Well here we are, about to wrap up the summer season -- well, as defined by the academic year -- and boy, we've had a busy summer. We spent most of the last month traveling, for a total of six plane rides and four states (well, including connecting airports.) I'm fairly confident that I will not allow for any further plane travel whenever we have a child in the household who is between 12-18 months. I can't even begin to count up the hours of sleep I lost worrying about all of this traveling, but in the end it was a good experience and I'm glad that we had the chance to make it to Wisconsin for a wedding and New York for a short visit.
Now that JW is old enough to do activities, play dates, etc., I'm trying to figure out how we will spend our days this year (again, academic year rules in our house! Thanks, Strake Jesuit...) Last year I had to plan everything around his naps, but he's more flexible nowadays and will hopefully be dropping his morning nap in the next month or so, so I hope we can get involved and do some stuff. It's so crazy how just as you're getting used to your kid being a certain way, he changes. Like now JW eats with a fork, when just two weeks ago he would have likely stabbed himself in the eyes with one. He doesn't throw bowls on the floor (as much.) He understands commands (though doesn't always follow them.)
We're so spoiled by having John home all summer... it's going to be hard to see him go back to work! I guess the one good thing about him going back is that there are fewer dishes to do during the day. ;)
