Showing posts with label teething. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teething. Show all posts

Friday, November 5, 2010

Your Mother Was A Hamster And Your Father Smelt Of Elderberries

"And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it."

Gotta love Monty Python.

So this week has SUCKED. My hours were cut at DG and I've had very little sleep and tons of financial worries. But I made it out alive, which I am thankful for. I'm taking a little bit of time before I go to class to blog. Awesome, I know.

Guess what today is. I'll give you a hint (or two): it's the 5th of the month and it has to do with Cael.

That's right! HE'S EIGHT MONTHS OLD TODAY! *<:-D

I'm so excited! He's so close to crawling and he's getting two teeth in on the top. He's growing up WAAAAAAY too fast...

I'll get some pictures up later (I'm on the school's computer so I can't upload pictures at the moment).

Count your blessings!

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Let Me Tell You How Long It Has Been

It's been so long since I last posted that Blogger forgot me. It's been so long that my followers are starting to hint that I need to post. It's been so long that I could probably post a HUGE mess tonight and still have more to say.

Yeah, it's been a while.

So let me tell you, having a teething baby stinks, especially when said baby had just started sleeping through the night. Cael now has two teeth (which I will get pictures of as soon as I get a camera) and they are causing all sorts of things. Fussiness, sleeplessness, super mega drooling, and a runny nose are the worst. He hasn't had the infamous diaper rash that I've been told about, and I am VERY grateful for it.

Solids are really big too! He finished off an entire four ounce jar of bananas today, in one sitting! He hates sweet potatoes and squash but had now taken a new liking to peas (which he originally didn't like). I'm hoping we can bring him around to like sweet potatoes eventually. If he doesn't like them when he's older, I may cry :(

Work has been... work, to say the least. Recently I had worn out my only pair of dress shoes so when I wore tennis shoes to work, my supervisor said that was a no-no and next time I would be sent home. When I told her that I didn't have the money to buy any new shoes (which I don't thanks to bills, rent, groceries, and day care), she talked to the store manager who said I had to procure shoes to fit the dress code the next time we got our paycheck. However I knew that this was code for "Get them now" so on my break I purchased shoes at Payless, which was cheaper than buying the same shoes at Penneys with my discount plus the coupon we have going on. Ridiculous. And now, thanks to that, I am behind on my payments for Cael's day care and farther away from having my portion of the rent. Yay.

Cael's day care is amazing though. The director, Liz, is a very nice woman and has been very helpful when it comes to the payments. She understands that I only get paid every other week and that Brad gets paid twice a month so money is really tight.

The infant room is incredible! The teachers in there are very experienced and wonderful with the babies. They have different "stations" for the babies that they rotate after a period of time so the babies don't get bored. Diapers are checked every thirty minutes and changed as needed. Love is a number one priority, which is my favorite part. I know that leaving Cael there is the best thing for him during the day.

Classes for me have been going great, excluding the days when I was sick or too tired to drive to Sedalia. The commute is hard to do at seven in the morning when I've been up all night with a fussy baby and have to get up at 5:45 am to get myself and Cael ready for the day. I don't really have a favorite class yet because I like them all. My teachers are amazingly nice and understanding.

Well, I think I'm going to get off here. My parents and Natalie are coming to visit tomorrow! :) And I still have to clean...which I was supposed to do today but I didn't because I was lazy...