Well, that last entry was just about the most boring ever, eh? Sorry, sometimes I need to think things through with my fingers.

I'm probably going to let my job die a natural death in May, be laid off, collect my severance, and move on. I was talking to Dan about it and he asked me, "Well, how long do you *want* to keep working there?" Um, with no Baby J, I'd be happy working there for a long time, I guess. But *with* Baby J...no.

Computer work and kids just don't mesh. When I'm working on my computer, I'm gone from the neck up. I don't want to be interrupted at all, and there's nothing that Baby J can learn from watching me, you know? If I am working with my hands making something, or talking to people, he can pick up on that and be part of it, or play alongside me, but computer work? Forget it. Like what, he's going to learn HTML by sitting next to me playing? And our office is *so* not childproofed, and probably never will be.

Now for the real news...Julian took his first steps on March 10th! He's still pretty teeter-tottery, but he *loves* walking and cruising, he's just fired up all day long now. He still speed-crawls to get around, because it's faster and easier for him, but today he was walking a lot more. I set up his Ikea play bench in the kitchen while I was in there cooking, and a foldout two-step stool a few feet away for him to practice walking back and forth.

At one point I heard a noise behind me as I was stirring something...I turned around to find myself almost face-to-face with Julian! The little monkey had climbed up the stepstool and was standing on TOP of the second rung, not holding on to anything at all, just waving his hands excitedly with a big grin on his face. Ack! Circus baby!

Julian's favorite and maybe only word is "doggie". He has said "Mama" and "Daddy" in the past, but now it's all about doggie. He just worships the ground that Bugs walks on. When he hears Bugs coming over to see him in the morning he freaks out with joy and starts calling "Doggie!"