A Break Perhaps

As I suspected the 8th tooth in Declan's front set finally broke through. It must have happened over the weekend because his mood definitely seemed improved and his concentration seems to have gone back to things like babbling (da, da, da, da, da) and moving, as he has started to lunge himself forward from a sitting position to almost a crawling position. He's also much more eager to eat his meals again. This makes me very happy.

Work has been busy, busy, busy. All week I have been feeling like it is my short week because we are traveling out of town for a wedding this weekend but it is not. I am spoiled by my every-other-Friday-off schedule. I was off last Friday though which was timely since my in-laws stopped through on their way from the east coast back to Milwaukee. So we've left the kiddo overnight several times so far but this is the first time we're actually skipping town to do it and it feels weird. My folks are looking forward to their time with him though and that makes me happy. The weather has warmed up again and they've got a baby pool just waiting for him. He has really started to love the water and splashes up a storm in his bath. He has also started to outgrow his baby towels. It has gotten much harder to dry him with them because they just don't cover him well. I think it's time to step up to some larger ones.

There were some crazy earthquakes in New Zealand last week centered mostly around the northern tip of the south island but also shaking Wellington. None were destructive like the one that hit Lyttleton/Christchurch previously but I bet they were disconcerting nonetheless given there were like 40 some in a 48 hour period. New Zealand, like most of the other places I have traveled, holds a special place in my heart and I hope that the kiwis are coping.

Sorry for the lack of photos lately, aside from the weekly shots we snap of the kiddo I haven't been doing much picture taking. I need to get back on that because I miss it. We are getting ready to start the house-hunting process though and I don't doubt our fall is going to be a whirlwind. I'll be upfront, I know from past experience that finding a home is a time-consuming, frustrating and emotionally draining process, so I probably won't talk much about it until it's a done deal. Since this house is going to hopefully be our long term home I can only hope we find something amazing.