To Spring

It's been a long winter. A long, long winter. It's so exciting for me to see the spring blossoms start to appear. Finally! I say to myself, We can get out of the house!

Dru has been perpetually ill and perpetually on antibiotics and perpetually recovering and perpetually falling ill again. Poor kid. It's been a vicious cycle and we haven't quite kicked out of it yet. This summer, though, she'll be super immune. All we need to do is find some indigenous peoples with low immunity and send her over. Six months later and we'll own our own island. Or continent.

Marcus continues to amaze me with his cat-like reflexes and banshee-like scream. I never thought I would have kids like these - and it's been the most pleasant surprise. A little girl who's silly, goofy, and sweet, and a cat-banshee boy with a fondness for late nights. A lot like their parents, actually. Marcus has cut his first two teeth on the bottom and the front two are coming in. They're huge! He's going to look absolutely adorable-er.

Eventually we'll get around to sleep-training banshee-boy (I keep forgetting to bring home earplugs). Marcus is in our room due to the sleep distress he caused his sister and I've gotten good at falling asleep on the couch. Merry has been dealing with the stuff he does at night, like still crying for food and only being soothed by his mom. He wants to be held all the time, I mean all the time. He'll be Portland's only 30-year-old in a Baby Bjorn. This being Portland there's probably an adult league of some kind for that. So maybe it won't be completely dysfunctional.

I've been getting by. I'm amazed at the level of Zen I can project toward my job these days. Hopes/dreams don't really compare with good benefits in this economy. I'm on a naturopathic detox and it feels pretty good. My biggest sacrifice so far is coffee. Without caffeine masking my real energy levels I have found that my energy levels are typically low. Low to low-minus. But I am able to concentrate a bit more. Mostly on how tired I am. It's a month-long thing so if I have 37 posts next month we'll all know it's worked.

Overall it's been a tough winter but a wonderful month. Our focus has been helping Dru. We've gotten her to be a bit more active and eating better. She's really been expressing herself ("Papa, I want to watch the new Caillou." in .5 seconds). Marcus is the sweetest thing and adores his mom. And I have to admit it's been a treat to wake up at 5am and find him snuggled in bed with us. Baby Bjorn here we come.