the early bird gets the worm...

so i am NOT a morning person. (surprise to all that know me i'm sure!) having a baby means i have to be a morning person whether i like it or not. the last few months, tony and i have been rotating the getting-up-with-jonah responsibilities. it's not really working. on mornings that i get up at 7am, i will have stayed up entirely too late the night before (we're talking 12:30 or 1am) and inevitably i'll be mrs. crabby pants for the rest of the day. and that's even if i do get a nap in at some point. on mornings that tony has a turn, he'll usually take a morning nap with jonah making it ridiculously hard for him to wake back up and thus we become MR. and MRS. crabby pants. it's a wonderful life, really!

that being said (and lived for way too long) we decided to make a change. i am now the early bird. that means that i can go to bed earlier and get more sleep, but i don't get to see tony (have dinner together, watch a little 'alias', hang out) when he gets home from work at night. it's a win/lose situation really:

more sleep at night for me

+ more sleep in the morning for tony

+ less of mr. and mrs. crabby pants

WIN

less time together by ourselves

+ less time together by ourselves

+ (you guessed it) less time together by ourselves

LOSE

just one more reason that i CANNOT WAIT to get the heck outta this place and have semi-normal jobs and schedules.

what makes it all worth it? our little 'worm'!

daddy's books

excellent choice, jonah

happy birthday to jonah!

i can't believe it...jonah is already 1. this year has flown by. i have mixed emotions about it. i'm so excited to watch him grow and learn and can't wait for him to start walking and telling me all kinds of things. on the other hand, i wish he were still the little fragile 3 day old we brought home from the hospital who needed me every moment of every day.

so here's to jonah...my little boogalou

7.20.06

7lbs 14oz

18.5 in

7.20.07
23lbs 2oz
30.5 in

for more pictures from jonah's birthday, click on 'jonah's photo album' to the right

independence day

happy 4th to everyone. i'm currently waiting for jonah to wake up and lori to get here so we can go to the royals game. while i wait, i'm sitting here watching the rain POUR down from behind our big glass door. sad day...it's supposed to thunderstorm off and on all night. i have little hope of anything different judging from the current conditions.
dang it...fireworks and cooking out are all i have left of the 4th celebrations. growing up, we always had some sort of party for my brother, brian. it's his birthday. (happy birthday oldie olderson) so the 4th was always a family day. since i've been in kansas city, i always get a little sad on independence day because it reminds me how much i miss my family. so fireworks and cooking out are all that's left and i'm not sure if we'll get either of those today. at least tony is off work and lori is still coming over. we'll celebrate even if we're stuck in our crappy apartment all night!