Yikes!

Over a month since my last post, I am a really bad blogger. Wait, I am not even really a blogger at all, I have a blog...and sometimes I remember to write in it.

I would say I will try and be better but I don't know if that's possible?! There are a few reasons why blogging has been hard - first, HMB loves the computer and when I have it out, he wants to "use" it. And by "use" I mean watch the trailer for Finding Nemo (we have the actual movie) or an episode of Dora the Explorer.

Since I work from home, I don't have a time or place I can blog except when HMB is napping or asleep for the night. When he is napping or asleep for the night (more on sleep later), I have a lot of other things I want and need to do, like WORK! So blogging is not high on my list of priorities right now. In fact, I haven't even been good about READING some of my favorite blogs lately. But I am happy that work is keeping me busy, my business partner and I are about to publish our first book - a career development workbook (we are taking pre-orders, reserve your copy NOW!!) and we have been doing a lot of press, which is cool (The Hill Newspaper and Washington Post Express). It's exciting!

So all that being said, HMB is still an HMB in regards to sleep. He does not sleep through the night, usually he wakes up around 2:30am and 5:30am then sleeps until about 8am. IF he decides to nap, he doesn't go to sleep until about 9:30pm. If he doesn't nap, he passes out by about 8pm. But his bedtime doesn't seem to affect when he wakes up, it's so odd! HMBs sleep has always been odd and honestly, I never did anything about it except for reinforce bad habits so I only have myself to blame at this point (21 months later...).

In all other ways, HMB is not really an HMB at all! He is a funny, chatty, curious babe who likes Dora and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and reading Green Eggs and Ham (he calls it "Sam") and Go, Dog, Go. His favorite phrases are "There it is" and "I do it". He is also a very good helper and cleans table after he is done eating, and sometimes the floor, the couch and the tv.

It's so amazing how much they learn at this age, it's something new every day! HMB loves animals and has a complete farm set (ok, he has a couple). He also has a true to life size gecko named Moy and a mini rubbery dinosaur named Joe. Joe and Moy come everywhere with us. If we leave the house, Joe and Moy always seem to come with us. Also, if HMB sees the Geico gecko on tv, he yells "MOY!" We have names some of this other animals, but Joe and Moy are special and HMB truly loves them. In fact, they got a bath with him tonight and he took great pains to wash them with his soap and to make sure they "closed eyes" when he washed the soap off their heads.

As for me, life without the thyroid (almost 5 months) is going all right, even though it's taking time to get my meds right. Running regularly has seriously helped me both mentally and physically and I am grateful to be able to do it as often as I do! FYI I am still wheat and meat free (6 months).

Anyway, since this is a blog about HMB, I will end by saying that he is currently obsessed with whipped cream and if we see it in the store, he wants to buy it and if we have it in the fridge, he wants to eat it. Since I am a permissive parent, I generally give in (whipped cream is really just milk with a tiny but of sugar) and HMB has had whipped cream for breakfast, with or without pancakes! Since HMB also still loves his beans, broccoli and spinach, I'm thinking it's OK that he eats the occasional bowl of whip cream!