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So, I have recently been harassed for not updating my blog frequently enough.  My defense was that nothing exciting has happened worth blogging about, but apparently that is not good enough.  So here it is, our non-exciting weekend.  J.R. has been on midnight shift, and will be until Wednesday.  What does this mean to us? It means trying to keep Tommy quiet all morning.  Let just say it doesn't really happen.  I attempted to be out of the house for at least a few hours to give JR some quiet time, but I also don't want to get Tommy to far from his nap schedule.  To make matters worse, we had horrible weather today.  It poured all day.  We did have some opportunities to get out, but I wasn't up for dragging Tom out in the rain.  So here it is, our weekend in a nutshell.
Friday was our most exciting day.  Tommy and I went to visit our friends Sharon and Carson. Sharon and Lewis are the couple we vacation in NC with every Spetember.  Carson is their son, who we had not met until Friday.  He is adorable!! We basically just hung out and caught up on what has occured in our lives since September.  We are looking forward to our vacation in six months.
Saturday we met Aunt Shelly for breakfast at the diner.  Tom charmed the waitress with his smile and eating habits.  After a few errands, we came home and waited for JR to wake up.  After a trip to Costco (a weekly habit for me!) we had a nice dinner and hung out until Tommy went to bed and JR took a nap before work.
Sunday was rainy, so Tommy and I hung out until JR woke up.  The somewhat exciting thing that did happen was that we went to an open house.  As some of you know, we are very casually beginning to look at new houses.  We love our house, but need something bigger.  We don't necessarily need to move right now, but we want to take advantage of the market if we can.  The house was very nice, but we are very picky.  We want to find the right house because we want this to be the house we stay in forever.  J.R. and I have a list of demands and here are some of the "wants":  4 bedrooms, a lot bigger than 1/2 an acre, Central Dauphin or Lower Dauphin school district, not too far from work and shopping, somewhat updated (not needing TOO much work), big kitchen, and STORAGE!!!  Oh, and we don't want to spend a million dollars!  We haven't even gotten a realtor yet, but we are keeping our eyes on all of the new listings.  Of course, we are waiting for JR's dream house to go on the market (it is next to our friends the Leiberher's house).  We shall see how the story unfolds.  Sunday ended with Aunt Shelly coming over for dinner and a visit.  That was our weekend in a nutshell.  Hope it is satisfactory for my critics out there!!

Proud SLP momma

Being an Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), you have certain expectations for your child.  Yes, you worry about gross motor milestones, but you can always pass those off saying that" they will walk when they are ready," or may be "just lazy."  Then there is the thing you want your child to exceed in...TALKING.  Every day that I am working, I evaluate people's ability to talk and communicate, and of course, I want my child to be on the high end of average.  You don't want to be the SLP who has a child that isn't talking.  Now we all know (especially SLPs) that it is not always our fault if they happen to be language delayed, but we do everything in our power to avoid it.  Again, it is probably the overachiever in most SLPs, but it is something we all think about.  This brings me to my point...Tom is talking! I am proud to say that he has at least 10 words and seems to gain some each day.  His list currently includes hi, bye, mom, dad, dog, Jake, kitties, up, uh-oh, ay ay (our cuddle word) and bounce.  I am quite surprised that none of his words have to do with food, considering his favorite activity is eating, but we will work on that. 

Other than that, no exciting updates.  I am still loving work and J.R. is doing well with his job.  We love Tom's daycare provider and are literally spoiled with all of the help we get with Tommy.  He sure is one loved little boy!