Where did the time go?

Two Miracles today...

For a solid WEEK Noah has HAPPILY gone into his daycare room, no crying or tugging! He RAN in this morning!

I fit into a smaller size dress pants today! Yay! When I weighed myself last weekend I had lost almost 10 pounds since Noah started walking! Go Mommyhood!

and a third miracle...I slept 8pm-6am.....yippeee

Sept 30th Already!

Here is Noah in his Halloween costume (Thanks Memere!) and he has to push the carriage now instead of being in it. You should see him at Walmart, he pushes the cart and the people coming towards us cannot see him, so it looks like the cart is possessed. If he cannot push the cart he uses his new found drama cry to let everyone know.

I cannot believe September is gone already! This month we celebrated our friends adopting two precious boys, another friend got a clean bill of health in her pregnancy with twins, I survived my first work trip away from Noah and actually enjoyed the quiet, I started the after school tutoring program with low income children next door to our campus, Brian's softball team is undefeated and he is the pitcher!

Unfortunately we have also gone through Keaden and Yosie losing their grandmother to breast cancer, a friend losing her mom to a heart attack this week and another round of Noah getting teeth and a rash.

September

Hi all! I cannot believe how fast time is flying! Noah has had a rough week, cutting 4 teeth and a head cold. So sleep is hard to come by at the moment. In addition his diaper rash exploded at daycare and I'm not sure if it is the food (he was eating a chocolate chip cookie when I picked him up yesterday) or a lack of cleanliness on their part. All I know is that when work is stressful and daycare has issues = mommy guilt about working. I need to love my job and trust he is safe to justify in my head that I am away from him.

On a positive note, he is a crazy walking fool, non-stop. And more word-like babbling keeps us entertained.

I will try to upload new picts of the boys soon as we have them all this weekend.

Where has August Gone?

Quick Update...

I am in week 3 of the new job and it is way more complicated than I anticipated. I am earning my raise!

Noah is in week 2 of the new daycare and week one didnt go so well. He was dirty and distraught when i picked him up last week. He did much better yesterday.

We survived Tropical Storm Fay and her tornadoes with no house damage and only 6 hours of power outages.

Noah is walking like a pro now and says dog, car, truck and he randomly said 'taco' while we were in line at taco bell. Either he can read or it was a fluke.

My sister and her family came to visit last week and it was so wonderful to see them!

I am wondering if I can clone myself to balance commuting, working, cooking and caring for Noah.

Change Change Change

Today is the day I leave Kent Campus. This job has been my home for 4 years and I am going to miss it. My boss and the Dean took me to lunch yesterday, it was nice. Today has been beyond anti climatic. The person I am going to miss the most from the office left without saying goodbye today. In fact she hasn't acknowledged that I am leaving other than to question me on the supplies I am taking with me. I know people deal with change differently but this is really hurting my feelings. I have spent more time with her in these past few years than my family. She has been through ups and downs, victories and tragedies and to be brushed off is upsetting to me.

On the upside, I am leaving for a whole new challenge in an exciting and growing environment. Noah will be in a great school with a number of kids his age. Plus I will be making more money.

Noah and I are going to Disney this weekend with Mom and Dad to see a cousin and her kids. I am VERY much looking forward to it!

What a Wonderful World

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1046420858051439904

Check out this Video My brother made of Noah's first year!

Blessed Be today! Brian and I BOTH got job promotions today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Noah Big Boy

Noah is One! Oh my freakin word!

I made a test cake (his party is next weekend).

His Arc looked like a desert storm tanker but you get the idea.

It is sugar-free but surprisingly yummy.

He wasn't sure at first until I put his hand up to his mouth and he tasted the cream cheese frosting. Then he was all about diggin' in.

Last week he survived an appointment with the allergist and getting blood drawn. Turns out he has chronic sinutitus, which is why he coughs at night and when he gets up. He started antibiotics for 21 days :(

He also is being tested for environmental and food allergies. We should know something soon.

He also has a crazy diaper infection, fun fun fun.

I had a great 2nd interview today for a job promotion today, I should know something by the end of the week. Yippeee

For the die-hard Noah Daycare Saga fans

Here is Noah taking over my job today... He came for lunch with Bri.

I just got a call from my ORIGINAL daycare provider. The in-home daycare he was in for 3 days before she quit on me. She wanted to check in and see if I was interested in him going to her again as she has fully recovered from her medical issues......aughhh no thanks.

One Day at Time

Here is Noah at Jules House on Monday. He is mesmerized by a dancing chicken that sings "Splish Splash."

Yesterday was SO emotional. In the morning I found out the sister of a close friend of mine got in a head on collision and lost her baby (she was 6 months along)> it is so terrible and unimaginable.

Then I got a call from another friend that she may be moving to Colorado for a fantastic job. I was so excited for her.

Then I had a phone interview for a position on another campus that went well but was challenging.

Then my sister called with good news to end my day on a high note.

Life is like a roller coaster and it works better if I move with it instead of holding my breath or screaming in fear.

I hate PPO's

I hurt my wrist a few weeks back and i am wearing a stupid immobilizer that isn't helping so i went back to the doctor and while I was there I also confessed I have been ignoring a persistent foot pain that happened when I fell at Disney....months ago. So Anyway, he sent me for x-rays and I waited an hour at the hospital only to be told I hadn't met my deductible ($500) and they would cost $210. Ok....Bye Bye then!

I was so upset! I called my insurance co. and it turns out this chick was WRONG and it should have been $75. Which still sucks, but not as much as $210.Have you ever seen "Sicko" the movie? I am not even remotely as sick as most of the people in that movie and yet I am still P#$%^ed off at the system in this country. I'm moving to Canada....

Leapin' Lizards!

So I spent some time with Elise, my friend's mother, on Friday so she could get to know Noah and see his disposition. He had had a rough time napping in the morning and ended up spilling his peas onto the carpet and tossing his chicken nugget across the room. That plus he would not nap in the pack n play and cried for the greater part of an hour instead of napping. Needless to say i thought she was going to say "HELL NO I ain't watching him and you need to go to Mommy class" but instead she said. "I'll be tired the first week until we come up with a routine." So I spent some time there on Sunday helping to arrange a playroom for the boys (my friends son is 6 months old).

I dropped him off this morning and he was having his bottle when I left. Elise just called that he went down for his nap in the packn'play with a fuss and is sleeping. I CAN BREATHE!!!!!!

I still want to be home with him, but not worrying about him is priceless too!!!!!!!!!!!

Brian's Fathers Day gift was a tattoo on his left shoulder blade of a lizard with a Celtic infinity symbol on it's back. He has been talking about a tattoo since I met him. I made a comment that since he met me he has gone sky diving and gotten his tattoo and that I was a bad influence. He said "No, you just let me be me." That is a cool gift!

daycare

The daycare Director called and said everything she should have said, but when we hung up, my friend called and said her mother would be willing to watch Noah and her son together. I am going to hang out with her on Friday and tell her about Noah and then we will have a trial day next week to see if she can handle both boys before I pull him from daycare. This will allow us to get him walking and off the bottle and then the daycare options are easier. I got an application for the Kent Daycare for the Fall as a back-up. I am going to work 8:30 to 6 and do the drop-off and Bri is going to work 7-5 and do the pick-up. SO at least Noah will get to sleep a little longer.

I wish I was kidding

I am so mad and sad right now. When I dropped off Noah at daycare Monday there was another newborn there and the daycare lady said Noah was going to have to nap in a pack n' play because they didn’t have enough cribs. I told her that he does not nap in pnp's very well. I asked her if that meant he was going to get moved into the one year old room sooner and she said no b/c he is not walking. So when I went to pick him up, the Lisa girl (moron) was packing his bag and she put his formula container in the bag and I saw that it was FULL. So I said "Did he not get a bottle today?" and she says "Yvette forgot."
This means, according to his daily sheet, that he did not get anything to drink until 2:30 (juice). They gave him lunch at 10:30 (I don’t know why) and a snack at 2:30 and that is it. In addition, his diaper was changed, again according to his sheet, at 9:30 and 2:25. That means he was not changed for FIVE freaking hours. No wonder his ringworm wont go away. I am pissed and sad and I didn’t want him to go back tomorrow and I want to quit and I am wondering why the hell this keeps happening.
In my long conversations with Brian we tossed around a 1000 ideas, but couldn’t come up with a solution. We decided for today that we would go meet with the Director together.
So we called at 6:30, the Director isn’t in until after 10. So Brian decided to head to work since we couldn’t come up with a solution.
It took me forever to actually go into the daycare. I couldn’t stop crying. I went into the daycare and Yvette (infant teacher) said “I heard you had a concern about yesterday.” I told her my concerns and she said “Yesterday morning was chaotic.” I told her that even on Sunday he drank two full bottles before and after lunch so I know he still needs them. To which she said, “that morning bottle needs to go away anyway for him to transition to the one-year old room.” And then this woman who is also in the room, whom I’ve never seen before but addressed Noah by name, says “Yeah I still call my 10 year old son baby but you have to let them grow up.” I WAS SO FURIOUS!!!!!!!! So is the freakin issue that it was chaotic and you forgot to feed him or was it that you are changing his schedule without consulting me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I said “If the morning bottle needs to be phased out that is a decision you and I need to make together.” She said she would give him the morning bottle. Then I addressed the diaper and she said they must have forgotten to write it down. I am not at all happy with how this went. I am going to wait until the Director callas and see what she has to say. Mom said she can take him tomorrow and Brian can take Thursday off if we need to pull him.

Catching up on Life

Here are some May photos. I would love to say we had photos of all of the boys, but after the ringworm day, Noah woke up with Pink Eye...which then progressed into the 24 hour oh-my-freakin-word-we-cant-stop-puking-or-pooping for the whole family last weekend. It was beyond hellish. Let me just say we had to have the carpets cleaned and the 'in sickness' part of our vows survived the test.

Luckily everyone is healthy now (except I have a wrist brace on for the next week as I slammed my wrist into a door jam while holding Noah.)

We are planning a trip to see family up north in August and Mimi is coming with the boys for the weekend to see everyone and the house before she spends her summer in New England.

Life is moving in fast forward right now!

Here is Noah getting Sneakers and us with Beth at our friend Janet's wedding.

My big boy wears real shoes now! He is crawling like crazy and transferring standing from one object to another. Walking is not far off!!!! Brian and I worked on babyproofing and re-arranging and we still need to get a baby gate.

On a nuttier note, Noah has ringworm....ick from his girlfriend at daycare....

And his Claritin is not working so we are going to try Allegra and go see an allergist.

On a Mommy note, I am working on shifting my career and seeing what the universe has to offer.

On a Daddy note, Brian loves teaching and is learning a lot himself.

Kaeden and Yosie are good but we havent seen them in awhile because of soccer, sleepovers and Mothers Day. We have them for this long weekend coming up though!

here is Noah on 4-27 @ Mom's new condo
There is a new boy at the daycare, Timothy (aka. Jaws) and he bit Noah on the forearm this Wednesday. Would it be wrong of me to bite him back for Noah?

More Milestones!

Noah has learned so much in the last week. he is pulling up to stand on just about anything and he is feeding himself gerber puffs, bits of pears, etc. The big boys were here this weekend and we went swimming at Mom's new condo on Southside. Brian is teaching on Fridays and loving his class. I am getting ready for the Summer work slump (amen!) and will have Fridays off starting May 9th, yeah!!! All for now!

Relay for Life Photos!

Brian, Noah and I walked in the Relay for Life on Friday April 18th! Our theme was GI Joe, which is why we are in camo.
We raised $250, more than anyone on our team!
My mom and Dad came to cheer us on!
Thanks Everyone!

Stand by your (little) Man

Here is Noah at 9 months in all his glory. Last week he learned how to sit upright from laying or 'crawling' then he learned how to pull himself to standing on Saturday. Needless to say, naps and bedtime have been a trip for the last 24 hours. Last night he kept sitting himself up, which woke him up, which made him cry, which made us go in and lay him back down....not so much fun. This photo is of when we saw him on the monitor standing up and I rushed in with a camera.

Weepy Wednesday

Here is my bunny boy last Friday at a mommy picnic. He is doing the "ouu's" now, too cute.

Not so cute this morning when he was grabbing for me and crying as I was trying to leave him at daycare. He has put his arms up before but today was a full crying fit. It was SO hard to leave him! I tried to distract him but it didnt work. I ended up having to hand him to Lisa, the daycare chick, and leaving while he wasnt looking. SO HARD!

Noah is going to Disney this Sunday

Photos from Baptism weekend

Here are some good shots from this weekend!

Bless-ed Baby

The Christening was so nice. My brother and sister in law surprised us on Saturday and had flown in Saturday morning to St. Petersburg and spent the afternoon with us in Seminole. I was so touched by his surprise. Noah was awake and about 80% happy for the baptism. He didn’t cry when they put the water on his head, and it was three handfuls of water. He didn’t cry when the minister took him around the parish either. We were so blessed. Everyone had safe travels and it was a great weekend. I am SO tired. Even Noah slept through the night last night and was not happy with us for waking him this morning. I am going to work on getting pictures out soon!

Monday

Here is Noah and the big brothers from this weekend.

We had lots of outdoor fun this weekend. I have a sunbrunt nose to prove it.

We are trying to get our ducks in a row for Noah's baptism this weekend. He will be stylin in a white onesie with a cross embriodered it and white shorts. He may end up looking like Miami Vice but it's better than a white dress.

32 years and 2 days

This is Beth, Heather and I at the Rascal Flatts concert Friday night.

I am 32 years and 3 days old today. that means I'm roughly 11,682 days old. I would think after all those days I would have my stuff together. But today I feel like I really don't have my stuff together. I feel like I slept through last week (and yet I am still coughing like crazy). I saw this dang movie on Saturday night (Definitely, Maybe) and it got me thinking about all my daily choices and the 'shoulds' I have in my head. I should be financially stable. I should get my Masters degree, I should have more meaningful learning-centered time with Noah. I just feel like I am not doing enough today.

God let me be happy with where I am at today.

NyQuil take me away

This is from my surprise Birthday Party, when I turned 29, I'll be 32 tomorrow!

The 30 second low-down from this week? I had the flu or some other crazy cold so I missed 1.5 days of work and slept like 1,000 hours out of this week.

Noah has the cold too (gee, could it be from the sick kid at the last daycare?) and is coughing and has a runny nose. He is adjusting to daycare slowly. He cried a lot the first full day and some yesterday too.

Brian has come down with Bells Palsy, this weird random face paralysis that can last 1-3 months. He is handling it much better than I would. He is having difficulty with his eye (he cannot blink it) and his mouth hurts and he is having muscle spasms in his cheek. He got and went to a doctor and is on steroids to try to help. It really sucks.

It is my birthday tomorrow. I forgot about it today until my students gave me flowers and two balloons (one says Happy Birthday, one says Get Well Soon). I am going to see Rascal Flatts tonight with some girlfriends (my first real night out with the ladies since Noah arrived). I will bless them by not trying to sing (My throat still hurts and I'm constantly ah-hemm-ing).

Daycare REALLY sucks

Noah's two front teeth coming in. :)

So I pick up Noah from daycare yesterday and ...long story short...although his daily report paper said differently, they neglected to feed him in the morning which meant he went 6 hours in between eating. In fact they wrote down that they fed him WHILE I WAS STILL THERE in the chaotic morning....Um NO

Then this morning when I tell the owner there is a problem and try to explain the situation she says "I tell Tiffany to write down as soon as she feeds the babies, but she fills it in later." So I stopped her and said "um, no because I got back 8 oz of formula", which means the sheet is WRONG. I also said "This is not okay with me."

To which she looks at NOAH and says "Did we starve you yesterday?" in a sing-sing voice....grrrr.... sarcasm when I am angry is not a good thing. I started shaking I was so ticked off. I didn't end up telling her his last day is tomorrow because that sentence would have come out with numerous curse words and there were children present.

I guess I made a long story long.

Luckily the daycare I toured yesterday(Ortega Hills Preschool) is going to work and I am going to line it up today I hope.

daycare sucks.

Daycare Sucks

Here is Noah at the computer in our NEW place 2/8/08. We are awaiting a mircrophone so we can have interactive IM's with family! I am so excited!

So we are in the midst of yet another chapter to the daycare saga...

My mother has to go back to work full time because her co-workers cannot handle her being gone one day a week. Complete BS on their part in my opinion. But anyway, my parents are buying a condo so Mom has to work and cannot watch Noah on Thursdays anymore. So we are faced with having to put Noah in daycare full time and pay full time.

So I was praying to have God's direction on this as his current daycare has been slacking in his care and the original daycare I liked when I was pregnant has an opening now and is cheaper and close to the house. So I go to drop him off today and his current daycare is in chaos. No one answered the door until I had knocked 3 times and then when I got in there was a sick child in the potty (literally had fallen into the potty) and only ONE worker and 9 kids and I did not want to leave Noah there. In fact I watched the kids while she helped the sick kid and I ended up staying for 1/2 hour until I felt ok leaving him there. I called when I got to work to make sure other workers had shown up and he was being cared for. THERE IS MY DECISION. They made it for me today.

Brian and I are going to tour the original center again tonight to make sure all is well and we'll move him there next week.

Yesterday was my 5th anniversary in OA! Yeah!

Terrific Tuesday

We have moved! Thank you GOD! Thanks to friends and family, we got most of our things in on Sunday. We slept there for the first time last night as Noah's allergies have been through havoc with us stirring up dust from moving. We got him an air purifier so we can get rid of the coughing (again).

We are so thrilled to be able to rent such a pretty home!

Wonderful Wednesday

Last night we went and looked in the house we are moving to and now I am 3x as excited! I am so thrilled that it will be a 'real' house and that it is so bright and cheery. Brian and I packed more last night and got rid of a lot of junk :) That makes me happy too!
We spent a very nice weekend in Tampa and then when we got home within an hour Brian and I had sore throats and Noah was coughing. Just another confirmation that we need to get out of that house! We have help on Sunday to move some big things. We will probably be sleeping on an air mattress next week, but I don't care!

Fuzzy Friday

Mean Moms

Someday when my children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me:
I loved you enough . . .
to ask where you were going, with whom,
and what time you would be home.

I loved you enough to be silent and let you
discover that your new best friend was a creep.

I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your room, a job that should have taken 15 minutes.

I loved you enough to let you see anger,
disappointment, and tears in my eyes. Children must learn that their parents aren't perfect.

I loved you enough to let you assume the
responsibility for your actions even when the
penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.

But most of all, I loved you enough . . . to say
NO when I knew you would hate me for it.

Those were the most difficult battles of all. I'm
glad I won them, because in the end you won, too.
And someday when your children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates parents, you will tell them.

Was your Mom mean? I know mine was. We had the meanest mother in the whole world! While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast.
When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch, we had to eat sandwiches.
And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that was different from what other kids had, too.

Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. You'd think we were convicts in a prison.
She had to know who our friends were, and what we were doing with them.
She insisted that if we said we
would be gone for an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less.

We were ashamed to admit it, but she had the nerve to break the Child Labor Laws by making us work.
We had to wash the dishes, make the beds, learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry, empty the trash and all sorts of cruel jobs. I think she would lie awake at night thinking of more things for us to do.

She always insisted on us telling the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth. By the time we were teenagers, she could read our minds and had eyes in the back of her head. Then, life was really tough!

Mother wouldn't let our friends just honk the horn when they drove up. They had to come up to the door so she could meet them While everyone else could date when they were 12 or 13, we had to wait until we were 16.

Because of our mother , we missed out on lots of
things other kids experienced. None of us have ever been caught shoplifting, vandalizing other's
property or ever arrested for any crime. It was all her fault.
Now that we have left home, we are all educated, honest adults.
We are doing our best to be mean parents just like Mom was.

I think that is what's wrong with the world today.
It just doesn't have enough mean moms!


PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE MEAN MOTHERS YOU KNOW.
(And Their Kids!!!)

Tubular Thursday

I am SO glad it's Thursday at 4:42! I only have to work 4.25 hours and then I am free for the long weekend! Yeah!

We are signing our new lease tonight for the house we are moving to...yah-hoo!

Noah slept through the night two nights in a row...WOO hoo!

I walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes today....yee-haw!!

So we are officially moving. It is a nice 3br/1ba house with a fenced in yard, new paint in and out, new roof, new a/c, carport....good stuff. Hopefully that will ease the boys allergies. Now the packing begins. We want to be in by the 1st and we are going to Tampa for the long weekend, which leaves us very little time to pack and move. Noah has been a champ with the rice cereal. We are kind of winging it as far as amounts go. He'll eat anywhere from 1-4 tbs. He turned 6 months on Sunday! We took a great 6month photo that I am going to use for his baptism e-vite. It's March 9th in Tampa :) Aside from a crazy week at work things are great. I cannot wait for the long weekend!

Thankful Thursday

We got some sleep last night:) in fact I overslept after Bri left with the baby and I was late for work :(
But now I am here and thankful. I am thankful that Noah is with my mom today, I am thankful my sister is reaching out for support, I am thankful for my sponsor, I am thankful that being an hour late to work in this office is no big deal, I am thankful that I am meeting a friend for dinner tonight, I am thankful for my friends and I am SO thankful tomorrow is FRIDAY!

Wake-up Wednesday

All of the sudden Noah loves Rice Cereal. He was spitting it at me last week, now I cannot shovel it in fast enough.

My poor baby is still coughing, it's been since early November! Now they are thinking it is allergies and they want me to give him benedryl every 6 hours. I am going to have one sleepy baby. But if it helps we'll know it's allergies and our musty trailer is not helping. We are scrambling to try to move asap.

Two things I read today that I really liked (while on the treadmill I might add...)

"Students who kept a gratitude journal got sick less often, exercised more, and were more optimistic about the upcoming week than those who wrote about hassles and mundane events, found a Univ. of California study. Writing forces you to delve into why you're grateful and honor the blessing." redbook

Ashley Judd talking about her life after being in a treatment center "Now I am much better able to detach and let people have the dignity of their own experience and realize it has very little to do with me. I was resistant to certain things. But eventually, I realized 'my way' was what got me into treatment, and maybe it was time to try it someone else's way. That's the beauty of hitting the bottom: the pain of changing is less than the pain of staying the same." redbook

I have been carrying the stress of $, Noah's cold, the house, wanting to be home with Noah and I have forgotten to be grateful. I have been fearful, resentful and overwhelmed. This morning I gave it to God, all of it. I just hope I can refrain from taking it back from him. My way, controlling everything and figuring everything out in my head keeps me trapped in self. If I can get out of myself I am healthy, sane and ready to do what God has planned for me today. I got a new sponsee this week and God has perfect timing. Already my food is cleaner and I am out of self for today! Thank you God!

Walk like an Egyptian

So I started on the treadmill yesterday, 30 minutes (we have a work gym). I have put in my online agenda so I will be prompted to do it daily. I figured if I wrote about it here I would actually have some accountability. I have not accepted that I may never get into my size 14 pants again. I have this vision of a healthier, leaner me and I want it come true. A wise friend said it's more about the consistency of exercise as opposed to the actual exercise I get done. I want more energy and to live a happy, long life.

A co-worker sent this email below...too funny

----- Walking can add minutes to your life.

• This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $5000 per month.
• My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60 Now she's 97 years old and we don't know where the hell she is.
• I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to go there.
• I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing.
• I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
• I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.
• The advantage of exercising every day is that you die healthier.
• If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.
• .............And last but not least, You could run this over to your friends but why not just e-mail it to them!

Post-Holiday Back-2-Work Blues

Ugh.....back to work today





So for the 30-second holiday synopsis...





Kaeden had pneumonia and Yosie was still recovering from his pneumonia so we could not be together for Christmas since that would have been very bad for Noah. So, Brian brought most our gifts to Jenn's house at 6:30am Christmas morning so Santa could make his appearance. Bri, Noah and I had opened gifts Christmas Eve at Mom and Dads and we slept over so I wouldnt be alone on Christmas morning. Needless to say, this was not ideal for anyone, but the boys were happy Brian was there.



Noah had an ear infection, but no pneumonia/asthma (we did another chest x-ray since he is still coughing). He cut a tooth on the bottom last night and we started trying him on rice cereal last weekend (he kind of despises it at the moment).

He started his new daycare today and I just checked on him and he is sleeping so I guess that means he is ok. I am still not ok with any daycare but for today I am trusting that God has a plan and I just have to put one foot in front of another.