My goodness 4 months has flown by. I cannot believe our little boy is already 4 months old, sleeping in his own room and spending his days away from the house!
JP spends his days with Louisa, a wonderful caregiver who also kept an eye on Mary Mae for her first couple of year. She lives just down the street and we really trust her. Every time we drop him off we are reassured by her choices and concerns for our son. What a blessing!
Yesterday was my first shift back at station 6 after a full year off. My last shift was January 5th, 2010 and I was then reassigned to AFD's Education Services where I sat at a desk, studied for my promotional exam and entered data for Post Incident Reports. It was a long 8.5 months. As I said, yesterday was my first shift back and our first call of the shift was a working Hi-rise fire. Possibly the most demanding type of fire scene. Think 70 lbs of gear and many flights of stairs and that doesn't include the tools and equipment that is carried up to the necessary floors. Thankfully, we were not one of the first in engines so we were assigned to the Resource Division that stages 2 floors below the fire floor. We didn't end up doing much, but boy is it clear to me how much work I have ahead of me to get back in better shape.
All that's well and good, but the most important part is that Josh, JP and I all survived the 24 hours juuuuust fine. The boys had their first (of many) Boy's Night at the house and did wonderfully. JP has a bit of a cold complete with runny nose and the occasional mild fever of 99.5 so he isn't sleeping as well as he is capable but aside from that, the evening was great. I, on the other hand, was up all night making calls on E6. At one point I mentioned to my crew that I get more sleep at home with my 4 month old. Here's hoping for a slightly slower shift on Thursday. :)
After I got off today, I went over to Louisa's to pick up JP. He was in the middle of an epic nap (since he didn't sleep so soundly the night before) so I went home and caught a few Z's myself. At 2 I brought him home, fed him and found him to be in a very good and quite talkative mood.
This was a great afternoon. I look forward to many more like it :)
He may be teething. Low grade fever and runny nose that won't go away are often signs of teething. Lucas started teething at 4 months and got his first tooth at 5 months. I learned to know the signs: runny nose, drooling, fever, sleepless nights.
ReplyDeleteI understood every word he said, and he was talking right to me. Someday I may translate for you, if you are lucky!
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