the scoot

Happy Six Months to my little guy! Here he is a few days ago demonstrating the scoot. He has already gotten a lot faster and is figuring out that he can move across the room. You might want to turn the volume down because it is a little loud. For those of you who want to know, William weighed in at 16lbs, 6.5 oz and 26 1/2 inches today at his check up...big boy!

Weekend

Yesterday we took a trip over to Shelby Farms to enjoy the weather's dip down into the 80's. We are certainly appreciating our weekends more these days!

Ooh, Child...

First of all, this video just cracks me up. What are these people wearing? Secondly, this has been our theme song for the week...things are going to get easier. We have had a bit of a difficult week. I, of course, had to work nights again, and HJ happened to get sick. This is the first time he has been actually sick (high fever for 3 days) since we've been married, and I think since I've known him. And, it had to be during my first full week of internship when I was working every night. Thankfully, his mom came up for a few days to help! Thanks, "Gran"! The good thing is that the week is over, HJ is better, and we survived. We are reminded, again, that God is in control of all things, even our bad weeks. And, He will sustain us as He always does.

These pics are opposite the order in which they occurred, but oh well. If you want the correct order you can scroll down and start at the bottom.

Bye, Bye, Bouncey...William is now escaping the bouncey. He drops toys over the side and then goes after him. It is a little dangerous because he can't actually get out. He just hangs off the side and then cries until we rescue him. So, I guess the bouncey will have to be retire soon. It has provided countless hours of entertainment in the last few months while we ate, showered, cleaned...I'll be sad to see it go.

The evolution of the scoot...now he is starting to pull his legs up after he pulls forward on his arms. He has figured out that he can actually go long distances yet, so he is still pretty much just going from toy to toy. I'm sure it won't be long though, so we need to get to baby proofing.

If you look closely, you can see the carpet burn on his arms from all the scooting.

Last Sunday...William learned how to scoot.

Fourth of July

First day of work as a real doctor...I do not look this chipper after a week and a half of nights

Dark Dramas based on real life

Here are a few of my thoughts from the week:

• "Dark Dramas based on real life- your taste preferences created this row"- this is what our Netflix homepage said today. What does this say about us? We also had a row called "Visually-striking quirky comedies" so I didn't feel quite so, well, dark. Their computer system uses your previous choices of movies to pick new categories you will like. We'll see what it says tomorrow since we tried to watch a documentary on Christopher Columbus...it was too boring even for us.



• To bumper or not- William has started rolling over every time we put him in the crib, and almost every time he hits his head on the side of the bed, resulting in a loud thump. This does not phase him at all, but I don't want his little neurons damaged every time he turns over. We have (thanks to my parents) a super cute bumper pad that I have not put on the bed yet, due to my fears of suffocation. The back of his crib is solid, so you cannot tie the bumper pad back there, and I am afraid he will pull it down on himself. And, he now pushes his little face against the side to sleep, and I don't want him to sleep with his head smushed in the bumper pad. So, I can't decide what to do.



• Germs- I have initiated an all out war on germs here in our house since going back to work. I don't want William putting his mouth on anything that touched anything that touched the hospital. Yikes...so I have been taking my shoes off at the door and basically sterilizing myself and everything else that I touched before I pick him up. Is this completely crazy? Probably, but if you saw some of the things I touch at work, you would understand.



• A cockroach just crawled up my leg while writing this and HJ trapped it under a pillow. Yet another household item that has to be cleaned. Seriously, I did not make that up. (I screamed.)


• Night Float- this month I am working 7:30pm to 7:3o am (which really means 8:30 am) from Sunday to Thursday nights. It is definitely not an easy way to start off my intern year, but I have to do it some time. I have worked 2 nights now and have 20 to go. My sleep schedule means that right now I am wide awake, but I'm sure I will be suffering tomorrow. I am missing my little buddy, but HJ is doing a great job of taking care of him while I'm working.

And of course, a few pics from the week: