San Diego Skies
Last weekend Jake and I took David to one of our favorite cafes in San Deigo: 976 in Pacific Beach. When I looked up, the clouds were funny so I decided to snap a photo. The sky is always a beautiful blue here, even during June gloom. One of the reasons one cannot help but love San Diego.

Bits of Updates
I'm not sure why I haven't been writing. Honestly, it's mosly cause I haven't been in the mood. I'll try to do better in July. One of the things I love most about my blog is that I get to go back and read about the past. If I don't update often, I don't have that luxury, so I will try harder. I figured before the month is up, I should do some updates.

David's still not sleeping. His dad is being extremely gracious and helping me out incredibly by holding and consoling him throughout the night except the two times he eats which is when I get up. Since I haven't slept in so long, my sleeping patterns are all messed up and between that and my aching boobs, I still don't get too much sleep but it's considerably better since my amazing husband has stepped in to help. As for David we're still hoping he'll "grow out of it." especially since there appears to be nothing wrong with him physically and he's the happiest baby ever. Laughing and smiling like a crazy person. If you don't believe me, you can watch this video of us playing. Then you'll know how awesome he is.

The reading craze is still continuing. I am now reading Specimen Days from the author of The Hours. This book is not nearly as good as the Hours, especially since it's a bit like horror and that's definitely not my genre. But Cunnigham's writing still quite beautiful. Next in line are Hornby and Melissa Bank. I am so excited to be reading again. David and I have started a routine of walking to the mall for lunch so he gets his afternoon nap while mom eats her lunch and reads. It's the most serene hour of my day.

My little boy must be teething because he's drooling like a faucet and has this unquenchable need to suck and bite stuff. The other night he sucked on my chin so hard that he gave me my very first hickey. We had a breakfast date with a friend of Jake's the next morning and I was very embarrased to wake up to a big black and blue bruise. I wasn't sure how to explain it. Who knew I'd get my first hickey from my son?

As I mentioned months ago, I am making a scrapbook for David's first year. It has one page for each week. He just finished week twenty, and I just finished week 17 so I am not that behind. When I am not with him, sleeping, eating, working or reading, I am putting the book together. I want to have a great record of his first year. If anyone out there is a big scrapbook person and has some good ideas, feel free to send them my way. If you want to see my layouts so far, shoot me an email. I will eventually put them all up but I haven't gotten all that organized just yet.

Other than the lack of sleep, life's quite wonderful here in Karenika-land. I wish I had a bit more time to read/write and work on the scrapbook. But life is always too short when you're having fun, isn't it?