How Many Has It Been?

I'd say it's been way too long since I posted on here. Life with a baby is busy--who knew? Today, October 4, is Ethan's 7 month milestone. That means that my little man is closer to being a year old than he is a newborn. Where did the time go? It seems like I was just pregnant, and yet I have a 20 pound, 28 inch tall son. He's in the 90th percentile for his height. His 12 month Onesies aren't long enough for him! I've discovered that Ethan's definitely NOT a Gerber baby as far as clothes are concerned. They seem to run small; either that, or he's just another giant Heston. I'm not complaining, though, because I'd rather have him be 6'6" and take after his daddy than to take after me and be something like 5'4" when he's an adult. LOL He started eating foods about 2 months ago, and so far the only thing he doesn't like much are fresh bananas. He loves sweet potatoes, peas, pears, peaches, apples, plums, prunes, and squash of all kinds. He also likes rice and barley cereals. I just bought some multi-grain cereal today, so we'll see what he thinks of that. Something tells me he won't really care, as long as I'm feeding him!

On September 12, I convinced the troops to go have professional family pictures done. We went to Sears and did a whole bunch of pictures. I even color-coordinated everyone with orange and brown--my two favorite fall colors. I thought this would be a good time for us to take family photos because Taylor entered her big 1-0 year on June 24, and Ethan was 6 months old. So those were both important dates for them. As for Jon and me, there wasn't anything special for us. But I got to get my family photos done. :)

Jon's work has been steady enough through the economic changes, which is good. He's thinking about changing employers if the opportunity arises. After working for the same company for about 10 years, he would like a change. I would love to see him get something that doesn't require out of town trips all the time, and would enable him to have a set schedule every day. As for me, I am seriously considering going back to school. I'm realizing that my talents and intelligence just aren't being used to their full potential in my job right now. Don't get me wrong--I LOVE the industry and the people I work with. But in my current position (which is basically data entry), I'm not challenged enough. Boredom has set in big time, and it's going to drive me crazy! So I'd like to pursue nursing, and become an LPN. It would require a VERY busy schedule. I would have to attend night classes, since I work full time and don't see them allowing me to cut back hours to do school. But we have to wait financially to see what Jon might be doing in the next month or so. If he gets on a set schedule, it would be a huge relief on both our parts in order to figure out daycare and other day-to-day details.

Let's see...what else? We're in the middle of painting our house. We've gotten all but one new window installed, and we're trying to sell our Honda. That would allow us to pay off my car, and it would be one less bill to worry about. Daycare sure does take a big chunk of money every month! At least Ethan's expenses will get cheaper as he gets older. :)

I think that's about it for now. After all, we don't have a very exciting life. At least Ethan keeps changing...keeps things interesting. Thanks for reading!