Cautiously Hopeful

My dad has a lengthy phone interview with a company in Maryland today at 9 a.m. I am cautiously hopeful that it will go well, and they will want to meet him face-to-face. This could be their big break...the job they've been counting on in order to move up here. I know my Dad is so cautious about getting his hopes up, because he has had many, many interviews but not many job offers. I said a prayer right at 9 a.m. that God would give him the strength and the wisdom to do well during his interview.

Ethan had a bit of a rough weekend. He learned to roll over a little more than a week ago, but now he wants to roll over in the middle of the night! Then he starts crying because he doesn't want to be on his tummy anymore, and Joe or I have to get up and flip him back over. I can't wait until he can roll the other way. He has a sinus infection, so the pediatrician put him on 10 days of amoxicillin. He is better, but the medicine is giving him diarrhea. It's always something! LOL I put a call in to the doctor to see if he wants to switch his meds to something else.

I am amazed at how much Ethan seems to be growing and changing each day. He is holding onto toys now and babbling a mile a minute to them. He turns his head to watch my two dogs play, and when Daddy is around, he just follows him all over with his eyes. I am anxious for his 4-month checkup (except for the shots!) next week to see how much he has grown, and to see if the dr. thinks he is ready for cereal. We are taking Ethan up to Massachusetts over July 4th weekend to meet a bunch of my family that he has never met. It will be an adventure traveling 9 hours each way with an infant, but I know everyone will love meeting him. It's important to me because I want my grandmother to get to meet her great-grandson.

The weight loss seems to be going well. I am doing great at sticking to the plan and only splurging once in a while. At WW weigh-in on Thursday, I had lost 2.8 pounds. I hope to continue to lose at least a pound a week. I know July 4th will be hard, but hopefully if I don't lose, I can at least maintain.