14 hours and a day

Den left on a 6am flight on Sat. for Japan. It's now 3:30am here and I woke to feed J and couldn't resist turning on the computer to find out when he landed. The nex thing I know, I realize I haven't posted to the blog pictures for Den, so here I am---briefly.

First, let me say our keyboard is starting to stick, so I may now blame typos (that drive Den crazy) on that.

G'parents Ohio are pulling their weekend shift now. I just found out about a friend whose husband will be gone for three-weeks and she seemed so non-pulsed about that time with three VERY young children, not even having given thought to bringing in help. Den says he'll be gone over 2 weekend and I bring in the g'parents--both sets. Den's parents will arrive on Thurs. They could always come earlier if they wanted.

Anyway, g'parents Ohio came on a Thurs. and we put them to work almost immediately. We've now had a datenight and I had a night out, plus a work meeting. Josie has had to take in a bit of formula because I ran out of b-milk and I guess wasn't drinking enough water to replinish. Anyway, it's the first formula she's had since I was taking all the really good drugs when she was just home from the hospital. Eddie by this point was a pro at formula consumption, so I'm pretty excited she made it this long. I remember what a girlfriend said--don't be afraid to supplement--it took me a bit, but I'm not.

Den took this picture of me and baby J. Not the most flattering for me, but...here it is for Mr. Japan. So the time difference, as you might guess is 14 hours, plus a day (since it's across the int'l dateline). We're not sure yet when we'll talk by phone as Den's schedule is pretty programmed. I really hope they get some business, just because I'd love to go back to Japan. I went in 98 and had a blast.

I learned tonight at a party in an informal survey that many dads get bath duty and we're no exception. Den was having a great time with J a couple nights back. She does this thing now where she kicks so much and she slides right down the bath. Does the same side regardless of where she's sitting in the bath. THere is a little bar/bump separating the toddler/sitting up side from the infant/reclined side and it always ends up on her back.

Eddie of late has wanted to wear his "buckey badger shirt--just like daddy". He asked for it while it was being washed, so as soon as it was clean...I had bought as close to matching shirts as I could find for xmas, per Den's request.

So this is the only photo I took today. Josie was napping and as soon as this was shot, I got the out-stretching hand and the "no pictures" plead, so I have one more photo of Eddie covering his eyes and it's a super close up shot, so this is it. He's got his bowling pin animals in his shirt. He's got another cold--so he looks a little ill.

I also learned tonight that there are plenty of people who voluntarly wake up at crazy hours or stay up late--like now to write and accomplish stuff they wouldn't otherwise be able to. Yikes.

We'll see what photos Ed permits me to take on Sunday (which will mostly be the middle of the night for daddy).

For some werid reason, I"m feeling super empowered this trip--invincible--like I could accomplish anything. THis feeling doesn't usually set in until a couple days into a trip. Wonder what I'll do to stall straightening up the house--I'm sure it involves shopping...