it's been a long time, a really long time...

In the last couple of months I've looked at my email maybe once a week and generally only used the computer for work and filing for about 8 hours total. I feel sort of guilty about not updating the blog and not keeping up with much of anything. I have read about 5 books in that time and enjoyed that.
Peter became pretty sick in that time too. He had this never-ending cold that turned into pink eye and an ear infection by mid-April. He was treated but we ended up bringing him a couple more times in May and getting more drugs that seem to have helped him out. Now he's just a little "snarfy" in the mornings. I was starting to lose it a little while he was so sick, especially after taking him to the ER one evening and not really finding much to help (other than re-propping his crib so that he had better drainage). It's very difficult when you feel helpless to do anything for your little one.
Two of Peter's teeth have come in (although that contributed to his sick symptoms, it wasn't the sole cause) and he occasionally uses them to chomp Dave and I. My sister and brother-in-law's child had his first birthday already. We haven't traveled much in the last couple of months and it's been nice to lie low for a while. I started to bring Peter to story time at the library. I don't think he listens that well to the books, but he loves to see the other children. As of yesterday he started to roll over both ways frequently and without any problem. It seemed sort of sudden since he could do it for over a month but had trouble and didn't seem to care to do it much.
I just had a tooth taken out. All four of my wisdom teeth had been extracted when I was 20 but a year or two later another tooth could be seen on an x-ray high up in my gums. The tooth finally came down while I was pregnant and this week I had it removed because I couldn't really brush it adequately and figured it should come out sooner than later. I sort of forgot what it was like having teeth pulled and found the experience to be a little frightening just because it seemed like more pressure and work (on the dentist's part) than anticipated. The tooth just had one fat root and looks like a small molar.
Dave had a band concert the same day I had my tooth pulled, originally I was possibly going to help out the 9th grade flute players by playing along on "Stars and Stripes Forever." Dave ended up pulling the piece (probably to be played next year) which was fortunate for me since I didn't really think through the recovery of the gum and how it would affect my playing. The concert was good and many people in the district very much appreciate Dave, very important in a small school where music could be cut in a pinch. Dave only has one week of school with students left, soon he will be Peter's caretaker two days a week and we will bring Peter to his regular provider once a week. I wanted him to have at least a little consistency with the daycare since he will go back 3 days a week in September and I believe his psychological maturity in the next few months may make it a rougher transition if he were to go 3 months without seeing anyone at daycare and then be thrown back into it half the week.
As I probably could have guessed, my more concrete goals on the list of 30 are being accomplished pretty well, and the more abstract/social-emotional goals are falling behind... I think I've maintained status quot with Dave. Being tired and sick (me = tired, occasionally sick, Peter and Dave = sick, also tired from time to time) has given me an easy but poor excuse to not devote true quality time to marriage. I'm not saying that our marriage is not good, just that I'm not putting the work into it that I should because I've been expending energy on Peter (very justified and important) and trying to keep myself healthy and up on chores, and honestly, I've been spending time reading and watching tv that could be cut back. Mostly I write this paragraph with the intention of refocusing on being loving and being visibly/audibly thankful for Dave (because I am thankful, it's just not expressed well). I will have to reevaluate in another month or so.
Currently Dave is out of town and I'm being visited by my mom. She's with grandma right now and Peter has been taking an amazing nap, so much that we might miss story time. Time to catch up on other online stuff as long as the nap continues... I'm still used to 30-40 min naps from Peter but lately he's been throwing some 1-2 hour naps in the mix. I would love it if he would continue. The more mobile he becomes the more I will need his naps to lengthen so I can get chores done.