We played our annual State of the Union bingo after Quinn went to bed. Life was almost normal, aside from the giant play pen in the tv room. 

When you pass the PMP exam you get a pin. Well, you get some other stuff too but none of that has arrived.

Now I have a pin!

We've had the box for this car seat sitting in our living room for months. We've been using it as a barrier to things in the living room.

Well, Quinn is finally getting big enough that we're ready to move from the baby car seat to the bigger seat. He spent all day climbing into it.

Something tells me he will be ready for his rocking chair very soon.

Adam and Comfort stopped by for a quick visit. It's been awhile since I've gotten to see them. I've been spending most nights and weekends the last several months studying. So it was nice to visit and catch up on some things.

A few years ago my parents bought me several packs of Scooby Doo wall decals. I'm finally getting to use them and Quinn is enjoying each new one I put up.

I picked up the latest audio book bundle from Humble Bundle. This time it was a Doctor Who bundle and it's comprised of audio dramas by Big Finish. 

They're a nice change of pace from the regular books I listen to. They're full of sound effects, multiple voice actors, and best of all, they take place in the Doctor Who universe. 

Added a little Maleficent to my desk today. I have a small little toy army growing under my monitor at work.

All in all my last day of vacation has been a pretty productive one. Quinn has been chewing the railing on his crib, so I used a pool noodle we'd purchased awhile back, some extra fleece, and tied the ends of the fleece together along the crib railing. Now if he wants to chew something, he can chew on the fleece and not the wood, which is probably better for his teeth and certainly better for my nerves.
I also did some baking in the afternoon. I made some cookies, a few more cheeseburger egg rolls, and then some cheesecake egg rolls. Most of the recipes online have fancy ingredients and require frying, neither of which I was going to do. So I just used the ingredients on the cream cheese package and baked some egg rolls for 15 minutes at 425 degrees.

They came out alright. I probably should have put some fancy ingredients in them (a few of them did have raspberries and chocolate chips). They're tasty, it's just weird to eat cheesecake without a graham cracker crust. 

I'll probably experiment with other desserts in the future when I buy more egg roll wrappers. 

Finally! I've been studying since September for the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam. It's hard to study after a day of work, no down time because the baby demands attention NOW (because I've been gone all day), and then not sleeping a full nights sleep. Ever.

I feel like it took ages, but it's done. And now I can finally read a book that isn't related to PMP. Or play video games.

Oh god, I've missed you, Xbox.
Chris made this cute hat for me while I was on my way home.

Yesterday I made a bunch of food. A few different types of tofu for Quinn to try, some banana bread, and a few other miscellaneous things to feed him. So today I gave him some chunks of clementines and tofu.

He scarfed down the clementines and some tofu, even if he made a silly face while doing it.

The bib he's in is one a co-worker gave me and it's great. It has a little pocket at the bottom and catches all of the food he drops - which is a lot. Plus it's easy to wipe down.

I'm looking forward to using this bib and the others during this messier eating phase he's moving into.

Today was Quinn's first outing in a kids play area. The kids area at Woodland Mall has a larger little kids section than the mall by us (which has a tree house in it). I was nervous about letting Quinn play in it - I thought he was still too little. But Chris convinced me and Quinn had a great time. I severely underestimated how considerate kids running around are of each other. I really need to get out around kids more. Sheesh.

Meijer had wonton wrapper and egg roll wrappers on sale, so I picked up a pack of each. I have a few days off next week, so I'm going to try a few different recipes.

Today I tried a Cheeseburger Egg Roll Recipe - or at least I adapted one. I mostly just used egg, cheese, and some seasoning. I tried a few with Worcester sauce, but that stuff is just not my thing.

These turned out pretty good. It would be nice to do something with breakfast food too. Maybe I'll try something with eggs over the next few days.