March into April 2011

I have been slacking, but that is because we really enjoy spending every waking moment playing with Colin, talking to Colin, singing to Colin, throwing the ball around with Colin, walking Rufus with Colin. After we finish with dinner and dog duties we get CJ off to bed and just veg out. Then we head off to bed. Work has been CRAZY for me, and Eric had a furlough scare but was reassured that his work funding is separate from the Government Shut Down, it will just delay the pay. Hopefully they can work things out so that Eric can get his work passport pushed through for his travel to Germany, he claims is in June. We shall see. Last weekend we spent Saturday hanging out with the Harmons to celebrate Matt's 3rd Birthday! He requested no one sing Happy Birthday at the party. On our way home we picked up a toddler rocking chair from a Craigslist posting. Who knew that $10 could buy such fun for a 14month old? Colin LOVES to play with the rocking chair. He has even climbed into it several times with a book. He is super cute. Currently he is getting more into books, he will bring them to us and demand we read the book. Still doesn't have the attention span to last for the whole book, but that is coming soon! Eric and I keep thinking that there are some clear words coming soon, just waiting to see what he will say! As for teething, these molars are NO JOKE! Ever since the first broke through he has had fewer nights of restful sleep. We went to the doctor Monday morning and CJ was diagnosed with ANOTHER ear infection. The medicine works great, but it sucks that he keeps getting them. The positive thing is the doctor acknowledged that the infections are linked to the teething, not just random infections. Hopefully we won't get to the battle about tubes for his ears. Our family friends, Sean and Deanna(Kohrs) Gordon gave birth to a healthy baby boy March 30th, Maxwell. He is a little cutie, we can't wait to meet him! The weekend prior to that was the National Marathon and Half Marathon and since we had several friends running we decided to jump in the car early Saturday morning and stand on the side of the streets of DC to cheer our friends on. Jeff Doroh, Eric Ferree, Nicole Harmon, and several of our kickball teammates were running their fastest. After the race we hung out with the Harmons/Ferrees and then headed to Crystal City to grab some drinks and dine with the Dorohs. It helped to rekindle the dedication for my training. I am working on getting another 5 miles in tonight. That was a busy Saturday, I can't even remember what we did Sunday. Whew!

On a sad note, our Beta Fish-The Wolf, this morning was found sunk to the bottom of his vase. Eric tried to help revive the fish, but it didn't work. A sad day, we will miss you fish!