier today, you weren't suppose to see all of those. I have made the necessary deletions and corrected the one broken file. Enjoy.
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There are new pictures up of month 10. For those of you who noticed this earlier today, you weren't suppose to see all of those. I have made the necessary deletions and corrected the one broken file. Enjoy.
Job – The job is keeping me plenty busy. It’s getting better but I’m still doing the work of two people which makes life a little rough. The joy of not teaching has been not taking work home, but most nights I take work home. Granted I don’t start working on it until Muiread goes to bed, but still, I’m working at home. Again, it is getting better, even if Brandon doesn’t think so.
Govies – its summer so of course I’m pretty busy with Govies. This is the big final push before our big trip out east and then the season will be over. This year more than most, I’m really glad it’s nearing the end. Of course I’ll miss my friends that are in that group, but I just really haven’t had the time or energy this year to really put in 100%. I feel little stretched right now and it shows when I’m super bitter at every rehearsal. What does that mean for the future? I really don’t know right now and if I say I’m not doing it, I’ll get yelled at.
Mom Life – I like that little girl quite a bit. Yesterday she gave me a look that reminded me of old pictures of Jacqueline. I have plenty of days that I don’t think I know what I’m doing at all, but she’s healthy, seems happy and really is a pretty easy baby. My worries always come from food things right now. Am I feeding her enough, am I feeding her a healthy diet, just junk like that. I am REALLY excited though that ECFE classes start up in September again. It will be good to be around other parents.
Self – see comment in govie section about bitterness. It’s pretty much just who I am right now, except with Muiread. I’ll work on that one this fall.
So yes, I suck. I should say WE suck, but Brandon never writes on this anymore so I guess it’s totally my responsibility. I did update photos a week or so ago, but never put up that announcement. Anyway, I’m planning on giving you 1-4 updates on what’s going on in our lives.
We begin with what’s most important – Miss Muiread. It’s hard to believe she’s 10 months old now. I guess that means I need to put some new pictures up again. (I’ll get to it, there are some pretty cute ones). I find myself doing little videos more and more these days. There are some updated videos on our YouTube site as well. I can’t access that from work to include a link so you’ll have to use one of the previous videos here to get there for now. (I should add a link in the right hand column I suppose)
Muiread is still a peanut but she is growing like crazy. At her 9 month appointment her stats were as follows:
She’s eating like crazy. Loves applesauce, spaghetti O’s, cottage cheese….well honestly, we really haven’t found a food yet she won’t eat. These are just the foods she kicks her feet for. We have tried all sorts of stuff and keep trying more things as she is able to try more “chunky” food. If she would only get some more teeth! (she still only has 2, but we’re pretty sure there are two more on their way finally)
Movement – Let’s see in June she finally started crawling (see video from June 10th), that quickly progressed in to much faster and accurate crawling. Then in July while we were on our trip, she surprised us by pulling up in the hotel crib. (there are pictures). Now all she wants to do is stand up everywhere and cruise around the perimeter of the downstairs. She’s getting pretty good at that too. I’m waiting for the day she let’s go of the couch and is just standing there. (she’s one handing it right now most of the time).
Babbles – Muiread has a lot to say but has no inside voice. I’m pretty sure her first word will be ball, but we’ll still have to wait and see on that one. Everyday when I’m driving her home from daycare, she tells me all about her day. It’s pretty cute even if I have no idea what she’s trying to say. Her other big communication thing is waving. She’s been doing this now for at least a month. She waves to everyone we see. The other day she was even waving at the people on TV.
So those are the big points. I’ll try to do a little better with this in the future, so don’t give up on me yet!!