3 Months

Jack is now 3 months old!  He didn't have a well baby check-up this month so I don't have any new stats to share.  His next doctors appointment is next month.

This month, Jack:

• is becoming more and more verbal.  He coos, squeals and makes a variety of sounds.
• is still rolling over from tummy to back.
• can entertain himself for about 20 minutes.
• can bear all of his weight on his legs.
• visually tracks objects and people.
• reaches for and grabs objects that are close to him.
• has discovered the dogs and loves to look at them, smile and "talk to them.

We're Baaaaaaaack!

We now return to our regularly scheduled blog, already in progress...

Whenever I think of something to blog about, I go into Blogger and start a new entry.  I rarely have to time to actually finish that entry in one sitting so I save it and then go back to when I have a chance.  While I have been on my "lactation vacation" I have been accumulating quite a few blog posts.  Now that my milk production is beginning to increase I have been able to finish most of my unfinished blog posts.

For those of you who don't use Google Reader (and you really should) I've attempted to make catching up on Mulley Musings easy on you.

Previously on Mulley Musings:

Dave designed and built a new closet for Jack.

Granny Roady came to visit.

Jack celebrated his 12th week of life!

We went to a lacrosse game.

Jack and I became gym rats.

We found a leak (and it wasn't in Jack's diaper).

Shwew!  That's exhausting!  Everything else is going well with the Mulleys.  Thanks for all of your calls and emails when we disappeared for a week.  It's nice to know that you care!

Drip, Drip, Drip

This afternoon, I pulled the Pack 'n Play out and noticed something funny on the carpet behind it.  There appeared to be a mushroom growing on the carpet (gross!).  Upon further investigation, I noticed that the other side of the wall (in the hallway) was discolored.  I told Dave and he went down in the crawl space to see if he saw anything unusual.  He said there was some water dripping from one of the beams under the house.  SUPER!

I have a friend who owns a plumbing company so I called the office to see if someone could come over and check things out.  Within 30 minutes, Jess the plumber arrived.  He said he would have to cut a hole in the wall to see where the water was coming from.  So he cut a hole in the wall down close to the floor since that is where we found the discoloration and mushroom (gross!).  When he cut, he saw that there was, in fact, some moisture on the pipes.  Unfortunately, the moisture went up further than he could see or feel from his hole in the wall.  So then came another hole in the wall higher up, and then another hole and then a hole in the wall in the master bedroom.  Then Jess came back downstairs and put a two holes in the ceiling.  All of these holes were used to find the origin of the leak.  As it turns out, the hole was in the pipe right up behind the crown molding.  Once Jess fixed that pipe, he noticed that another pipe was leaking in the same place so he replaced that pipe as well.

All of this investigation and repair took several hours and has left us with about 6 holes in the wall.  I know that they holes were completely necessary in order to find the leak, but it's still a little sad to look at my holy walls.  After Jess left, my friend Jimmy (owner of Lane Plumbing) called to see how everything went.  I asked him if he knew a good drywall guy that could come fix our holes and he said he would send his guy out to take care of it.  Jimmy Lane is not only one hell of a good plumber, but he is a class act and overall nice guy.  I'm thankful to have him on my team!

the aftermath

I'm Going to Pump You Up!

I finally got cleared to workout again so I took Jack to the gym last week so that he could be added to our membership.  He got his own membership card with his picture on it.  Our gym has a great childcare facility where Jack can hang out while I workout.  We went for a test run on Friday to see how he would do.  I only stayed away for about 45 minutes and he did great.  Since he did so well, we went back again this morning and I was gone for closer to an hour and a half and he did great again.  It's so nice to be able to go workout and know that Jack is being well taken care of.  It's good for him to be around different people and the other kids love him!  When I dropped him off this morning one of the little girls in there said, "You brought your baby?".  To which I replied, "Yes, are you going to take good care of him?" and she said, "I sure will!".  When I went back to get him after my workout, the little girl came running over and said, "Jack did super today!"

I'm so glad that I get to take this time to revive myself.  It makes me happy which in turn makes Jack happy!

I'm gonna knock you out!

Jack Loves Lacrosse

Yesterday evening, we headed out to Chapel Hill to watch Levi play lacrosse.  Levi is the youngest child in the family that I was a nanny child care technician for while I was in high school and college.  He is now a junior in high school and plays goalie for the varsity lacrosse team.

Levi's parents, Elissa and Geoff, were really excited to see us Jack and we were excited to not only see them but to see Levi play.  Levi did great and his team won 10-2.

Jack was such a happy baby during the game.  He just sat up and watched and cooed cheered.  In between bouts of watching the game, Jack snuggled with Elissa and talked shop with Geoff.

We are so happy that the Browns live so close!

Elissa and Jack snuggling

Levi tending goal

Elissa explaining the game of lacrosse to Jack

Geoff and Jack discussing the finer points of the game

12 Weeks of Jack

Where have the past twelve weeks gone?  Our boy is growing up before our eyes!

Normal Service Will Be Resumed Soon!

Hello everyone! I know it has been a while since you have heard from us, so I wanted to let everyone know that Jack, Elizabeth and I are still alive and well.

We are currently experiencing a milk shortage which means that Elizabeth now has to feed Jack every two hours and then pump for another 10 minutes afterward. As you can imagine, this is very stressful, tiring and time consuming and blogging has fallen down the list of priorities. However, I can assure you that there is a list of excellent blogging topics ready to go when the milk returns and Jack gets back on a more regular feeding schedule.

Here is a photo of Jack to keep you going until our next update!

Jack trying out his new sunglasses