One already! (or 13 months.. I'm a little behind)

I think I should retitle my blog to "slow to publish, don't bother checking more than once a month" but that seems a little long.

Erik's first birthday was not quite as we planned. There were great decorations for his Bubble Guppies party (thanks mostly to Erik's bff Tammy), but he was getting some new teeth and not super thrilled with all of the people.  He spent a good amount of his party in his bedroom watching Bubble Guppies on my kindle.

A few stats:

Now at 13 months: 

Erik has 10 teeth, including two top molars.

He still loves playing with anything that has wheels.  His favorite toys are a lego tractor and ride-on airplane.

He also loves to play in the dirt.

He now walks a lot more than he crawls.

And he is a super picky eater, surviving mostly off milk, cheerios and crackers (with the occasional applesauce, yogurt or rice).

Mother's day blessing and loss

Life has been great lately.  I have loved spending more time with Erik, even though doing so made me realize I'm not as patient as I thought I was.  Apparently it's really easy to be patient with a baby you only see for a few hours a day.  Last night I stayed up late working on a resume for my cousin.  When I went to bed I realized that I would likely 5 hours of sleep or less because Erik always wakes up early.  I knew it was a little ridiculous but I prayed that he would sleep in a little and that I would feel refreshed when he woke up.  It worked! He slept until 7:19 and although it wasn't even 6 hours, I woke up fully refreshed and feeling great.  It has been an awesome morning! (Erik's mother's day gift to me was to dig up my basil and eat some of the dirt, just what I wanted)

Yesterday was a little rough, we found out that about $20,000 worth of mostly brand new scuba equipment and tools were stolen out of storage.  Mark was obviously quite upset as most of it was purchased at deep discounts because of trade work he did for a shop, so to replace everything will probably cost a quite a bit more than $20,000.  Not a good time as we are draining our savings to the last penny to buy a house and I'm not yet making much at my new job.  It has been an interesting experience for our family.  Let's just hope the home owner's insurance covers the loss (even though it wasn't at our home).