Raima is 2 months old today! (Pretty polka dot bow courtesy of Eve's mom, Mathilde - THANK YOU!)

She coos, gurgles, laughs and smiles. She sleeps a good chunk at night, which I am not used to and am enjoying it while it lasts!  During the day, it's a different story. She usually will go down fine until I realize I need to use the bathroom or oh say, figure I should eat something and right then and there she will decide to wake up from her nap. no, seriously. She got her first shots today :( but did as well as she could of have.

In other news, related to my fears - after having it put out there in the ether..somehow, miraculously or whatever, I got a voicemail from my boss stating that work is jumping and that they could really use my help right about oh NOW and so yeah..I called and we're trying to figure out how it'll all look for us, but its looking pretty good. Still going to be working part-time at least which is actually a blessing in disguise, since I've been fretting on putting Raima into daycare at 4 months old. So this way, we won't have too :)

*the ghetto birds are whirring & whirling right above our place right now due to the Occupy Oakland stuff (they got raided a 2nd time) down at Oscar Grant Plaza which is less than a mile down the street (0.7 mi and about a 16 min. walk to be google exact). I forget what quiet sounds like these days since this whole Occupy stuff. Don't even get me started on how the media is portraying all this (like terrorists, that's how they are portraying the occupiers). I believe in what they are doing, since last I checked we are definitely the 99%...but what is the solution? I know it's not easy to answer nor is there an easy answer.

well, today would have been a great day if it werent for the well baby visit with shots involved PLUS cw suffering from a major allergy attack that started late last night/early morning...

though im happy to report that jax is now 11lbs 9.8 oz, and 23.5 ins long. his head stayed relatively the same. dont know if thats good or bad. we also decided on only 2 shots (traditionally, it would have been at least 4) - DTap (diptheria, tetanus, and pertussis or whooping cough) and PCV (pneumococcal conjugate, for "protection" against the bacterium of serious infections, including pneumonia, blood infections, and bacterial meningitis). we are delaying Hep B as well as the HIB and Polio vaccines and opted NOT to even do the rotovirus (whic is an oral vaccine), since jax isnt in day care and wont be, so exposure rate is low. contracting it would actually not kill him but would definitely not be great (its a virus that affects your tummy so vomiting and a fever would occur) but all in all, he would survive.

jax did well. he did cry, but once he was in our arms he calmed down and was all sleepy. he even fell and stayed asleep while I was wearing him. ME?! he usually will conk out with cw but never with me.

cw is probably doing worse than jax is at this point and because of it we decided to buy an air purifier and after cleaning windows - we may opt to buy a dehumidifier as well, since i notice condensation every morning which can lead to mold issues. im less sensitive and dont suffer from serious allergies (although my mom did and i know how it is or at least what it looks like - not fun), but right now, even i have itchy eyes and am not feeling 100% either.

okay, time for me to tend to my boys: