A.B. Kagledom

OK, no. Simon has never been offered a lucrative contract to star in a major motion picture. To the (at least) two people who fell for it, we offer our appreciation. If you believed that, maybe you also thought I was pregnant last year? OK , I was, but only by a week so the pregnancy stick wasn't mine (our timing was off - that one wasn't supposed to be a joke). Or maybe you thought we were moving to Florida right after we moved to Chicago? And who could forget Matthew's sudden ability to lactate?

Thanks for playing. We appreciate your continued support - foolish or not.

Adlai, Matthew, and I are not feeling so hot. Simon came down with a series of mysterious symptoms last week that went no where - an ear infection for a day, pink-eye for a day, a sore throat that never turned into a cold... He has passed this illness on to us only, in us, it provides an extended feeling of *bleh* along with some unspecified aches and sore throats. Fun.

In the mean time, Adlai has apparently been growing. He is staring to outgrow his 3-6 month clothes (without even having worn some of the more Summer-ish garb) and we moved the shoulder straps on the carseat up to the middle height. He seems to eat a lot but doesn't stay at the boob any longer than absolutely necessary. In fact he has started to SCREAM when he wants milk and it isn't coming fast enough and SCREAM again when he is tired of being fed. Adlai has a really loud scream - especially in the middle of the night. He, sadly, isn't letting me get more than a few hours of sleep in a row. He slept for seven hours in a row once last week but, since he goes to sleep for the night around 6:30 or 7 and we don't, I never get the benefit of those long stretches.