Last Week of Leave

I'm headed back to work on Monday, and we had a busy last week of maternity leave. Adam is off work now too, so we took Brenden to the Seattle Aquarium. He looked interested in the pretty fish until he was exhausted by all the commotion and konked out. He can nap through anything when he's in his Snugli. It was a fun family outing, and we're looking forward to when Brenden can get excited about our trips out.

Here's another recent photo I love. Brenden does the cutest things with his little hands:

Here's one of him actually awake. We officially retired his 0-3 month clothes and discovered that he has enough 3-6 mo clothes for 3 babies. It's fun to dress him up!

Yesterday we went to Tami's house for a playdate with Paityn. This was the first time the babies seemed to notice each other at all. They had fun hitting each other (on accident of course!) Brenden had a diaper blowout while we were there, and as I carried him to Paityn's changing table, I told Tami, "Don't worry, he hasn't peed during a diaper change since he was 2 weeks old." I shouldn't have said that. While I was trying to clean up the blowout, he peed all over himself, but mostly in his eyes!! Here's a photo of him and Paityn before the mayhem:

Today we're having breakfast with my friend Julie and going to look at an apartment this afternoon. It looks perfect online - MUCH nicer with a shorter commute. We'll see what we think when we see it in person. If we love it as much as I think we will, we're going to talk to our landlord about getting out of our lease. I think it's only right. We've always paid our rent early and actually improved the house. And we just don't feel right about having Brenden in a house that's so rickety and poorly maintained. The roof leaks often, which hasn't been a problem lately since it's barely rained in 3 months, but the landlord refuses to come out and repair it until the rain stops, which can be weeks in Seattle. That's just not acceptable for our baby. And "repairing" it means his brother comes out with a bucket of tar and paints over the spot he thinks is leaking. I won't even get into the rat situation. This house is a nightmare and I'm going to freak out if he won't let us out of the lease!