Highlights

A nice week thus far. Andy is home, helping so much with Kate. Also loving me. That is perfect. The dogs are home. I rescued Rosie from the pound. Some nice Louisville citizen called me and told me there was a chocolate lab there and that i might want to check it out. And it was her! She has been reunited with Sophie and both are happy. Kate is home. She is doing so well, doing better with her crawling and using all fours. She now is working on her 5th tooth. It only took 39 minutes to get her to sleep tonight, a break from the 2 hours it took last night and the night before. Miraculous. I called the doctor today to ask for her advice on the situation, as well as to step up my antidepressant. I just need a little more help getting through the day.
Kate and i rotate from room to room, to the back porch, to the front yard on a blanket. We take her electric bubble blower and she crawls to it, and then i move it to another corner of the blanket, and she crawls to it. it's cute. she plays very hard. we take our naps together, per doctor's orders for me to rest.
i've been calling banks to get good rates for the home purchase. that was my task to complete today. and i think i did a good job. i found a pretty good rate.
i also, of course, watched american idol-what happened to katharine????? taylor, as usual, did great, and i hope he wins.
with PPD, everything seems like an upcoming disaster. my next disaster-leaving kate with someone so andy and i can go to a wedding in july. yes, it is WEEKS away, but i'm already praying about it. the last one went okay. but this will the the first time i'll be away from kate for more than 5 hours-and i will be away from her for 3 days. i know i can get through this. she will be in good hands.
i'm trying to get out of the house at least once per day. today kate and i went to lunch together, and she was great. she always attracts smiles from people sitting near us or the waiters. she ate some black eyed peas, too.
currently reading Inconsolable: How I threw Out my Mental Health with the Diapers. it really speaks about what i feel . it's another mother dealing with ppd. she has it much worse than I but i can relate a little to her.
supper tonight? lean cuisine, chicken with penne.