More milestones

We have been busy since last I wrote. Last week our AC went out -- again! We found out this time that we have a large leak on the coil inside the house. Rather than replacing the coil on an AC that is 12 years old, and a furnace that is more than 20, we decided to replace the whole system. They are starting that work tomorrow (thank goodness!) It is predicted that we'll have continued highs in the 90's for at least another week. The house is beginning to be intolerable at night. We can only run the AC for short periods before it freezes up, and when it is working, it's not working well.


I returned to playing broomball (summer pickup league) a couple of weeks ago, after over a year of not playing. It has been good, although there are definitely muscles around my incision that I feel afterwards. But this past Sunday I actually scored two goals, so I'm feeling better about kicking the rust off. After the game this week, a bunch of us went to BW3s for beers and some food. Tara brought the kids along, so I took a photo of the two dads with their little ones. Hard to believe that Ava is 4 or 5 weeks younger than Charlie-- they appear to be the same size!

On Monday, Charlie turned 12 weeks old, and had his first "day" at daycare. When I dropped him off he went right to town on the bouncy seat (photo here).

Unlike the one at home, which has lights and sound that are activated by his feet kicking, this one has music and motion that are activated by pulling on some toys on the bar. He grabbed right hold of them and learned very quickly. He is starting to grab and hold onto things at home, too. He is really enjoying his play gym, which has a cowboy theme (to match some of the clothes his Grandma Knepper gave him!)

He stayed at daycare for about 6 hours on Monday, while I went to take care of some errands, including shopping for new work clothes. Although I've lost my baby weight, my shape is now different than it was before.



Today I took him to the baby movies for one last time, with Teresa and Jodi and two more of Teresa's friends. We all went to lunch with our babies afterward, and then I dropped Charlie off at daycare for the remainder of the afternoon. John picked him up on his way home.



Tomorrow is my first day at work-- I'll be dropping Charlie off at daycare after an early morning meeting here near the house. I will probably be more worried about what's going on at home with the AC install than what Charlie is up to! I really think he'll be fine.