haha

in my attempt to get the laundry taken care of yesterday, i found i had a small person underfoot, severely hampering my efficiency... my solution? stick him on top of the laundry (clean, of course!) where he could be involved but out of the way for a few seconds...

need i add that he enjoyed his fluffy, warm ride?

yee-haw!

hey mom- do these toes smell funny to you??

ahhhh, kids are great. even if they DO decide to scream for an hour and a half because they think that 3 am is playtime... yeah. again. he's out of the habit of putting himself back to sleep, so we have to work on that again. he was doing pretty well for awhile. i predict the next few nights may get a little scary!

it sounds like we may be coming home soon. before i get a bunch of comments asking when, we don't have an exact date yet. seems that the promise of a year or more didn't pan out- we're hoping that we'll be lucky enough to be able to give our full 30-day notice to the apartment manager here- from what we gather, we might not have that much time. seems the crew is thinning out really fast. bummer- for those of you who know what travel work is like and what a difference it can make on your finances when it all works out well, you know how disappointing it is when it DOESN'T go according to plan. it's pretty frustrating, not having an exact date but knowing that it may be spur-of-the-moment... but on the bright side, i am SO looking forward to getting back into our own house, where there are no rude, loud people upstairs (this guy is a never-ending source of frustration... if he's SO aware of how thin the walls are here, why isn't he a bit more discrete when it comes to his body functions- turn down the volume on that too, pal...) and where there's more room. however, i WILL miss the pool and not having to do maintenance... that's a perk of apartment living! don't worry- we will keep everyone updated!