busy bee

did anyone else realize that it's already the end of august? how did this happen?

the nihlean household is busy, as usual.

lucas is crawling and cruising all over the place, stopping only to chew on things. he got his first black eye last week - trying to move from the fireplace to one of his other toys, he slid and knocked his brow bone right in the corner of the fireplace. joel and i of course saw it in slo-mo as it was happening, but couldn't get to him in time. it was very traumatic, for all three of us. luckily, lucas forgot he was upset about 5 minutes after it happened, and the bruise only last about 2 or 3 days. still, it's hard to get used to the fact that this will be the first of very many injuries.

we're also experimenting with new foods for lucas, and he's been pretty receptive to everything. he's had lots of different types of fruits, crackers, toast, pancakes, popsicles, macaroni and cheese, soup and even some string cheese, all successful (and messy).

joel and i have been working a bunch, and had a lot of fun on our 1 year anniversary. it was a great date night - seeing wall-e and eating out at our favorite restaurant uchi. yummm. we've also both been trying to lose a little baby weight, me on the wii fit and joel running in teh afternoons. eh - no stellar results yet, but we're trying. lots of healthy home cooking too :).

i'm looking for a new job right now. hopefully i'll find either

a. a well-paying job in my field so i can afford day care
b. a job in a school district that is less well-paying but has affordable day care

either way, joel and i are ready to get a house and we need to start saving some money. luckily, there is no super rush on the job hunt so i can really try and find something that works for me and the family. but, i so desperately want an actual kitchen table and to not share a wall with captain crazy and his karate classes that he runs out of his garage. weirdos!

i'll get better about posting more often and keeping everyone up to date on lucas's adorableness. this morning he told me "gah" which means i love you. well, to me it does.

i'm writing about once a week for the new bookpeople blog if any of you care to read. i like the first post i have up there, and it's pretty fun to do.