Well, we did it. JJ is completely weaned. I think it was more saddening for me than for him. At a year I stopped pumping at work and was nursing 3 times a day. At 13 months, I dropped the afternoon feed. At 14 months, I dropped the morning feed and now at 15 months we are done. I was sad to have it happen. JJ could have nursed forever if it were up to him. He didn’t even put much fuss up about it. As long as he’s not reminded of it anyway (i.e., I’m covered up), he doesn’t throw a fit. He is down to one bottle a day as well–generally before bedtime. He has 2 sippys of milk and 2 sippys of juice a day. He’s such a precious boy. I am truly sad to have this part of our relationship end, but figured since I was doing it more for me than for him at this point that it was time. I am so thankful to have lasted this long especially because there were times when I wasn’t sure I was going to make it much longer.
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JJ is just a bundle of giggles. He laughs at anything and everything. Peek a boo is one of his most favorite activities and cracks him up. Looking at his own reflection in the mirror is quite amusing for him too. He loves to play hide and seek…well mostly he hides, and I say, “Where’s JJ?” and pretend to look for him and he starts giggling. He’s super ticklish like his daddy too. Whenever I say, “I’m gonna get you,” he absolutely cracks up and starts running away from me. I must admit though, that although I really enjoy seeing his cute little face light up, that I really enjoy our quiet times when he’s just cuddled up next to me or we’re reading a book together. He’s growing up too, too fast.
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It’s funny. Day to day as things happen, I think, “That would be a good thing to blog about.” Then I forget about it, don’t blog and the thought has left my mind. Now that I have time to blog, I can’t think of a dang thing to blog about. Maybe I could blog about all of my pregnant friends. There’s four of them now I think. Nah, been there done that, nothing exciting. Maybe I’ll just put some pictures up if I can find them on my hubby’s computer. Yeah, I think I’ll try that.
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Don't you just love the spikey hair!
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Way back in the day, when this was the style...haha.
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On the five yard line, four, three, two, one, touchdown!
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Watch out! This stick has multiple functions!
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Get it off...get it off!
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So, I have been busting my butt this summer so that I can find a job for the school year. This is a rough time to be a teacher though. I submitted applications to two districts (the only two that accept applications without open positions posted). That was to Riverside Unified and San Bernardino City Unified. I also sent in applications to a charter school in Riverside and to Alta Loma School District, even though the position they had listed was only temporary. I just need to get that one more year out of my way so that I can clear my credential.
This summer I’ve been working as well–as a stay at home mom. The thought had crossed my mind to get a job, but given the economy I didn’t even try. JJ and I have been doing lots of activities–Gymboree 3 times a week and swimming lessons in the beginning of the summer. I’d say, on average, I probably do about 1-2 hours of housework a day. I’ve also picked up a couple of tutoring clients–a second grader, a fifth grader, and a fourth grader. It’s been going well and it gets me out of the house for a little bit. JJ gets to spend time with nana and grandma when I go tutor because they come to watch him.
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So about a month ago we decided to take a free preview class at Gymboree. They have classes specified for different age levels. JJ is in level 3 which is for 10-16 month olds, so he’s a little more adventurous than most of the others in his class, seeing as how he’s almost 15 months old now. Needless to say, he loved it! I thought it was great too. They have lots of little things to play on that are arranged in different ways every two weeks. The instructors are great and have lots of energy. The only thing I don’t like is that the classes themselves are almost identical every week. There is bubble time and parachute time and time to call out Gymbo, as well as pushing the big air log. Other than that, there is usually one or two unique activities each week. The activities themselves are not very long, which I think is smart because attention spans aren’t that long at this age. It is $65 a month, which I think is kind of a lot, but it also includes free gym time 3 times a week. So you get 45 minutes of class time and up to 5 1/2 hours of free play gym time each week.
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