Wow, where did the month of March go? Only one blog post? I had better get it back into gear! I'm sure I'll have more to report this month, since in only 12 more days we will (hopefully) get to find out if we're having a little Agatha or a little Archibald. :)
It has been interesting around here lately. First news is a change in schedule. At 19 1/2 months, we have finally moved Alex to one nap a day. It was nice while it lasted. Every day for the past 19 months, I could count on at least an hour and a half every morning, and another hour and a half to two hours to myself every afternoon. This was how my house stayed clean, dinner was made, my shower was taken, etc. But Alex is old enough to do one nap now, so what we are trying to do is take him out for some type of activity every morning, when he normally would have taken his nap, in order to distract him and help him stay awake and refreshed. Then he is taking a nap at 1:00. He is doing surprisingly well with this, although he is still not taking as long of an afternoon nap as he needs to. It's typically about an hour and a half at this point. Then he wakes up and is not very well rested, which makes for a long night sometimes. I am hoping that he will soon settle into a little bit of a longer nap -- we'll see. It is definitely an adjustment. The one nice thing is that we are able to get out and do things in the morning, when before we never left the house before 11:00. This opens up more opportunities for play group and activities with the moms club. And hey, now we can go out to breakfast! :)
Another fun development -- Alex has a new favorite word. What is it, you ask? Mommy? Daddy? Dog? Well, no. The word is "No." Alex LOVES to say no. He is now realizing that he has choices. I am trying to get him to play more independently, so I can get some things done around the house, since he is napping less. So I will say, "Alex, go play with (whatever toy I suggest)" and his answer will usually be "No, no, no, no, no!" SO much fun.
On a non-Alex related note, last week, Erik's friend Jamie sent me a message and asked me to run in a race with him in Lititz next Saturday, April 11. My first thought -- "Yeah! I love races." My second thought -- "I haven't run since I got pregnant and started feeling sick. I doubt I can do it after sitting around doing nothing for 3-4 months." My third thought -- "Well, maybe it's just a 5K (3.1 miles). I could probably do that." So I find out it is a 5 mile race, and for some reason I agreed to do it, just figuring that I'd have to run slowly and take some walking breaks. So after getting the okay from my doctor, I started running again. Yesterday, I ran outside (partially because of the beautiful day, and partially because my treadmill is broken and ended up smoking the last time I was on it), and I was able to run the 5 miles without stopping at all! Definitely slower than my previous pace, but hey, I can still do it! I owe a lot to Jamie for giving me the motivation to get started again. I didn't realize how much I missed running!
Also, at the end of April, I am walking in a 5-mile walk with our local moms club in March for Babies, which benefits the March of Dimes. If you are able to contribute a small donation, please let me know!
So, that's it . . . some adjustments, and looking forward to some nice spring weather . . .
And that's what has been happening on Boomerang Drive over the past few weeks!
-- Holly
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