If you're still around, attending to my now once-a-month posts, you the real MVP.
This Friday, P and I took advantage of our daycare provider's $20 date night and got all dolled up for a night out. We went to a new Brazilian place (quite a rarity in small-town, rural Kentucky, I must say), killed some time at Starbucks with hot chocolate, then went to catch a movie. (Best movie snack: buttery popcorn eaten with M&Ms). We hadn't been on a date in a while. It's nice to set aside mommy and daddy duty for a few hours every once in a while.
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Today we just chilled hard. Didn't even leave the house. I love these lazy Saturdays. Sleeping in, cuddling with our son. Pancakes and coffee. It's the day we experiment with different foods with the little one. Today he ate chunks of apple, bits of ham, boiled egg yolk and chopped up boiled egg white. He finally learned to sip from his spoutless, spill-proof sippy cup and we got a video, of course.
I can't believe he'll be 10 months old in a matter of days.
Lots of good things: P defended his dissertation last Friday, so, he's officially a doctor. We're officially doctors together. He's walking in his graduation ceremony next month (since I've already bought the regalia and he's graduating from the same school, same department as I did, he can just borrow mine! No need to shell out an additional obscene amount of money! Woo hoo! ). Baby's first Thanksgiving this month (my folks), first Christmas next month (P's folks) and first birthday the month after that (us). Yup. It will have been a whole entire year since I gave birth in literally 2 months. And that's insane.
P's on the job market and has had a couple of preliminary interviews so far. Things are still up in the air. It can be unsettling, but right now, it's exciting. I'm choosing to see things as "full of possibility" instead of "full of uncertainty." Next year around this time, we could still be here or we could be somewhere else. Time will tell.
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