Our 30-Second Update

1. Both kids seem to be well right now (can you believe it??).



2. Claire has two teeth on the bottom and the top two are beginning to come through.



3. Every time Claire starts to cut a tooth, her sleep is disturbed and she wakes up very early (4 or 5 AM, which is fine if you’re my dad, but most normal people are still sleeping at that hour).



4. Claire isn’t crawling yet, but she’s rolling all over the place and trying to get up on all fours. Every day she gets a little bit closer to being mobile and making Alex’s (and Mommy’s) life miserable.



5. Alex & Claire are hilarious and very cute (see video) and make me laugh every day.



6. I weaned Claire last week and returned my rented pump this past Monday!



7. I’m training for the Monument Avenue 10K (will be running it with my brother) and have a group run every Saturday morning, but I injured myself last weekend and haven’t run since then. I’m hoping to get back into it tomorrow.



8. Gromit is bored out of his mind since I won’t take him to doggy daycare anymore and since I haven’t run with him in over a week.



9. Dave is still really busy at work and Capital One’s stock price has fallen to less than $9/share, but at least he still has a job (for now).



10. I’m having minor surgery April 17 but won’t be able to lift either kid for six weeks. We’re trying to get Claire into Alex’s daycare temporarily, but we won’t know for sure whether they have a spot for her until April 1. If they don’t have room, our plan is to have Dave take some vacation time, hire a sitter, and beg our family to help us out here and there.