Many Updates and other sorts of stuff...

I havent written in awhile, not for lack of stuff to blog about but mostly I have been unmotivated as the days draw to a close on my summer vacation. tear. new teachers report tomorrow. TOMORROW!!! ugh. i am so not excited about giving up the role of stay at home mom. i like that role. i wish i could keep it.
so anyways. E is in Costa Rica this week on business. its lonely without him but it could be worse, it could be longe i guess. The baby is walking, not well as he is too impatient to only walk. his body moves faster than his legs can go so after a few steps he reverts to crawling, although he has successfully walked from one end of the living room to the other. He is eating more solid food. like sandwiches and bananas (when he can pick those up, theyre a little slimy which makes grasping the little pieces difficult) and chicken and tofu (although my tofu didnt come out well for me, sort of had the consistency of soggy bread. gross.) although the baby liked it. i went shopping for new clothes for work as my new job requires that i look respectable on a daily basis, something that was not required in public school. not a big deal in and of itself but with the ability to wear jeans and school related t shirts to work every day my wardrobe isseriously lacking in the business appropriate attire. so we went shopping. $350 later i got 7 shirts and a dress. and some accessories. the shirts generally werent that expensive but when i went into The Limited and tried on a size 6 dress that actually fit i bought it (it gave me a huge ego boost as pants sizes are ALWAYS larger than that by a size or 2 or in some cases 3) so i bought it....and a necklace and bracelet to go with it that totalled $130 just for one outfit. oh well. however ALL of the shirts i bought are black, white or a combination of the two (including gray). so satuday it will be my goal to buy something in color. anything in color would be nice.

Swim lessons are going well. He is floating by himself for a short period of time which is cool to see, although he does cry the whole time he IS doing it. and its not a real i'm scared and hurt kind of cry, its a whiny i dont want to do this and am unhappy that i am not in control kind of cry, which isnt all that upsetting to me like it is to some other parents. Yesterday he got turned face down in the water. let me tell you how much he did not like that! when he rolled back over he was pissed off and certainly let you know it, but he was trying to turn himself over on his own which is cool, he knows what he needs to do, he just needs to get better at it.

in other news my little cousin (although not so little, shes a senior in high school) won 1st place in "Connection Idol" in Hartford Conn. I've posted the link here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f6UCyojOVk - she has an amazing voice (I had no idea she could sing) and while you wont understand what she's saying because she is singing in Japanese I'm sure you will enjoy it.


The first picture is from our very long wait inthe airport when we flew home in July. He's looking out the window at the planes...or something at least..
This picture isnt good quality but it shows how much he actually loves the swing, it is probably one of his favorite things to do.
here hes eating a turkey and cheese sandwich and bananas. you can actually see all 4 teeth here too :)
And me and EJ with Lindsay and AMelia at their graduation from the "Baby's First Year" mommy's group we've been attending since he was 2 1/2 weeks .