Back to real life...

So I am officially back to work full time. This week has flown. I, of course, had myself scheduled to work this weekend so not only did I work the regular week but put in a couple of extra days on top!

My trip home to see my family went great. Jimmy slept in the car the entire way there - not a peep! Then when we got to Mom's I decided to knock something over on the porch and promptly woke him up. I think it was probably waking up in a strange place but he didn't sleep well after that. We were up and down all through the rest of the night.

Family came over in the afternoon - and I will get pictures up. It was great seeing those that were able to come over. My grandmother, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin Kelly and Kelly's daughter Morgan were the first to arrive. We got to visit for awhile. My brother and sister-in-law, father, and cousins Jodi & Kristen, and cousin Renee and her kids all came over. It was a busy afternoon but he did great and seemed to love the attention. I was really glad my Dad got to spend a lot of the day with us. Jimmy seems to definitely gravitate towards the ladies - at least for his first meeting. He let Dad hold him towards the end but spent most of the day on the floor playing with everyone. My brother and he seemed to really gel this visit.

Tuesday we saw the specialist and he is going to have surgery on his tongue on April 23. It sounds like the surgery is simple enough it will take longer to administer the anesthesia. They said they take the appts. in order of age so we should be early in the morning. I am not really freaked out about it. I just really want him to not have to worry about speech problems because of it. I think mostly I am just happy we didn't have to argue about having it or not. They definitely wanted to do it. They told us he should even be back to eating solid food by that evening.

We also got to visit with Brian's Uncle Bud and Uncle Paul that same evening. It was nice to see them. They are so close that we hope to get to spend more time with them.

Brian had Jimmy to himself this weekend and had no problems. Jimmy went down well for his naps and with the great weather they did a lot of playing. They went to the grocery store and COSI on Saturday and then Brian's Mom came down today and later on Brian took Jimmy to the park. I told Brian I was a little ticked that not only did he have great weather but he had no problem getting him down for his naps... All while I was working! Not Fair!

Angel, our sitter is great! We really like her and things are working out well. The kids are still testing each other a little, but that will work itself out. Angel called and left me a message Friday night because she forgot to tell me that she taught Jimmy how to drink from a straw. Too cute!

Tomorrow we go to see Jimmy's regular pediatrician and then I will work on Tuesday to make up for hours missed when we went to see the specialist. I will get new pictures from my weekend home and our time with Uncle Bud and Uncle Paul up tomorrow.

Happy spring!