long time...

wow! i havent updated in a while :) not a whole lot is going on really... just enjoying life with a 20 month old. it kinda freaks me out to know that in 4 months he'll be two. TWO!! how on earth did that happen?!?!?!

his vocabulary is groing every single day :) some phrases he says now that i LOVE are "oh man!" and "i did it!". :) he also FINALLY said "mommy" about a month ago. for whatever reason, he was laggin on that. now i hear it all day, "mommy? mommy? moooooommmmmmyyyyyyy!" he also says: outside, sadie, bee, papa, nama (grandma), no, yeah, yes, uh oh, milk (sounds more like moss), dinah, sarah, katie (his favorite), jason (sometimes), bus (everything big with wheels is a bus), whoa, wow, this, come on, pee pee, potty, poop. :) im sure there are more, but its early in the day and those are the ones i remember right now.

he went through what i assume was his 18 month sleep regression, but he did it last week. can i just tell you how un-fun that was? it sucked. a lot. but it seems that the bad part is over and ive stopped complainig about it. :) but im not giving details - that always seems to jinx me!! he's doing fine, we'll leave it at that!

he's also working on his bottom 2 eye teeth! which is rough. :( his gums have been swollen and "mushy" for the last few days and he wont take his fingers out of his mouth. poor kid! i hope they break through soon! he has 14 teeth right now - 8 top and bottom "front" teeth, 2 top eye teeth, and all 4 one year molars :) i have a funny feeling he'll finally get these bottom eye teeth and the 2 year molar will be right behind them. lovely!

as for me - we're still waiting on news from my work about a possible strike. negotiations have started - which is good! the contract is up in april, so my guess is we wont hear until then if we're going to strike. this is a BIG contract year, so its really a 50/50 shot. which scares the pants off of me... but i know theres nothing i can do to change it. so im hoping and praying that the union and the company can come to an agreement...

other than that, theres not a lot going on. or well, theres TONS going on (i have a toddler, after all!) but its all just so "normal" now. :)

i hope everyone is doing well and i DO keep up with the other blogs i read, i just dont comment much because im lame. :) *hugs* happy almost st. patricks day!