Things that are good

• My head cold seems to be going away.  I was only truly miserable for three days and those happened to be days John was home and available to watch Alex allowing me to sleep a lot.  I'm still stuffy and can't hear out of my right ear, but for the most part, I'm better



• John is now back to work after a week and a half holiday vacation.  This is awesome for me because I'm no longer forced to watch The Price is Right.



• I've put Alex on a new eating/sleeping schedule starting the first and it seems to be going ok so far.  Since I've been pregnant and especially during the holidays, Alex has been mostly snacking, almost always refusing to eat a real meal and his nap and bedtimes have been erratic.  I've moved up his bedtime to 8:00 (He usually goes to bed with us around 9:30 or later) and I'm putting him in his highchair three times a day to eat meals (rather than let him pick at his food while playing in the living room like I've been doing).  He is offered two healthy snacks between meals plus a carnation instant breakfast in the evening.  Sitting at the table to eat really seems to be helping.  He's eaten actual food at each meal yesterday and today I got him to eat all of his breakfast and lunch!



• I bought some maternity pants at Khols yesterday and they are great.  Well, great for maternity pants anyway.  I'd always thought there were only two waistband options: Underbelly and Full panel.  Both of which I hate, hate, hate!  Khols had some pants on sale with something called a Mid belly.  These pants fit great on me and I don't have to spend all my time yanking at the waistband trying to keep them from sliding off my ass, which is a nice feature.  Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find another pair in my size for the same price ($20!).