6 months old today!!

i know i keep saying this, but i can hardly believe how fast this past few months have gone. max and keegan are 6 months old today. max is trying to crawl, although right now he looks like an inchworm when he attempts to crawl. once the kiddo figures out he will have more luck if he lifts his head up, i am in trouble! keegan's eyes are finally starting to clear up - thank goodness!! hopefully we are permanently on the way to clear eyes for him. tomorrow is their 6 month checkup so i am eagerly anticipating it. as it turns out, i will be going solo. well, fin wants to tag along - although i did arrange a playdate for him. i am hoping he will go on the playdate. we are seeing a developmental specialist instead of our regular ped. i am a little nervous, a. because i am not sure how i will simultaneously soothe two babies post shots, and b. i am hoping we are not soo far behind the curve that there is concern or we need to start going to the clinic at UMD. i will post weights, and other findings later in the week.

other than that, things are just chugging along here. jon's work still sucks. recently a survey was done of a bunch of fed. agencies, and his came in dead last with a pathetic approval rating of management of 18%. i think even bush has better numbers than that! in fact the report of the findings of this survey said that the results in his agency were so pathetic that to include them in the overall analysis would unfairly skew the results of the rest of the agencies. gee - i wonder why they are having a tough time recruiting?! the head of the agency and her right hand have become two of the coldest people i have ever met. the right hand, who used to be jon's friend, has yet to acknowledge the fact that max and keegan were born. not that i expect gifts or even a card, but a simple congratulations to jon would have at least been civil. i took this woman on a behind the scenes tour at the smithsonian, and she cant even acknowledge the birth of two children. the lastest thing is that they are manipulating rules so that noone can arrange leave more than 2 pay periods in advance. this is putting a wrench in our plan to go to OBX in the fall. jon hasnt taken a real vacation (whole week off) in more than 1.5 years. for crying out loud, they wouldnt even let him work from home for 2 days while i was on bedrest. i am fed up with them, but at the same time feel bad that jon has to go there everyday. i have worked for some real winners myself and know it can be draining. i am trying to be supportive, but likely failing in that area. anyway - enough of that. i will post again after our appt. this week.