Hello all. I'm pretty sure I start off every blog by saying that it has been awhile. I really hate that I don't have the time to write as much as I want to. I have so many fun things that I want to talk about. But between taking care of Grayson, working two jobs, taking care of the house, and trying to squeeze in sleep it leaves me with little free time.
Grayson will be five months old at the end of the month. I can't believe how much he has grown, and how much he seems to learn everyday. He is desperately trying to crawl. He can nudge himself forward a little bit on his knees but that's as far as he gets. By that point he usually starts crying because he is pissed off that he's not going anywhere. He's slowly trying to sit up on his own too. I'll have my hands full when he is mobile because he already tries to grab everything and does if he can reach it. He just started holding his own bottle but has trouble with the wider ones.
His favorite thing right now is to sit in the play chair thingy. I have no idea what they are actually called. But it's the thing where they stand/sit in it and it has all the crap for them to play with. This thing has been a lifesaver for me. He will stay content in there just playing for quite a while. He will entertain himself and just babble and laugh. My favorite sound is the sound of him giggling. Unfortuantely when I turn the video camera on he ceases to make any noise. But he really does jabber all day long. Someday I will get more proof.
I still work overnights three nights a week. This was pretty easy before school started because I could sleep when I came home. Joe goes to work at one pm so I could sleep till about noon. Well school started a few weeks ago and it has been a bit of a rough transistion back to two jobs. But I recently got a permanent postion so no more subbing. This way I know where and when I will be everyday. The best part is the school is about two blocks from my house so I can walk. But in the morning I usally drive so I can sleep longer.
I go there in the morning and work as a crossing guard. Then I go home until lunch time. I come back and work in the lunchroom. So I'm done at 12:35 pm everyday. Joe has been dropping off Grayson with a sitter (friend or family member, whoever it is that day) on his way to work. Then I go pick him up when I get off. So he only is with someone for about half an hour to forty-five minutes. I wish I had a neighbor or something who could just come to my house and hang with him until I get home. But I won't complain too much. It beats paying for daycare. The only stressful part is having to plan out the sitter schedule every week. And I'm afraid that I'm going to start bugging people. Hopefully this won't happen as they only have him for a short amount of time.
In other news I finished the Fifty Shades of Grey series. I really enjoyed the last two books. There was a lot more drama and excitement to keep the story moving along. After I finished I was in search of a new book to read. We own the Series of Unfortunate Events series so I decided to give them a try. I just started the 4th book and I think they are only so so. The author's humor and witt are fun, but I feel the first 3 books were so short that they could have been combined into one book. And they were all pretty much the same book. The same things happened, just with different characters. According to Joe they don't start to get good until book five. So I haven't given up on them yet. At least they were short and easy and didn't waste too much of my time.
Oh yeah I almost forgot to update about weight watchers! I've lost 28 pounds so far! Although this week I kind of have been sucking. But it has been a mixed blessing. It has made me look at and realize some of my bad habits. For example, when I was subbing I would have time between jobs. I didn't always want to go home in between so I would stop and go out to lunch. Or I would run to the gas station to get lunch on my way to the next school. I still feel the urge to do this just because it was a habit. But with having the new job right by my house it has made it way easier. And I walk there for the lunch shift so that gives me about a 30 minute walk everyday. (Fifteen minutes to and from) It feels so good to actually have the numbers on the scale go down and not up. I still have a long way to go though but I feel better about myself than I have in a long time.
Maybe next time I will actually post pictures. But I say that a lot too so who knows. Joe and I have a busy weekend ahead. We have a birthday party on Saturday and on Sunday we are doing the juvenile diabetes walk. All I have to say right now is TGIF! Till next time friends!
