Happy New Year's Eve! Enjoy!

The first Christmas that we lived together, Taylor's mom got us a shower radio. It was a giant yellow M&M dressed in scuba gear. She got him at Sam's Club. I'll be honest, I thought it was a strange gift. It turned out to be something we love more than life! M&M Man has been with us for years. We've listened to weather reports, traffic reports, I've had school closings. Sunday mornings Taylor listened to pre-game and I listened to Casey counting down the hits, almost always hitting a long distance dedication. He was part of the family.

Something happened to M&M Man when we moved from our house to the apartment. He stopped working shortly after we arrived. We hoped it was just batteries, but alas, the problem was more severe. M&M Man passed away. Still, neither Taylor nor I could do it-we couldn't throw him away-so he has been sitting in a place of honor on the bathroom counter (not easy since it is a tiny apartment bathroom) where we see him and think of him daily.

For Taylor's birthday, his mom got us a new shower radio. This one is fancy, with preset stations, a digital clock, and an antenna. Taylor has it all hooked up and in the shower and enjoys listening every morning. I have to have the baby monitor on when I'm showering, so I haven't had the opportunity to use the radio yet, but look forward to trying it out this weekend. Still, today when I was brushing my teeth, I looked at M&M Man and sighed, realizing it is really time for him to move to greener pastures. It feels like the end of an era, a closing of a chapter of our lives. We love you M&M Man and just because it is time to let go, we'll never forget!

(See-I can post about something other than the baby. I don't want to be that Mom (and you know who I'm talking about JJ) who only talks about her kids and is super annoying. For the record though, Grant is now 10 pounds! He has a cold, so we had to go see the doctor and got to get weighed. What a Moose!)

Happy belated Birthday to Taylor, Alexander, and Golic. Three of my favorite men!

Stay dry and safe in all this snow. I just walked up to get the mail-it is freaking crazy out there! We've already got at least 6 inches in a few hours. It is going to be one of those winters here in New England. The best part of renting an apartment...no snow shoveling! Aces!

Superbad is a naughty movie. I can't believe we're watching it with the kid in the room. Later in life when he has a dirty mouth amongst other issues we'll remember this moment and know why!

What a long day! Grant didn't do well sleeping last night so Mommy didn't get great sleep. Normally, I would have just gone back to sleep after I fed him at 7 like he did, but I knew that the little people were coming over to fix our broken heater at 9, so I got him cleaned up and back to sleep, took a super fast shower, and got the living room furniture all moved so they could fix things. I thought about running out to the grocery store or something so I could be out of their way, but Grant was tired so we just stayed home. It was a good thing we did-because they were literally here for the entire day! That would have been a hell of a lot of groceries! So, not only did we not have heat in the living room, we had a pair of strangers, so Grant and I hung out upstairs in the bedroom all day. Like it isn't hard enough to entertain an infant that you can't really lay down because of the spitting problem all day, try doing it in a bedroom with no toys, no radio, no computer, nothing! We bonded and had fun playing things like practice sticking out your tongue like Mommy, but that gets old for everyone after about 19 seconds. They just left at 4:00 and god bless them, we have heat! Grant is down for a nap (in his bassinet like a big boy) and now it is time to start dinner-too late for the nap I wanted this morning at 7:00. Oh well, the joys of motherhood!

Grant and I had a big adventure yesterday. I took him to visit my coworkers. It was our first time going out to someplace other than Grammies or the Doctors. I wouldn't say it went well, but it wasn't a total disaster. He was super cute and had a nice visit while he was sleeping, but then decided to wake up and be someone who is absolutely not my child! He was hungry-so I fed him-and then changed him because he spit up all over himself (and Mom) and he screamed the whole time. He is such a good baby usually-only cries when he is getting changed, but not yesterday! It was like he could smell the bad karma all over the place and wanted out. I felt like I was getting judged by people because he was crying or because he spit up (not just on me, on sweet Julie who was trying to help me out!) or just because I brought a three week old baby out of the house. I did take him to new work as a trial run for going to old work, where I really care much more about the people and what they think of me, but it was a tramatic experience for both the Grant Man and I, so I think it will be a few more days before we try another major outing!

Sounds like Grant is waking up-shocking-he's been asleep for a whole 25 minutes! More later!

Congratulations to Taylor on the promotion! We're really proud of you baby!
Also congratulations to Julie on her new job. I hate you for leaving-but I couldn't be happier for you!