Hello Again Harper!
Things are going well here. I've started getting into the swing of things at my new job and last week presented to the CEO of Claire's herself and got rave reviews. She described me as an "intelligent speaker", that I should "teach this stuff (this stuff being digital advertising)", and she loved my jokes (cue your Mom rolling her eyes). So while a little stressful it was good to get some face time with the CEO - now we just have to hit these rather lofty goals we set for ourselves in 2015.
Also this week your Mom took and passed the SPHR test. She had been studying all month - probably harder that I studied my entire senior year of college. She was crazy anxious leading up to it but I knew she was going to pass. Now that that is over with its a lot more relaxed in the old Peters household.
The week prior to all this stuff I was laid up all week with kidney stones of all things. Never had any issues in my 35 years of life with my kidneys up until that week. Let me tell you...kidney stones hurt alot. Everything they say about them is true - the closest thing men can get to the pain of childbirth. So your Mom can't hold that over my head anymore. Thankfully I got some drugs on Tuesday for the pain and just kind of waited until I passed it. I think I passed it before the weekend but it wasn't as climactic as I was expecting. The pain just kind of stopped. Didn't even see the little brat that was causing me all this pain.
With your Mom's test behind us its now time to start focusing on getting your room ready. Currently Madison is living in there so we are buying a twin bed for her and moving her to the room over the garage. Once she's in that room than we'll convert her room back into the state it was before she was born and it'll be ready for newborn use again. Madison, in stereotypical girl fashion, wants her room pink so we have to paint that room this week. By "we" I mean we're hiring a guy to do it for us.
It looks like my parents are coming up here at the end of the month. I like to say its for my birthday but really its just cause they want to see Madison. I can only imagine how often they'll visit after a) Dad retires and b) you're born. 2 grand daughters just waiting for them up in Chicago.
Talk to you later kid.
Love Dad
