Update

Isaac is doing really well with his new babysitter, Linda. She's been doing a much better job of taking care of him, and I've been happy with her the last couple of weeks. She's a mother too, and it's obvious that there's a tender concern that she has for him that the people in the daycare did not. I definitely think that the way that whole situation worked out was a "God thing."

I'm starting the weaning process this week. Last Friday, my principal told me that she wanted to put two of my sixth grade classes together so that I could teach a math remediation course. I usually spend about 20 minutes of my planning time pumping, and I knew I wouldn't be able to keep that up now that I have four preps. So now instead of pumping twice a day, I'm only going to pump once. Next week, I won't pump at all. I'll just nurse Isaac when we're together. Then when he's one, he'll start drinking whole milk. It's definitely time. Isaac isn't showing as much interest in nursing anymore, and he's even pushed me away a couple times in the last couple of days.

Isaac will be one year old on February 24th. I need to start on the invitations this week. We're going to have just a family party, which is acutally more work than it sounds. If everyone in our family showed up, there would be over 40 people at our house. I want to make Isaac's cake, like my mom did for me when I was a little girl. I thought my mom could just give me a recipe and that it would be easy to figure out. As it turns out, it is much more involved. (My mom actually took a class to learn how to do everything.) My mom and I are going to go to Savannah this weekend to buy all the supplies. Then I'll make a practice cake before I make the cake for his party. I'm actually pretty excited about that. Imagine that, Jennifer Sherrod is excited about making a cake. Having a baby really does change you...