The Frozen Banana

For all you Arrested Development fans out there, or those of you who like my husband have a Jason Bateman man crush.  Today Ben is a Bluth, as the outfit says he has his own banana stand.

Ben is now a little Catholic kid

It was a whirlwind weekend with family here from all over, and a baptism with a party to follow. Overall it was good, and the goal was accomplished. Ben got baptized.  Here is a little pic for proof.

bits of info

Two bad things in the fam this week happened.

1. My Grandma broke her hip in three places from a bad fall, while the recovery is gonna take a long time, she needs lots of prayers for patience, and that those around her will be willing to help her with what needs to be done. I believe she is now in a rehab facility and out of the hospital.

2. My brother-in-law who is also a chemist, but of the wet variety, had a nasty chemical accident, and has a burned foot because of that.  Never mess with full strength sulfuric acid.

Two good things:

1. I am done with researching and now just have to write my thesis, which means, working from home with Ben in tow. w00t!  Sadly, this means I no longer will have an income, but really that is just a minor detail and we will do just fine with my husband's salary.

2. I was a confimation sponsor for a teen in the Lifeteen program and she was confirmed by the Bishop last night, which is super cool, cause now she is a full fledged adult Catholic.

so....

Today I start writing my thesis.  Apparently I am done researching.  I hope to be done writing by August.  Scary to think the end is really here.  All this being paranoid about having to deal with the boss for nothing.  Well I hope to get an hour of researching in today.

Also, pray for the Tennesseans they are all flooded out.  Hopefully they can get things back to normal quickly.

7 quick takes

1. It's my last day of my last week before I start working part-time from home. So I should enjoy it right? Good thing its sunny out!

2. We've been dealing with rash issues with Ben, thinking its a mix of cradle cap and baby acne.  He doesn't mind, but I sure feel bad for him.

3. Found a new show that both Keith and I like, called Better Off Ted. Reminds us of Arrested Development.


4. I hurt my back, or maybe its just my hips deciding its time to decrease to normal size again. Whichever it is, it sure is annoying cause I can't do all the crazy holds I have developed for holding Ben so that he is happy.


5. We are working on having Ben nap on his own, and also trying to space feedings out to at least 2 hours apart. The second is going better than the first. Not sure he is ready to nap for more than 30 minutes on his own, and this is after he has fallen asleep with one of us close by.


6. We made it out for many walks this week once the rain was thru early on, and they have been fabulous.


7. We are going out to our first dinner engagement tonight without Ben, hopefully it goes well.

Train success

I am attempting using public transit with Ben these days. Yesterday we rode the train (the rapid if you are a Clevelander) and we had no crying, and actually had a sleeping boy one way.  This is a rare occurrence in the car these days, so it was a nice change.  So we are gonna try it again as we are headed to a friend's house which is right off the train line.  I think he likes it because he gets to be close to me rather than in a separate seat, and it probably has a more even vibration about it too.  Who knows.  Anyway, I am testing it out so I can maybe see if I can really use the public transit for my transportation to and from schwork.  I know I will have a few bags to take in each day, but I do think so far it is possible.  Though I will definitely have to invest in an Ergo carrier, or maybe take the jogger stroller some days.

Pray today goes ok, it was kinda a restless night in the Kurak household last night.

exercise

I think I need to progress from walks to some small runs, though I don't think Ben could go with me till he can be in a Jogger stroller.  That would be fun.  But for now we will see, maybe just walks and some ab workouts.  Does anyone have any recommendations for new mama workouts that can be done efficiently.  Granted since I have an active baby I get a workout from keeping up with him, but still feel like I could do a little more for my health. Who knows, maybe I am just crazy.