Quick Takes

1 - I am liking the Quick Takes approach to blogging these days as I don't have the brain functionality or time to come up with a longer post.

2 - AGN is already a month old! Where has the time gone? For her "birthday" we celebrated by using cloth diapers for a full day and introducing her to a pacifier. Oh, and I gave her a "spa" bath with a nice massage in a cozy, warm room after her bathtime.

3 - Snicks has been accepted to a PhD program... at Min.nesota! Now, it is only an acceptance and we don't know the details of tuition remission/fellowships/etc., but it does give me hope. He has been rejected from two other programs, so we have six more to hear from. Prayers, please, that he gets a sweet deal from at least one of them!

4 - My apologies if my comments have been sparse, minimal, or poorly worded. I am checking blogs and sending many prayers out to the blogosphere. I am using my phone to check blogs most of the time (usually while feeding AGN in the middle of the night) and I don't always have a free hand to type. I have experimented with the voice to text function a few times, but as JBTC could tell you, I don't always spell check! :)

5 - Back to the cloth diapers... after three MAJOR leaks, I realized that I was a little pre-emptive and our wee one needs to wait a bit longer to fit into them. Oh, well, at least we saved a dollar or two for the two days we used them.

6 - I am starting to feel some self-imposed pressure to make sure that AGN is getting smarter. I know, I know, she's just an infant, but I think I am overly worried due to her extended jaundice issues. Here you can see that I have replaced the stuffed animals with extra images from her infant stim mobile. Yep, I am that mom. I cannot say that I have been great about reading to her, though. So, alas, there is a kink in my super mom armor.

7 - We are crazy and going diaperless for at least three hours each day to combat a stubborn diaper rash. Here is AGN surrounded by blankets (to catch the "residue").