You are being watched

After many months of stressing, I have a job. Two small, yoked parishes south of our town. I'm excited and scared -- just a healthy, respectful understanding of the responsibility of leading congregations, nothing truly neurotic. Start date is August 1st. AND, we found child care for Patrick -- Children of America. Jesse and I took a tour today and loved it. On top of everything else, we can access Patrick's classroom via a secure web connection and see what he is up to in class. So cool!

Be Patient!!

I am the type of parent who expects the child to follow the book.

Life says to me: BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Patrick will do what he will do when he is motivated to do it and not in the sort of timely manner that makes it easy for Mommy to chill out.

Thankfully, he has mastered two milestones in the last week.

Patrick now feeds himself with his fingers. Nice to see since he hates to eat. And, he has exchanged sliding around on his back or rolling over and over for slithering around on his tummy. He also gets into an almost hands-and-knees position from sitting so maybe he will crawl someday.

And for weeks he's been pulling himself up on the furniture and his crib and the pews at church. He also likes to walk holding on to our hands.


Oh, and he's getting top teeth.

McDreamy vs Bill Gates

Jesse's hair has Patrick Dempsey potential. Full, very wavy. He let it go way too long between haircuts and I started seeing how great it would be if someone just trimmed it up a little -- it would look like McDreamy. Jesse even said he would ask for such a cut. So, off he goes to the stylist this morning.

(Just so you get an idea that this is not a Hair Butchery, I went to this place last winter and my cut cost $72.)




Does the stylist know who Patrick Dempsey is?? (FYI: for some of you, he is one of the stars of Grey's Anatomy and is known as McDreamy on the show....he is pretty dreamy.)




Or did she look through Jesse to know that he has, er, a more mathematical mind?


Sigh. Maybe next time. (yeah, like when I find the stylist for him and give them the third degree -- oh, and pay for it myself)

Teeth!

Yes, finally. At almost 10 months, Patrick's two lower front teeth are starting to poke through. I have heard that babies who teeth late have healthier teeth. Or is that something nervous mothers tell each other? Oh, and he has started to self-feed with finger foods. But why oh why won't he hold a bottle and give me a break? I know, I should just be glad he is finally taking bottles. Don't have pics of the teeth yet (see below).

Entry for June 8, 2007

There won't be any pictures for a little bit. In a mad cleaning frenzy, I got the vacuum cleaner a little too close to the computer area and it ate the camera cord. While the vacuum made it out alive, the camera cord met an untimely death.

In other more exciting news, Hanna Andersson is coming to Houston!!!!! Hear that Grandmas???!!! This is Patrick's favorite clothing store. Lots of organic cotton, soft, brightly colored clothes for kids -- the sort of clothes that let kids be kids because little girls look like little girls in them and not Britney Spears and boys don't look like they are set and ready for a Nascar race. Now, don't think anything about the prices (and actually, they are better than BabyGap and Janie and Jack). Those clothes are sized to last several months and they do. Patrick has a spring jacket that will also fit him in the fall. As kids get older and start growing at a slower rate, moms tell me that these clothes fit for 2-3 years. They are also of the best quality. The seams are indestructible and the fabrics are densely woven so they last wash after wash. They even have clothes for adults.