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!