Here is a great way to talk about myself!!!

Well I decided to join the Blog revolution!! I don't think I have too much that is interesting to say, but I would like to log my son's accomplishments and just keep a journal about our lives to be able to look back on.

Reid just turned 3 months old on February 18th. My how time flies. He is in size 2 diapers and in size 3-6 month clothes. He is an awesome baby. He is just starting to develop some hand eye coordination which is very cute. He is very slow and calculating when he goes to grab for a toy or my cell phone as the case was today. He is smiling and cooing a lot. That is the best sound in the whole world I have decided. Right now he is sleeping in his crib, which we don't do often enough. It is so easy to put him in the swing, and since he sleeps with us in bed he doesn't get to sleep on his back alone much. I love him sleeping with us, but I am thinking that when he starts to nurse less frequently at night then we will start to integrate the crib into our sleeping arrangements.

He got his DTAP and Polio vaccine yesterday and didn't even cry. I was shocked. He didn't develop a fever and really wasn't even fussy. I am glad we are going with our pediatrician on this one and doing 2 per month instead of all at one time. I think it will be easier on his little immune system.

Reid and I have been attending Gymboree (how very yuppy of us). We both like it though. I am hoping to meet some Mom's that I can hang out with as I don't know any around here. My mommy friends are all in Tampa. It is also fun because I learn games to play and songs to sing with him. It is not intuitive to know how to play with a three month old. Reid had a hard time focusing last class, it is a lot more fun to look at the other babies than boring old mom. He then had a melt-down right at the end, that nothing would calm. I had to take him out of the room. Of course he was ready for a nap before class and all of that stimulation on top of being tired already must have really hurt his brain.

After Gymboree on Monday I went and had a cyst drained on my wrist. There is a possibility that it could come back and if so they will surgically remove it. I have had enough surgery in the past few months so I am going to hope that it stays away.

Erik's birthday was yesterday. He turned 32. He got a Tivo for his birthday, which we have both enjoyed. We have waited too long to jump on that band wagon. He also got a nice outfit from the gap to go with his new body. He has been doing the South Beach Diet and has lost almost 10 pounds. He looks great and his clothes are fitting him better. What is even better is that the food is great and I like it too. He has done low-carb for 3 weeks and now is moving on to some good carbs. He is in the process of looking for a new car. Our Honda that we have had for 8 years and are still paying on is no longer worth it as the AC starts to act funny. The fact that he has to use a tampon to keep the windshield wipers from going berserk should tell you something. He deserves a nice car after he got the raw end of the deal when we got our Escape. He ended up losing his Miata which he loved and I got to drive the new car while he got stuck with the old Honda. We are looking at Jetta's. We both love them. He needs a four door car for Reid anyway.

I just finished Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner. What a great book. So relevant to my life right now. It brought up the issue of trying to have it all i.e. career and family, and how it is very difficult. I feel so great about how we have made this work. Much of the reason that I wanted to become a nurse was because of the flexibility I knew I would have to be home with my children. It works out perfectly that when I do have to be away from my baby he is with his father. That book was really a great read at this point in my life and I highly reccomend it to any new moms. Although I admit I did just get back around to reading again.

I have been thinking a lot about my next birth even though it is so far away. (We will probably start trying again when Reid is 2- actually not that far away). I was told VBAC was an option- and I definitely intend on persuing it (it was no fun recovering from that c-section). The question is do I do it in the hospital or not. There is lots of evidence pointing me to consider both options so I plan to do a lot of investigation in the next couple of years.

I guess that is all of the rambling I can come up with today.