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These two pictures will break your heart!

This probably sounds like an essay I would have written in 4th grade (Sean’s teacher was so much cooler than mine!), but no, its present day 2008, not the mid 80s.
But yes, I hate him.
Well, okay, hate is such a stong word and I should probably clarify that I am extremely jealous. Why? Because of THIS LINK. On Monday, the editors of the Cardomain Blog were invited to take out three Lamborghini Gallardo’s around the mountain roads of Washington (state) and then onto the highway to test the speed limiter and massive brake rotors.
What did I do Monday? Drove emily’s Mazda3 seven miles to work and sat in front of my laptop fighting with an instant messaging server and other fun stuff.

Hey Sean - you suck.

So after a long 6 years, I have decided to leave my job at NorthKey. It’s been a great experience here: my first “real job” during grad school, two internships, an unbelievable job in children’s crisis, great coworkers, great learning experiences, and wonderful friends. After a lot of research, soul-searching and long, drawn out conversations with Paul, family and friends, I decided to take a chance a something new.

I will be the Transition Coordinator for Campbell County High School. Basically, I’ll be working with Title 1, Part D kids (neglected & delinquent) who are transitioning from state agencies, residential facilities, detention center, and alternative school into the regular high school. I’ll be helping them to compile all of their credits from previous placements, do career planning, be a liason to all the agencies they are invovled with, work with their families, hold meetings, and basically monitor them intensely to make sure that they have the resources and safety net that they need to be successful in school. These kids typically get handed a schedule on their first day and told “good luck.” This is a unique position that will keep these kids from falling through the cracks, and work to reduce dropout rates and truancy. Cool stuff.

I’m excited for this new step in my career; it’s better pay, I’ll be in the school systems (one of my long term goals), and of course I get the amazing school schedule ;-).

When Big Sean visited a few weeks ago, we got a picture of him holding Little Sean just like he did when Little Sean was just 2 weeks old. He has gotten so big!!

Sorry! I haven’t posted ANY pictures so far this month. I apologize!

Here’s a bunch, from the past two weeks:

We’ve been taking small steps toward trying to get Sean to fall asleep on his own, instead of being rocked to sleep every night. He has put himself to sleep for a nap (when he can’t keep his eyes open) but never at night. He takes about 10 minutes of wiggling and rolling before he can get himself drifted off to sleep. We have been using our “aquarium” (even though it’s the jungle one, we still call it the aquarium) that we got from “the cousins” to get him used to hearing the music and associating it with sleep. He’s done really well and now falls asleep in our arms in about 2 minutes after hearing the music start.
Tonight was the first night that I fed him his bottle, burped him, sang him one song, then put him in his crib. 20 minutes later and without any cries or fussing, he’s sound asleep. Yay Sean! Hopefully he’ll continue to do it by himself…it’d save us a lot of time at night!

As seen on Chris’s blog, Scott is doing the 100 mile MS bike ride again this year. Follow this link to donate to the cause! He has almost reached his goal!

Due to the fact that I am on Jury Duty until the end of September, I get weekly email updates from the Commonwealth Attorney’s office. Its stories like this that give KY a bad name:
Commonwealth v. James Deaver
In August of 2006, a social worker Kentucky Cabinet for Families and Children’s Dept. of Community Based Services reported to Covington Police that James Deaver, 40, of Newport, was believed to have impregnated his sister, Linda Deaver, 37. Covington Detective Brian Frodge discovered that James Deaver was a registered sex offender after having been convicted of Incest in Campbell County in 1998. Det. Frodge also learned that the prior Incest conviction was the result of a consensual sexual relationship with Linda Deaver. The prior relationship resulted in the birth of a child that was seriously developmentally delayed.

After awaiting the birth of the second child, Frodge obtained DNA sampled from the child and James Deaver. DNA testing through the KY State Police Forensic Crime Lab indicated that there was a 99.99% chance that James Deaver was the father. Frodge obtained arrest warrants for both James and Linda Deaver in November, 2007.

Both Deavers were indicted for Incest in February of 2008. Linda Deaver pled guilty as charged on March 26, 2008 and agreed to testify against James Deaver. On June 30, 2008, James Deaver also pled guilty as charged. After receiving proof from defense counsel that James Deaver had voluntarily undergone a procedure to render him incapable of fathering more children, Asst. Commonwealth’s Attorney Laura Ward recommended a sentence of 5 years probated for 5 years on the condition that he have no contact with Linda Deaver and continue to register a sexual offender. Final sentencing for both defendants is July 29, 2008.
Here is the lovely couple:

Colleen and Cate came from New York to visit this week. They watched Sean during the day while I was working and he had a ball with them! Check out this video of Cate holding Sean while Colleen tries to “get his neck.” He laughs so hard he can hardly get a breath! CLICK HERE

We’ve been struggling with Sean’s sleeping routine for a few weeks now. He decided that he likes to wake up 2-3 times/night instead of 1. The past 3 nights have been great. He slept all the way through the night 2 nights ago (8pm-515am) and last night slept from 7:30-4:15, then went back to sleep until 6:30. I feel much more rested (and I’m sure Paul does too) and Sean’s a happy camper. Still doing the Vick’s rub too; seems to be doing a good job!

Paul’s family is coming tonight to visit. Little Sean is very excited to see everyone and show off all his new tricks!