Hodge Podge of Thoughts

So it's a new year. I'm only half way into the first month of it and still have our Christmas banner up at the top. Hmm. Perhaps I should work on a new one? Now there's a thought!

New to Junior
Junior's vocabulary in the past few weeks seems to be growing. However I can't always seem to make out what exactly he's saying. There are new words in there somewhere, I guess I'll just have to wait for him to figure them out a little better.

Also new in our son's little life is the fact that we decided to take the crib rail off and put the toddler rail up. Essentially converting his crib to a toddler bed. Really this is for multiple reasons. If we end up buying a new crib for "the Monster" his baby sister, I want him to see there is a difference between her's and his. His is for "big boys" and hers is for babies. If we don't buy a new crib, our hopes are that by transitioning him to a toddler bed now, we maybe able (by the time she is ready to use the crib) transition him to a "bigger boy bed". Lets just say the first night was a horrible disaster learning experiance. Yesterday he didn't nap in it because we went to a playdate and had a very hectic day out and about. Today, naptime is well, um non-existant agian a learning curve. So far out of the hour and a half he's been in his room, I'm pretty sure it has been destroyed, with toys everywhere and a little boy doing everything except what he should be doing, sleeping! I'm not ready for nap time to go away completely yet. heavy sigh.

New to Me
Yesterday we had our first playdate here. We went to a command sponsored "playdate/ladies social". Junior behaved much better then I thought he would have, and sharing is definitely on our list of things to work on! We both had a great time getting to know other moms & kids, and was even happier to learn that most lived relatively close to us!

New to Chris
Chris is official at his new command. Having completed the "in-doc" course, he now gets to work on becoming certified to teach! He seems pretty excited to begin on this new adventure!

New for the Baby
Tomorrow is my official "20 week" Ultrasound. Hopefully I will have some pictures to post from it :) I'm trying to decide if I should attempt to upload the video of our ultrasound we had on Chris' birthday. Lets see if I get any feedback (yes/no) and we'll go from there!