Mommy's Job

Andrew and I were talking about my job the other day. He is really beginning to have long conversations with us about all kinds of things. I told him that I was a lawyer, and he said, "like Peter Pan!" He loves the movie Hook, in it Peter grows up and becomes a lawyer, the profession is not presented in a good light in the movie, but I responded, "yes like Peter Pan." Then he wanted to know more about what lawyers do, so I explained that I go in front of judges and argue for my clients. We had recently had a conversation about the police and putting people in jail, so I explained that when those people go to jail they go in front of a judge and the judge decides whether they did a bad thing or not and whether they get to stay in jail or go home. Andrew responds, "if they didn't do a bad thing they go home, but if they did they stay in their cage, or they can tell the police that they are sorry and won't do it again and then get out of the cage!" Thank goodness it isn't that easy to get out of jail or Mommy would be out of job.

Book Suggestion

So, my very first post on this blog referred to a book I had recently read called, "I Don't Know How She Does It" by Allison Pearson. I just read that this book is being made into a movie starring Sara Jessica Parker. To all my fellow working moms out there you might want to pick up this book, it is a fun, fast read. I guess other people liked it too if they are going to make a movie.

I have to admit sometimes I use some of the lead character's tricks in my life. Kate Reddy is the main character and she is a business executive, married with two children. She does things like buy store baked goods and then adds a few little touches and removes the store packaging to make it look homemade. I totally do this! Not all the time, but when I just don't have time to bake treats for school, I use some of these tricks myself, then you still look good in front of all those perfect stay-at-home mommies!

If you are a working mom you will totally relate to this book!

More Andrewisms

(Ryan was explaining his work that day regarding retirement benefits for UW employees. He told Andrew that "retirement" is for old people who no longer work, but still get paid from money invested like a piggy bank.)

Ryan: Do you know what an old person is?
Andrew: Yes, it's when someone turns silver and their face cracks.
Ryan: (laughing) You mean their hair turns grey and they get wrinkles?

Daycare Worker: What kind of picture are you going to color?
Andrew: I'm going to color a picture as beautiful as my mommy!

Awww, gotta love little boys!

New Job - Again!

In case you haven't heard, Ryan has been appointed by Governor Matt Mead to be the Director of the Office of State Lands and Investments. I can't say how proud I am of Ryan for receiving this appointment. However, I also keep teasing him about how Henry is only 9 months old and Daddy has already had 3 different jobs! But, clearly this position is an honor and one he has earned with all his hard work these past years.

In other news, the boys were both really sick last week, Andrew had a bad cold and cough and Henry had RSV. We finally got them to both pull through and get well just as Ryan and I got their colds, lovely. My dad and his wife Lauren came for a visit over the weekend and we enjoyed seeing them again and spending time in Ft. Collins on a warm and sunny day in February.

On Monday, President's Day, I offered to take Andrew to the Library and then realized that it was closed for the holiday. Well, as 3 year olds will do, he wouldn't drop it. He was so upset that we couldn't go to the library, so I offered to take he and Henry to the bookstore instead. Little did I realize that Ryan had our stroller in his car in Laramie. So, I had to carry my 23 lb. baby, a diaper bag, my purse, and of course Andrew's winter coat all over the store while I chased Andrew from book aisle to book aisle. Needless to say I was exhausted after that jaunt. But, I did find a fun book series called "BOB books" which help teach children to read. Andrew is doing very well on his pre-reading skills, he knows all the letters and the sounds they make, so we'll see how this series helps him progress.

I have lots of great new pictures and videos of the boys. I was unsuccessful in loading the videos to this page, more tech stuff I need to learn. I'll try to get some of that up soon.

Dance with me Henry

You can find new pictures of Henry at 9 months here; www.juststaceyj.com under the post titled Deja Vu. Stacey lists a song to go with each blog post and the song for Henry's is "Dance with me Henry." We looked it up and listened to it. It is a great song from 1955, kind of big band sounding. Henry loves it and he loves to dance with us in our arms. He is a fun having kind of guy.

Crawling

Henry officially started crawling on Monday 1-10-11. He has been fairly mobile for a while, but he was only going backwards, pushing with his arms. He now can crawl in the forward motion. He is still a little funny about it, about every other step he does a little hop forward, pretty cute stuff! Good thing I got our gate up this weekend on our stairs, just in time.

Unfortunately, his crawling was a little upsetting because he first accomplished this at daycare. One of the hardest parts as a working mom is missing some of these "firsts." But, our daycare is awesome and they texted me right away to let me know about it, so at least I was in the loop:)

Andrewisms

Me: What state do we live in Andrew?
Andrew: Wyoming.
Me: What city do we live in Andrew?
Andrew: Cheyenne Frontier Days.

(Andrew at daycare)
Daycare worker to another boy: Your birthday is Sunday what do you want?
Little boy: John Deere trackers.
Andrew: Oh, well I got you dinosaurs.

(after getting into trouble..)
Me: Andrew what do you say to your Daddy?
Andrew: excuse me
Me: what do you say
Andrew: (laughing) may I be excused?
Me: what do you say
Andrew: (still laughing) please
Me: (yelling) what do you say
Andrew: (sheepishly) sorry
Me: What are you sorry for?
Andrew: Five, six, seven, eight
-Clever and maddening at the same time...this is three