He did it—Erick put Joshua to bed all by himself last night!  What a milestone.  I had another moms’ night out with friends & this time Joshua was in bed (almost) sound asleep when I got home.  Erick even took a shot at cutting Joshua’s nails for the first time a few days ago.  I think I was more nervous about that than he was but he did great.

The only other thing that’s happened lately is I finally paid for daycare for Joshua after previously only using friends, family, & babysitting co-op members to watch him.  I had an appointment at Walter Reed & I took him to the drop-off CDC on post for $4/hour (you can’t beat that!).  It wasn’t somewhere where I’d like Joshua to stay full-time but for a couple of hours, he enjoyed playing with the toys & I was able to go to my appointment without a toddler in tow for a change!