Baldy

Reid is officially 5 and 1/2 months old now!! My how time flies. It is shocking to me how fast this is all going and I am even living in the moment and trying not too look forward. Right now Reid is sleeping in his crib, as he does pretty much all of the time.

Last week I did the thing where I fed him in his room when he woke up at night and put him back in his crib and he did perfectly. The kink in that plan is tired mommy. So I have been still getting him out of his crib when he wakes up and bringing him back to our bed. He does end up back in his crib though at some point. He used to be snuggly and still and now he ends up sideways in bed so that our family looks like an H for Hirsch, me on one side, Erik on the other, and Reid connecting us. Sounds kind of cute, but not very comfy. I really do think Reid sleeps better in his crib, so I will become better about putting him back on a case by case basis.

Now that Reid can roll over like a champ, he gets frustrated because he can't figure out how to go forward. He is definitely making motions to do that though, he can get his little bottom up in the air and can move his legs, but he can't quite get the front to cooperate. He can't sit up very well yet either. He ends up bent in half. I don't think that will take too much longer though. I was trying to distract him with a toy the other day and instead of playing with the toy while sitting up, he went mouth first into it to lick it so ended up being bent over again. Everything has to go into the mouth... He even ripped off a piece of our wreath on the door the other day and it went into his mouth. He is especially fond of cups and water bottles.

He continues to get more bald every day except for a patch in the back that makes him look like a monk and a wispy little mohawk. Erik says I am not allowed to shave his head.

Reid has identified his favorite book. It is called Moo Baa La La La. He smiles when I open it even before I start reading. It has animal sounds so I guess he thinks that is funny. I am amazed at how much he likes reading at this age. We can literally sit down with 10 books and he will pay attention. I can't wait till he is old enough for Harry Potter!!!

There is nothing new going on with me. I was blessed with a half day on Sunday. I got a call at 4:45 in the morning on Sunday telling me I was put on call, which was a lovely call to get that early. I turned off the alarm clock and Erik, Reid, and I got to enjoy a leisurely morning. They called at 1 pm though and told me to come in, which was fine, at least I made some money Sunday.

Erik finished his dreaded class last week. He is going to take the summer off, which we are both excited about. He has too much on his plate right now with Reid and more work responsibility. It is hard on both of us. He has the number of classes needed to take his CPA which was the original goal so we will see what the future holds. He has no current plans to take the CPA exam since he is not really in that line of work currently.

We heard that my wonderful Mother-in-law has been relieved of her new position of Principal. Because the school where she works has not made adequate progress in 3 years she was let go. There are a few problems with this...

1. She has only been there a year, so she is being punished for someone else's mistake.
2. There is a huge population of non-English speaking migrant children who usually are not in school the whole year.

I have a hard time believing the school is ever going to get better if they aren't going to let the principal do her job. 1 year is a short time to make change. It is completely ridiculous and another reason why we are not anxious about putting Reid in a public school. It is obvious that the people in charge are not the sharpest.

We are considering home schooling as an option for Reid. It is obviously something that we have time to research, but I am interested in it. It all depends on how we feel about the public schools where we live at the time. We are hoping to live in St. Johns County by then, and they have a great reputation. The other option is private schools, but all of the options around us seem to be religious based, which is not what we want for Reid. Anyway, homeschooling has recently intrigued me. A friend of mine is also looking into it so I told her to take me along for the journey. It seems like all of the homeschooling groups are all very religious as well- which I am not opposed to, but that is not the reason we would be doing it. I would want to find a group that is not a religious based one...

I guess that is all of my ramblings for now.

Cheers!!!

Jenny