June 11, 2023

Parental Leave - Week 3

Greetings!

I am now on the second part of my parental leave for Jonathan, which will take me through the beginning of August. I will be providing weekly flash updates on how things are going!

Jonny:

• Jonny has come down with a cold, which have been surprisingly infrequent so far in his life. He is doing well and we hope for a speedy recovery.
• I have been enjoying my mornings with him, especially when we have a chance to take a walk. I had the opportunity to jog around green lake with him, and that was particularly enjoyable.

Amelia:

• Amelia appears to have the same cold.
• This week, Amelia was a flower girl in a friend's wedding. I hope to have some pictures in a couple of weeks to share from that. We were unsure of how it would go, considering she had no experience or practice ahead of time. However, everyone was very happy with her performance. Her flower disbursement while walking down the aisle could best be described as "deliberate."
• We've been working a lot with Amelia on forming good habits. Amelia has a habit chart with things like "do homework" and "practice violin", as well as some she choose like "clean up table." She has been so far very enthusiastic about that process.

Me:

• We have enlisted the help of a local middle school student to watch Amelia some afternoons, which has also given me a little more free time to exercise. I had my first yoga class in a very long time.
• We've settled on a few potential designs for a home on the property we bought in the View Ridge neighborhood. I'm excited to start talking with some potential builders to understand the costs.
• Yuling bought me Siblings Without Rivalry. Continuing to look for help with the conflicts that arise from our attention being divided between the two kids.

And as I mentioned before, please shoot me an email if you'd like to grab brunch one of these mornings.