More teeth are coming. Jai just finished cutting a tooth and now there are more waiting to break through. He had a really hard time with his top two front teeth. I hope the rest are easier.

We have had a lot of meetings this week. Jai didn't do so well at my meeting yesterday. But, it's over. Thank goodness. He did great at our meeting on Wednesday night. We will be really busy until our big event and then hopefully, things will calm down.

We've been cleaning and organizing. This is not Jai's favorite thing. The kid isn't too fond of order. So, his job is to go around and mess up the things I'm organizing. And I must say, he is very good at it.

I gave Jai a toothbrush last night to start practicing. (We usually brush with a washcloth) He really enjoyed chewing on the toothbrush. This morning I gave it to him again--- this time, he tried to give it to the dog. silly baby.

We are one week away from the big 1 year! I can't believe how fast time is going. It is sad and exciting all at once. I will probably spend a lot of next week getting ready for his party.

The playdate today was good--- it had been awhile since we had one. It was a lot of fun to get to see our friends again and to see how much everyone had grown. We did a lot of reminiscing about when we first started getting together and the kids could barely sit up. Now, half of them can walk and all are mobile in some way. It is so amazing how much they grow and change in the first year.

We have a couple of meetings this week and I need to make 5 appointments for Granny, so we will be pretty busy in the next few weeks. And our big charity event is looming very close-- that takes up a lot of time.

I think we are about ready for the birthday party. I need to order a cake for the Asian get together and pick up some other stuff for that one, but I'm pretty much all set for the American party. We are really excited!!! I know that Jai won't remember it, but we will have lots of pictures and video!

we survived all the chaos that has been the last couple of weeks. Jai survived a week of 3 hours in the car everyday-- and he did much better than I expected. He survived a week of napping in a foreign house and he survived having his "schedule" (if that's what you can even call it) turned totally upside down. And then he survived leaving that and being thrown into Jeannie and Shad's visit. And he lived through my attending camp without him. He even took a nap without me. There were tears, but he did it.

now we are counting down to his birthday. Oh, what fun! We did a little shopping today to get some more supplies and such.

And just for fun, we made a trip to the library. We haven't had too many "just for fun" moments lately. It was very nice. And we signed up for the children's reading challenge they are having.

Tomorrow we have a play date! :)

crazy week!

Jai and I have had a really busy week and it's not over! We will be slammed. I think our first free day is about a week and a half away. So much going on! Some of it hasn't been the most fun-- a lot of time in the car--- but my wonderful son is a trooper. And we've had to get on this totally strange schedule, which may result in turning the corner from 2 naps a day to one nap a day, but he is hanging in there like a champ. I am seriously impressed with his coping skills at this time.

the fun part will start tomorrow when Jeannie comes in for a visit. Jai will be going to his second baseball game! And I think we will take a trip to Stone Mountain as well.

I'm hoping that our lives will get back to being a little normal after Chopstix. I am stepping down from my duties after this year. There will still be a lot of wrap up stuff, but hopefully my participation can be minimal.

4th

We hope everyone had a very happy independence day!!! We sure did!

forgot to mention

One of Jai's top teeth finally broke through. We had been able to feel the ridges in it through the skin for nearly 3 weeks.... it just wouldn't break out. but it finally did.


and now we have to wait for the other one.

poor kid.

coming up...

We had a fairly low key weekend, but we are gearing up for an incredibly busy two weeks. I'm actually going to be working a lot in the next couple of weeks- M&C's current nanny is leaving and I'm filling in some gaps for them. I hope it goes well. I am a little nervous about it. That's a lot of traveling for Jai. and we all know how he feels about the car.

we have the fourth of July coming up, that we are excited about. We have plans with the godparents, that may include fireworks. we will watch from far away, so that Jai doesn't get too scared from the noise.

and we have another visit from Jeannie coming up! that is exciting. More baseball!

that's about it, for now.