Xander Week 37 - A little behind…
June 11, 2007
I’ve gotten a little behind in blogging these past few weeks. For regular readers, I apologize. There are two factors in my tardiness. First, I’m out of new pictures. Several months ago while Zach and I were on vacation in Las Vegas, we lost our camera. We immediately replaced the camera, and although this new camera likes to take pictures, it hates to give them up, and we’ve been having a heck of a time getting pictures off the camera, hence no new pictures.
The much larger distraction however, is the fact that my job has been cut back to 1/2 time. If I were independently wealthy, this would be great. Unfortunately, Zach and I rely on our combined salaries to keep our world afloat. So, my spare time has been spent searching for ways to make up the lost income, or find a new job. This hasn’t left me much free time to blog unfortunately. So, if anyone out there has any suggestions on how to make money on the side (I’m not really in to waitressing, etc.) then please let me know! And, I promise to try to squeeze some blogging time in soon too 
I have been pondering this question for a while now. Zach and I have always planned to have more than one child. Of course with the first, everything is new and exciting, and perhaps we go a little bit overboard when it comes to recording the first months/years of Xander’s life. My concern is that I don’t want the second child to feel like we didn’t document as much, but will I have the time/energy/interest in maintaining everything for baby #2? First and foremost, I’ve got this blog, which I think is an excellent way to store thoughts and feelings about the entire process, from conception through graduation. I’ve also got a baby book, a scrapbook, a hallmark calendar to mark all of Xander’s “firsts” (first smile, first trip, first tooth, etc.), a plaster mold of Xander’s hands and feet, and over 100 digital pictures of him in our Flickr account.