Congratulations!

I just wanted to take a minute to congratulate my awesome husband for getting a "promotion"! (I know it's not technically a promotion since it's a totally different division, but I consider it a promotion because it's moving over to a division that we really wanted and has a pay raise.)  Jim has been working in the Technical Support division and has liked it pretty well.  He has, for a while now, been trying to get a job in the Terms of Service department for quite some time now.  Previously, openings have fallen through, and there's been a lot of reasons why it couldn't happen.  in the last few weeks we learned of an opening coming up so Jim was very excited to take the test and get an interview for the spot.  I know he was up against some really tough competition, and I'm so proud of him for pushing through and getting the job!

What does this mean for us? Jim's going back to the graveyard shift.  I think for anyone else, that would maybe be bad news.  But for us, we're ecstatic.  There's pros and cons to this schedule, like any. The main reason why this is helpful is because our schedules do not overlap anymore.  Currently, Jim drives me to school, takes Jimmie to daycare, goes to work, takes a break from work, picks me up from work, I pick up Jimmie at daycare and go home (right during Jimmie's nap time), then wake Jimmie up at 11pm to go pick up Jim from work.  Lots of wasted gas, lots of wasted time, lots of Jimmie's schedule being messed up, money put into daycare, and just an added amount of stress with this schedule.  With Jim's weird sleeping issues having previously resolved themselves, we are sure he will be able to still babysit Jimmie during the day.  He now has traditional days off (Saturday and Sunday) and we will be able to finally go back to our scheduled church time in our ward.  Overall, wins all around!  So proud of and grateful for my hard working and loving husband and Daddy.

Speaking of Jim, some of you may have seen/heard that he's got his foot in a boot.  We don't know all of the details, but his ankle has really been bugging him from previous basketball injuries and seemed to be getting progressively worse.  We were going to go get his ankle looked at when it suddenly entirely gave out on Tuesday at work, causing him to collapse because it couldn't hold any weight.  We were able to get a boot to stabilize it and have an appointment to get it looked at further tomorrow.  We'll keep you updated on that :)

*Update:  After seeing the sports medicine doctor today, he believes Jim has a good deal of soft tissue damage in his ankle. He's been put in an Aircast  for 3 weeks to help it heal.  If it's still not good by then, he will have to have an MRI to look for further damage.  Hopefully it heals with just the cast!

In other news, congratulations to Jimmie!  He is now mastering the art of sleeping in a crib.  I know that sounds silly since he has done it in the past, but he is doing it on a more regular basis for longer periods of time.  He's become better at getting himself to sleep.  We've gotten him on a pretty good schedule.  I appreciate being able to do things after he goes to bed around 7:30.  Makes life much easier ;)

(I saw this the other day on Facebook and thought it was really funny.  This never happens, right? ;) )

I haven't posted much of a traditional blog post so far in March.  I guess, since I'm already writing one now, I'll throw in some random happenings from end of February-beginning of March.

We went out to Sizzler with our good friends Ally and Bob.  It was really fun to see them!  Jimmie sported his Disney PJs because it was a little later than we'd anticipated.  He was HILARIOUS interacting with everyone.  He would smile and wave at everyone who walked by and at all of the ladies at the nearby tables.  He had this one lady playing with him for probably 10 minutes.  He just loves to wave!  What a charmer we have here.

He stands and walks so well. Still no interest in doing it unsupported, but if he's even got a pinky on something, he's good to stand and walk around.

Oh yeah, I chopped off all of my hair.  I'll get some more pictures later.  I think I've finally come to terms with it and like it quite a bit! Heaven knows, it's easier to deal with!

Getting into everything... we're especially loving laundry baskets right now!

I just love this shot of his chubby little thighs <3

Apparently he thinks he can feed himself now!  We're more successful when Mom or Dad helps though ;)

We've been going through awesome cycles of sickness over here.  This cold season has gotten us reallllly good this year.  Jimmie's sick, Jim's sick, Mommy's sick.  3 day break.  Repeat.  

Random candids from playing on Monday.  We loved Mommy's day off!!

But that also means mega grocery shopping.  Jimmie had had enough and decided lay down a few times. Good thing he's got a comfy cart liner!

How can you say no to this face?

It's hard.  But we'd better learn fast!!!

Waving hi from a troublemaker. 

At least he's cute about it!!