Commercial Space

We've moved on to commercial real estate. Rather than continue to torture ourselves searching for a house, we decided to refocus our efforts on nailing down the ideal commercial space for the new office. We've been scouting out areas for a couple of months and had developed a short list of possibilities.

Today we toured each site and met with the various developers. Luckily, we've had much better luck on the commercial front than the residential. We've pretty much narrowed it down to 2 finalists and there's a good chance that we'll develop both properties. One will be our main office, and the 2nd will be a satellite office, like our current location.

We did tour one residential option, as well. We both liked it a lot, but it's completely different than anything else we've previously considered. We'll see what happens.

3 to 9 Months

Today I officially retired Baylor's 3 month clothing. He is only 10 weeks old, but the 3 month stuff is snug. Some of the shorts won't even button. As I packed those pieces away, I placed the 6 month outfits into his dresser. I picked out an outfit to try on him and was shocked to discover that most of those pieces are also too small. Luckily, they're all hand-me-downs from his big brother and not things I just purchased. So the 6 month stuff was also packed away, and now his dresser is stocked with nine month clothing. Unbelievable!

Sleep

Something amazing happened last night. Baylor slept for 5 1/2 hours straight! He fell asleep at Midnight and slept until 5:30am. He drank his bottle, passed back out, and is still sleeping! That's at least another 4 hours!

We were excited when 2 days ago he slept for 4 hours, woke for a bottle, and then passed out again for 3 hours. I certainly wasn't expecting this. I can't even remember when Jax first slept this long, but I want to say it was closer to when he turned one. Jax was not a sleeper. Baylor is 10 weeks old today. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this becomes the new norm.

Piggies

I caught Jax playing with Baylor's piggies (toes) this morning. He didn't know that I was listening.

The Piggies according to Jax:

"This little piggy went bye-bye...this little piggy helped Mommy...this little piggy ate cookies...this little piggy went in time-out, and this little piggy went 'wee wee wee' all the way home."

Then he moved onto the other foot.

"This little piggy went to Toys 'N Us...this little piggy rode his bicycle...this little piggy ate chicken nuggets...this little piggy played Cars, and this little piggy went 'wee wee wee' all the way home."

Slightly different than the traditional version, but way more interesting.

Improving Attitude

We have come to an agreement over the potential rental house. Originally, the owner wanted us to sign a 1 year lease with the stipulation that after 9 months he was going to relist the house for sale. I was less than thrilled about this possibility, as you might have gathered from one of my recent entries. I don't want to deal with showings. I did that with my own properties, but I had something to gain obviously. Dealing with that while renting would just be a huge pain in the ___.

Luckily, the seller understands my frustration and has agreed to not list the house until after the 12 month mark if we sign a 1 year lease or after the 24th month if we sign a 2 year lease. I'm still not happy that we weren't able to just buy a house and be done with moving, but at least the rental option is seeming like slightly less of an ordeal.

"I Don't Like Cereal."

That is what Jax told me this morning as I poured my bowl of new Chocolatey Delight Special K cereal. It's true. He doesn't like cereal, never has. He does, however, like cereal bars. So that is what he had for breakfast, along with a yogurt. As I sat down at the table with him, I again heard, "I don't like cereal." I nodded at him, letting him know that I had heard him. He continued to eat his breakfast, and I took my first bite of cereal. "I don't like cereal," he repeated yet again. I looked at him and said, "I know Jax, but Mommy does." He watched me take another bite and noticed a little piece of chocolate on my spoon. He glanced in my bowl and stared at the little pieces of chocolate mixed in with the flakes. Then I heard,"Oh! I like that cereal. Can I try it?" Then I sat there wondering, "Why didn't I see this coming," as I enjoyed my cereal bar and yogurt.

Like Sands Through the Hourglass...

So are the days of Jaxon's life. Preschool can be such a soap opera. Jax comes home with some pretty interesting tales. I'm sure they'd be even more interesting if you could get him to share all of the details. Instead you get bits and pieces of the story after an hour of playing 20 questions. Here's what I've been able to figure out from this week.

• Gonzi, one of Jax's 2 best friends from the regular school year, has been replaced by Daniel. Daniel was there during the regular session, but evidently didn't make the cut. Since Gonzi isn't participating in summer session, Daniel was accepted into Jax's circle of friends.
• Baylor, Jax's other best friend, cried on Tuesday. Jax confessed to hitting Baylor "by accident" with his lunch box, but promises that's not why he cried. After lots of questioning, we figured out that Baylor cried because he fell out of his chair.
• Jax still doesn't know any of the girls' names, but he somehow managed to tick one of them off this week. Evidently she made a "mean" face at him. He even demostrated, and it was definitely "mean." When I asked him what he did to her to make her mad, he said, "I didn't do anything." Right!
• The playground mulch has also led to a lot of drama this week. The teachers have uttered the following phrases this week:

"Stop throwing the mulch!"

"Don't put mulch in the boat!"

"Put the mulch down!"

Stay tuned for next week's episodes!