Things in Orlando are good. Matthew came home for a few days and then left again for a couple of days of overtime. I think he's trying to escape all the Tommy-duties I've delegated to him! Northwest just changed their schedule, changing me from two 8-hour days to five six-hour days. I've been trading a little, but it's not going to be easy getting to be off as much as I like. A couple of days ago was the Daytona 500 race, which brought lots of people to Orlando by plane, meaning work was very busy. Next Tuesday, one week from now, is the start of my 2-week vacation, so I have a little bit of time to contemplate what is next. Embrace it? Quit? I'm leaning towards the latter but am nervous about making the right decision in this economic climate. Especially considering my addiction to travel. Well, we'll think about it for a while and see what comes up.
As for Thomas, he is doing very well. He misses me when I'm at work, says Matthew. Good thing Matthew is at home to babysit! I think they are getting some quality bonding time in the morning while I am gone. Thomas has been drooling a lot the past few days, and pulling his hair, too. I'm not sure what the pulling of his own hair means, but I'm happy that he's stopped pulling mine! He still likes to hold it when he's in my arms, so I usually have to remind him that we don’t hold Mommy's hair. Mom has been taking him for walks down the street to the corner, about six houses down. He walks all by himself. It takes about 25 minutes to walk there and walk back. It takes a real effort to keep moving in one direction! So many things to investigate! Acorns! Leaves! Ants! Grass! I think he likes the acorns the best.
A few days ago, I decided to take Thomas for a walk in the stroller since he was getting fussy. He twisted and squirmed when I tried to put him in, making it impossible! I held him still for a moment, and said to him, "Thomas, would you like to go for a stroller ride or would you like to go to bed?" And there was a pause in the action while he thought for a few seconds, and then he pointed to the stroller. And then he let me put him in there without any more struggle! I thought, Wow! Now that was real communication! It's so exciting to see language abilities develop more and more!
We're still transitioning to one nap a day. Sometimes he has one nap a day, occasionally he has two. Today he woke up at five (from cold) and fell asleep again until 6:30am (WOW!) Then he stayed awake until noon, and I put him down for a nap. He slept for an hour and a half, and he was awake again but not happy! Well, hopefully we'll get the kinks ironed out soon.
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