bubbles, baseballs, and big boy pants...

hi everybody! how's life? things north of the boarder are going well. we continue to keep plugging away at school and work, all along attempting to keep up with our little guy.

karen is still working hard at starbucks. she was recently promoted to shift supervisor! the upside of this is that she got a nice pay raise; unfortunately, it has also brought about a bit of attitude from some of her coworkers (they apparently don't think their boss should ever tell them what to do).

she is also trying to make the most of our grad school experience. jeremiah and i often have guy time, so she can slip away to attend an evening lecture at regent or simply go to the library to read and study.

as for me, only two weeks of class and the ever-dreaded finals week stand between me and the end of the semester. its hard to believe that when this term is behind me, i'll be half way done with my masters degree! as i look back, i can say without a doubt that this has been an extremely demanding, as well as mentally taxing, experience for me; it has also been a rewarding and life-changing experience too.

jeremiah continues to grow and do new and exciting things each day. within the last month, he has taken an interest in feeding himself. he's pretty handy with a spoon, but when all else fails he just goes at it without.

rarely a moment goes by when he isn't throwing around his football (never too early to get in the spirit for osu football), basketball (just in time for ncaa march madness), or baseball (opening day is right around the corner). we have spent a lot of time playing toss and he enjoys practicing all day while i'm at school (karen sure loves that).

he also loves to jump on our bed/couch (depending on what time of the day it is- remember our apartment is a shoe box?), steal mac's dog toys, and play with the bubbles his mommy gave him. mac loves this last activity, as he once had a bottle of bacon-flavored dog bubbles.

in other news, we had our first set of visitors in early march! during spring break, jeremiah's great-grandparent's spent a few days with us. in that time, we ate a lot, played cards, and they played with jeremiah. grandpa and i also got to talk about the cubs (there aren't many canadians interested in talking baseball... its always hockey this, hockey that).

well, that's all for now. anything new worth telling us about? we'd love to hear from you!

p+k


2.15.06- jeremiah using all possible resources to eat his bowl of oatmeal

2.19.06- jeremiah and mommy checking out the fish at the aquarium

2.19.06- jeremiah reading a book at the aquarium

3.23.06- jeremiah enthusiastically chasing bubbles

3.20.06- jeremiah and mac "sharing" a dog toy

3.26.06- jeremiah and daddy goofing around on his 28th

birthday (yes, that's a pair of underwear on his head!)