I'm sitting here at work, doing nothing (obviously). I'll be here until 10pm tonight and all day on Sunday. I hate this part of my job and feel terribly guilty to be away from Jack so much. Not to mention the nanny costs of working a week like this, which are kind of mind boggling and I try not to think about it. But this crazy phase will be over on Tuesday and it's back to life as usual (for a week or so, then it gets crazy again)
Jack has really become a little boy. He's mischievous and funny and such a little weirdo. And definitely not a baby anymore. He's very into how things work and how different things relate to each other (if I say, "Jack, it's cold in here" he'll run over to the radiator and look at me like "I know this has something to do with the heat, right?") and he's a boundless ball of energy. He's a strange little kid - he still totally babbles in his own language and he loves doing things that he thinks are funny (or that he thinks you'll think are funny) to try and make me laugh.
He's still really easygoing and a mellow kid in general. We're officially off bottles as of a month ago and our bedtime routine has shrunk to about 4 minutes since we don't do any kind of milk before bed and I don't read books either, so it's pretty much out of the bath, get into PJs and then I brush his teeth and that's it. It's pretty nice. His sleeping remains pretty good, still 7-7(ish) and naps are normal. It's a good routine and I'm enjoying this phase of things quite a bit.
His talking is still...unusual? He has very few words that anyone besides me would recognize, though I feel like he's really "communicating" more and more. He nods and shakes his head, not always with full comprehansion, but it's certainly helpful to say "do you want some water?" and have him nod. I'm (very probably irrationally) a little worried about his speech since it's so non-defined - he really doesn't have any "real" words but I'm trying to shut myself up and embrace the "all kids do things at their own pace" mentality.
In no real order, pictures!
