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Ok, hey, Livejournal post! All is incredibly well for me - 2007 has been the best year of my life. The year started with me getting news from the amnio test that Cooper was genetically healthy, and then he was born and he is a DELIGHT and I moved back home to Canada and bought a great cozy, old house in an interesting neighborhood. And right now, the stockings are hung over the big fireplace and Cooper is napping in his new dinosaur pajamas (gift from Grandma) and there is a TON of snow outside, I hear Pete type-type-typing and I'm about to make some baked salmon for dinner.
Yeah, so I live in Canada now, eh. In Toronto, a fabulously large and interesting city. I miss Tallahassee not at all. Ok, I miss some friends from there and my job was fine, but Tallahassee did not endear itself to me. Now I've got opera tickets! And NBA tickets! And I can get empanadas and patties and kimchee and raisin scones and smoked arctic char and actually, ANYTHING. So the city is great. And I work for the top business school in Canada and have these incredibly accomplished students and a much larger research budget. And I got a revise-and-resubmit on that one paper at that one journal, which is a very good thing. And Peter is much, much happier here than at Florida State, which is a very, very good thing.
Cooper is the easiest, sweetest, loveliest little guy. He smiles all the time, rarely cries, sleeps and eats well and does all the developmental stuff he's supposed to. I have nothing at all to worry about with him, which is lovely. He's sitting up now and babbling "koykoykoy" and his fine motor skills look good and he does these huge belly laughs when you do something funny like tickle his side or raspberry his belly or eat his toes. Oh, and yesterday he did his first turdlike poop. Hooray! He turned 6 months old on Dec. 2nd and we've been introducing solid food - this explains the change in poopies. :) His most salient physical feature is his large size. He is BIG - way bigger than the 95th percentile, taking after his father. He is growing out of the size 12 months clothes already, to give you an idea. As far as childcare, we have a nanny who comes to our house 9 to 5, and I work at home 3 or 4 days a week. This is a a perfect childcare arrangement - I can even nurse him in the day and play with him a little when I take a break.
Yep, all is well. Everything is so damn good for me that I feel like I'm bragging just when I describe how everything is going. But I'm so, so grateful and happy.
So I'm hoping all my LJ friends have a very happy holiday season and that 2008 brings you joy and fun and accomplishments.
Yeah, so I live in Canada now, eh. In Toronto, a fabulously large and interesting city. I miss Tallahassee not at all. Ok, I miss some friends from there and my job was fine, but Tallahassee did not endear itself to me. Now I've got opera tickets! And NBA tickets! And I can get empanadas and patties and kimchee and raisin scones and smoked arctic char and actually, ANYTHING. So the city is great. And I work for the top business school in Canada and have these incredibly accomplished students and a much larger research budget. And I got a revise-and-resubmit on that one paper at that one journal, which is a very good thing. And Peter is much, much happier here than at Florida State, which is a very, very good thing.
Cooper is the easiest, sweetest, loveliest little guy. He smiles all the time, rarely cries, sleeps and eats well and does all the developmental stuff he's supposed to. I have nothing at all to worry about with him, which is lovely. He's sitting up now and babbling "koykoykoy" and his fine motor skills look good and he does these huge belly laughs when you do something funny like tickle his side or raspberry his belly or eat his toes. Oh, and yesterday he did his first turdlike poop. Hooray! He turned 6 months old on Dec. 2nd and we've been introducing solid food - this explains the change in poopies. :) His most salient physical feature is his large size. He is BIG - way bigger than the 95th percentile, taking after his father. He is growing out of the size 12 months clothes already, to give you an idea. As far as childcare, we have a nanny who comes to our house 9 to 5, and I work at home 3 or 4 days a week. This is a a perfect childcare arrangement - I can even nurse him in the day and play with him a little when I take a break.
Yep, all is well. Everything is so damn good for me that I feel like I'm bragging just when I describe how everything is going. But I'm so, so grateful and happy.
So I'm hoping all my LJ friends have a very happy holiday season and that 2008 brings you joy and fun and accomplishments.