John has decided he's not going to have a schedule. He sleeps when he wants and eats when he wants, despite our efforts at trying to get him to do what we want. Must be because he's a Taurus- stubborn bull!! Saturday night he did great, slept when I went to bed at 10, got up around 11:30 to eat, was asleep again by 12:30 and slept for several hours before wanting to eat again. Then he woke up at 6ish and decided he wasn't going back to sleep after eating, so we said "fine" and got up with him, thinking he'd sleep well Sunday night. Not so! He slept when I went to bed again around 10, woke up around 11:45 to eat and have a major poopy diaper changed, and stayed awake until his next feeding!! He was in a great mood, being really sweet and happy. Needless to say, it was exhausting. Then he was cranky this morning and only fell asleep when we put him in his car seat to go to lunch at 2:30 and then to Target. He woke up at the pizza place and was great, then fell back asleep and didn't wake up until we got home (about 4:45). He dozed while he was eating and then fell promptly to sleep, even though we sang really loudly and danced, etc. I'm going to bed soon and taking him with me, since I know he'll be up again in the middle of the night. This is really going to stink when I have to go back to school....

In other news, while we were at Target we saw three people we know (well, two people Bill and I know, and one that I know). First, we saw Janna, who is one of the charge nurses in the NICU at Northside, and also a Gamecock (and also the good friend of a girl I used to teach with, who sent Janna to find us the first week we were in the hospital). She was happy to see that John was doing well and out and about-she was one who didn't feel he needed to be there and made sure John had a good nurse his last two days at the hospital, one who wouldn't put a feeding tube back in. Lucky for us we met her when John was less than a week old and that we had the Gamecocks in common, because when she was working she would usually come find us to see how John was doing, etc.

We also ran into the parent of a former student of mine, who is currently pregnant. She didn't know I had already had the baby but knew I had been on bedrest and not at school (her youngest was in kindergarten last year, on my hall, and I would see her frequently volunteering).

Anyway, we also ran into Leslie, who I've known for years from when I taught at Mountain View, and Bill even knows her since I taught at MV for so long. Leslie is the secretary at MV, and saw me at a retirement tea the week before I was admitted to the hospital. She had seen pictures of John from my friend Jaye, who had forwarded them to the staff at MV, and was excited to see John looking so big (although he is really small!).

I know this is all boring stuff, but whatever. Also, please remember that if you leave a comment under "Anonymous" to please sign your name, so we'll know who's visited (like Anna and Mother Howe did). Thanks!!!

Today's pics: John with his favorite Daddy

Today's video: The first time I got to hold John, when he was 29.5 hours old. It's very sweet.