I am a bad blogger.
Okay, so it's been... almost 5 months since I last posted... anything. I'll try to post a catchup post, and then maybe be more regular about things, at least until I get busy/distracted again.
What was I talking about again? ;) Right.
Since the last time I posted, so much has happened. Ollie's 16 months old, which is amazing. He's not only walking but very nearly running, he learns new words all the time (he said his own name for the first time just the other day, which is super cute, and he says "bubble" all the time right now), and he's still an incredibly affectionate, clever, stubborn, perfect little kid. 16 months is by far my favorite age yet; I'm currently brainstorming ways to keep him this age forever. :-P
It doesn't hurt that he is, finally and truly, sleeping through the night most of the time now. We did some very mild sleep training (basically progressively teaching him to put himself to sleep) and so I can read him a book after his bath, then put him down with Gertrude and just leave the room, and he'll put himself to sleep. Even when he wakes up in the middle of the night I really just have to open his door and let him know I'm there and he'll go right back to sleep.
He plays soccer too, not formally, but he loves to run around and kick a ball (or pick it up and throw it, depending). Last night he picked up a spare blade I had bought for my hockey stick and was whacking at balls with that, which made me grin. I think it would be neat if he liked soccer or hockey; if he likes both, that will be even more fun.
Work has been up and down lately. I got a great promotion, to System Architect, which is pretty much exactly what I want to be doing, and really exciting. On the downside I've been a cranky overstressed husband/dad entirely too much of the last few months, since I'm under a lot of deadline pressure and that always puts stress on my easygoing personality. :) That should be easing up soon, fortunately, and I've been trying to keep my mental keel more even in any case.
We came into a little extra cash at the beginning of March, and bought a fancy new camera with it; since, we've managed to take at least several hundred photos, many of which you can see in the gallery. :) I still need to encode and upload a bunch of video from as far back as Christmas, so maybe I can do that this week or something.
The spring season of hockey is nearly over; we have two more games and then the playoffs. We've had a very roller-coaster season; some games we play well, some games we look like we've never been on skates before. I've had a couple of good games (including one where I very nearly had a hat trick), and a couple of really rotten ones. Hopefully next season will be smoother. :)
I know that's not nearly enough detail for five months, but I'll try to be more consistent. If I can't remember things week to week, I pretty much have to post once a week or so just so I don't forget, I guess. :)
What was I talking about again? ;) Right.
Since the last time I posted, so much has happened. Ollie's 16 months old, which is amazing. He's not only walking but very nearly running, he learns new words all the time (he said his own name for the first time just the other day, which is super cute, and he says "bubble" all the time right now), and he's still an incredibly affectionate, clever, stubborn, perfect little kid. 16 months is by far my favorite age yet; I'm currently brainstorming ways to keep him this age forever. :-P
It doesn't hurt that he is, finally and truly, sleeping through the night most of the time now. We did some very mild sleep training (basically progressively teaching him to put himself to sleep) and so I can read him a book after his bath, then put him down with Gertrude and just leave the room, and he'll put himself to sleep. Even when he wakes up in the middle of the night I really just have to open his door and let him know I'm there and he'll go right back to sleep.
He plays soccer too, not formally, but he loves to run around and kick a ball (or pick it up and throw it, depending). Last night he picked up a spare blade I had bought for my hockey stick and was whacking at balls with that, which made me grin. I think it would be neat if he liked soccer or hockey; if he likes both, that will be even more fun.
Work has been up and down lately. I got a great promotion, to System Architect, which is pretty much exactly what I want to be doing, and really exciting. On the downside I've been a cranky overstressed husband/dad entirely too much of the last few months, since I'm under a lot of deadline pressure and that always puts stress on my easygoing personality. :) That should be easing up soon, fortunately, and I've been trying to keep my mental keel more even in any case.
We came into a little extra cash at the beginning of March, and bought a fancy new camera with it; since, we've managed to take at least several hundred photos, many of which you can see in the gallery. :) I still need to encode and upload a bunch of video from as far back as Christmas, so maybe I can do that this week or something.
The spring season of hockey is nearly over; we have two more games and then the playoffs. We've had a very roller-coaster season; some games we play well, some games we look like we've never been on skates before. I've had a couple of good games (including one where I very nearly had a hat trick), and a couple of really rotten ones. Hopefully next season will be smoother. :)
I know that's not nearly enough detail for five months, but I'll try to be more consistent. If I can't remember things week to week, I pretty much have to post once a week or so just so I don't forget, I guess. :)
Thank you for the update.