Exciting News... And Not So Exciting News

First and foremost, I have to update everyone... Jaiden is back to his happy, perky self again. He never ended up having a fever, just a nasty cold for about a week. He is still just slightly stuffed up every once in awhile, but other than that he’s doing great. I have officially decided that the absolute best thing in life is seeing his face light up when I walk in a room. This morning when I went to get him out of his crib, he saw me walk in his room and words cannot express how much my heart melted at the sight of his face when he saw me. The last 2 or 3 days he is really starting to focus on our faces as we are talking to him and he is studying our facial expressions. He now is looking in the direction where noise is coming from trying to figure things out. He absolutely loves any kind of music and anything that lights up. His coos are coming more frequently and we just love to make him smile. Kevin and I actually take turns counting to see who can make him smile the fastest. HA! In the past week I have noticed he now has different distinct cries... hungry, pure exhaustion, startled, etc. are all so unique to one another that I now feel more confident as to what he needs at any given time. He’s changed our lives in just a short time, and we love him so much. It’s hard to imagine what life was like before he arrived!

Now for the exciting news... Kevin started his new job today! Thank God for no more busy season and ridiculously long hours!!! For those of you who don’t know, an opportunity presented itself to him back in December. He honestly wasn’t looking for anything at the time, especially because baby was due within weeks, but this came to him. After talking it over with me and a few others, he decided to look into it. We were surprised at just how good of an opportunity this was for him. After going through the long interview process he was offered a position and we are thrilled about it. Again, there was nothing wrong with Plante & Moran, but this new position is just a better fit for us. His new position is as a business development financial analyst for Stryker in the Craniomaxillofacial department. He seems thrilled about it, and I can’t wait to see how the first day went.

The not so exciting news... I have to have that dreaded root canal tomorrow. Ugh! I’m not looking forward to it at all, but I’m trying to look at the big picture and imagine waking up without pain in my mouth. It’s been awhile. My mom is going to come over and watch our little monkey and I’m excited for her to see how much he’s changed in the last week or so. It’s so hard to believe he’ll be 2 months old on Friday! He has a Doctor’s appointment next Tuesday and has to get a few shots... Yikes! I’ll give you all another update afterwards.