One year old!

It's hard to believe that a whole year has passed. It was really slow for the first three months, better for the next three, the honeymoon period was around 8 months, and now it's great but busy.

John's first birthday was quite enjoyable. We had a party at my parents' house, which was where he had his cake. He didn't make a horrible mess, but he was pretty tired by the time it came to eating. He did seem to enjoy it, though. We were incredibly spoiled by everyone, and whenever his babysitters came to the house, they brought a gift, so he had a new toy every day! Then, for Thanksgiving, we went to Trent's parents' place, and had dinner with the sisters and Pauline and Carol. Very fun to have all of those kids together! John really enjoyed his pumpkin pie!

For the last few nights, John's been sleeping through! This is particularily exciting because I've been so tired going to work on sometimes only a few hours of sleep. Work has been going well, but I find it a bit hard because I have to spend time every week trying to line up babysitters and because I have to spend time in the evening doing prep and marking, when I would rather spend time with Trent or even maintaining a clean home. But I really enjoy getting out of the house for those 4-ish hours and being around other adults. I even really enjoy the kids!

So in our future is allergy testing for John, and me trying to get my stomach muscles back in shape because they're really starting to let me down and hurt now that John's getting so big.