May is bringing big changes in lifestyle to our house. Daniel went to working evenings (3pm to 11pm) at work now and went down on his hours at work and I went up on my hours. This set-up has been our dream schedule for some time, but we couldn't just switch hours amongst ourselves because of rules at work. So finally they were able to grant my desire to go up on hours and then Daniel was able to cut back and simultaneously get an evening position. We just started it last week, but so far so good. I think it's really going to be great for both of us. Daniel will sleep so much better working evenings and is excited about being a mostly stay at home dad with Henry. I'm excited to get out of the house a bit more and really enjoy work. I'll miss Henry and Daniel on my long weekend stretch (five 12 hour shifts in a row), but then I'll have 9 days where I only work one of those days. Long story short, we're super excited about finally getting our dream schedules!
In Daniel's free time he built Henry a work bench that Henry's been loving and likes to pretend using a straw like a drill making "EEEEEEE" noises to imitate the drill. I see woodworking in his future. :)
Henry's been changing a lot lately with a vocabulary that just keeps expanding and doing lots of play talk where he babbles on and on about something very intently, but completely gibberish which is quite adorable! He continues to test his independence and is getting more picky with food. Most days he drinks lots of milk, eats cheese, apples, blueberries, peanut butter sandwiches, prunes, bananas, brown rice and crackers. Not big on meat lately, but will on occasion down a whole chicken breast. We try hard to trust that his body knows what it needs and just make lots of things available to him. I do hope his dietary desires open up a bit with age though or he might just turn in to a piece of fruit!
We're one month away from going to the beach with my family and the countdown has truly set in! And hopefully with our new schedules well underway we'll be a happier more rested family, too! More later!
