Me.

The good: I got the job! We're working on the exact start date now, but I'm really excited about this new opportunity and move in my career. (I'm not leaving the company, but taking a new role within my organization)

The bad: The last time I nursed Callum was one week ago (after he fell off the bed). I tried a few more times after that but he'd scream and fight me every time. :( It wasn't a pleasant experience for either of us. I had really wanted to make it to (at least) 6 months, like I had with Logan. So I'm really disappointed in myself that I couldn't keep it up. :( If there's any silver lining to it all however, it's that I'm now able to get rid of all the ugly nursing bras and tops and return back to my regular ol' lingerie!

The ugly: Last Friday I had a follow up with my GYN/fertility specialist who I last saw during those first few scary weeks of my pregnancy with Callum. He examined me and did an ultrasound to "confirm" (as much as you can with this illness) that I have endometriosis. We're pretty certain this is what has been contributing to my pelvic and lower back pain over the past few years.

The next step, for a true diagnosis as well as treatment, is laparoscopic surgery. I scheduled the surgery for early November (so that it's after Halloween with the boys - how sad is it that Halloween is a higher priority?!?). I've never been put under before, if you can believe it!!, so the control freak in me is a wee bit nervous. :( Luckily, I'm seeing one of the best surgeons in the country, and feel completely safe and reassured that I will be in good hands. And, since medicine has come so far these days, I should be walking the same day (or within a couple of days at most), with a relatively short recovery time, thank goodness.

"I said no more pictures Mom"

It's a shark day

Shark hat, shark shirt and shark shoes (not pictured). ;-)

Parenting at its finest

A few days ago, I was at the table with Logan, battling out another mealtime negotiation when I muttered under my breath, "You're a pain in my ass".

To which Logan replied, "No, you're a pain in my ass!"

Whoops. ;-)

Jon had a work event he needed to be at all day Saturday so after soccer, pictures and lunch with my parents, I left the boys in their capable hands and took the train up to the city. We actually didn't stay too long after I got there, since the party was dying down and Jon was getting pretty tired from being there all day, so we headed home soon after.

While driving home, we looked up movie times, to see what was playing and when, since it was a rare kids-free night for us. Unfortunately, we were in that awkward "in between" movie times where we would've had to wait a good hour or so before the next movie time started. The more and more we talked about it, the more and more Option B sounded like an awesome plan.

Option B you ask?

Grab some frozen yogurt, watch a few episodes of True Blood (which we're kind of addicted to now) and crash early.

I felt like we had just played out the "You know you're a parent when...." series.

Today Callum got to try apples for the first time. As always, he did a great job eating them - although interestingly, it seemed like he gobbled up his peas much faster! Could we have a veggie in the making? :)

More than just relaxing...

I guess swim class (or the screaming, yelling and crying) took more out of him than I realized. ;-)

Mommy Baby 1:1 Time

Out for a walk with Callum while Jon watches football and Logan relaxes to Ratatouille. :)

Loganism of the day

After waking up this morning, Logan informed me:

I have the hiccups. I need to go to the doctor again.