tonight...

Tonight was a nice night. I got to come right home after picking up E from daycare... no errands to run. So nice. E and I got home, (G is working tonight) started dinner, danced a bit, changed a dirty butt and chased the cats.

Am I a bad mom? For serving my daughter food on these dishes?

I think they look better like this! Covered with pasta and applesauce! hee, hee, j/k grandma!

This is her going on her 3rd, yes I said 3rd plate of pasta.

I don't know where she puts it! Needless to say we headed right to the tub after dinner. She played while I checked email and then I noticed she pooped in the tub. That makes for a lot of work for mom. I quick got her out and cleaned off. Drained out the tub, filled it with bleach water and soaked her tub toys in it and eventually drained it all and cleaned the tub. What a lot of work for a little poop, but it grosses me out. Dishes are done and I'm on my second load of laundry. Pretty good for a Tuesday night I'd say.

I forgot to post this this weekend, but I found E sitting in her baby bed. So funny. I laughed so hard. I just can't believe it held her up and I can't fathom how she got herself in there in the first place!!!!

Then when daddy got up we decorated the house for x-mas. Here is E, notice how her head is tilted... she was concentrating so hard on getting the ornaments to stay on the tree. We let her put all the soft ones near the bottom. It was a fun afternoon. :)

I love the holidays... I am such a sucker for x-mas music. We have a cities station here that plays only x-mas music from the day after thanksgiving to x-mas day. I have it on at work and in the car. I LOVE this time of year. Ya know what I really want?!!!! The Jo.sh Gro.ba.n x-mas album. Hint, hint, G. Before x-mas preferably! :)

Oh my, time for me to get to bed, I'm tired. Night :)

nothing much

I am still here, I am so tired, my body is aching, my throat is scratchy, my eyes are burning, I'm not sure what is going on in this body of mine. Today I feel like I am 88 years old. Owww. My back hurts like a B. I need some sleep. Until tomorrow...

Private blog entry coming at you tomorrow (or the next day). Want the address? Leave me a comment.

what would it take to kill you?

It would take 23 Martinis to kill me

Happy Thanksgiving!

I thought, giving that it is Thanksgiving, I would post a list of a few things I am thankful for.

1. My husband. He is a hard worker, funny, supportive, honest and a wonderful father.

2. E. She has brought so much to my life since the day she was born. I just can't imagine how life was before her. She is awesome, funny, beautiful, loving, and has more energy than anyone I know! I have a heck of a time keeping up with her!

3. My parents. They are the best parents anyone could EVER ask for. They are so supportive. G and I would not be where we are today without them. They accepted G into the family like he was their long lost son. I truly think they love him as much as they love me. My parents aren't only my parents, they are my friends. They are now grandparents and I think E is the luckiest little girl, I can't wait until the day she realizes that she has the best grandparents in the world.

4. My sister and her husband. I truly have the best sister anyone could ever ask for. She is there for me any time I need her. She is the most giving person, she will do anything for you and ask nothing in return. I am so glad she found someone to share her life with, someone who truly loves her unconditionally. I am so thankful for the husband she has found.

5. My cats; Max, Mae and Callie. They are my (daytime) cuddle buddies. I don't let them upstairs at night or I wouldn't get any sleep!

6. My house, enough food in my cupboards to eat & enough propane in our tank to warm our house.

7. My 2 bff's. You know who you are. Life is good with good friends. Although life gets busy and we don't see each other as much as we'd like, know that I think about you every day.

8. 2 running vehicles.

9. Chapstick. Specifically Natural Ice Original SPF 15.

10. My job.

11. Starbucks.

12. Dom.ino.s cheese pizza.

13. The first days of spring when you can open the windows in your house.

14. Small town living.

15. Sleep. Which I do not get enough of.

a mish mash of stuff...

I rarely comment about other blogs. But I found this AWESOME gift idea for any young girl on Uppercase Woman. Check out her November 20th entry. She writes about a book called The Dar.ing Bo.ok for G.irl.s. I have a couple little girls in mind who might be receiving this gift for Christmas! For any of you who call yourself a liberal or a feminist... you'll love her blog.

Anyone watch the first episode of Pr.oje.ct R.unw.ay last week? I am watching it tonight (love the dvr!) and already know I am going to LOVE this season. These people are all so different. Bound to create some good drama.

OMG, I can' t believe I forgot!?!?!?! What the hell was Brad thinking last night on the Bac.hel.or? Why did he even waste his/J's/D's and our time? What a waste of a season. I hate that show now. I will never watch it again. Puke. Ok, that is a lie cause I am taping "After the final Rose" right now. After that though, I'll never watch again. Serious.

One more day of work and then a 4 day weekend! Yippee for me! I have only worked at my current job since January of 07. So this is my first holiday season there and it is great! I've never had a cushy job where there are so many paid holidays. Friday is a paid holiday for us. How cool is that? I don't think I've been able to go shopping on black Friday since I lived at home with my parents. (Like high school time). I am not going shopping on Friday this year either... we are going to put up our Christmas tree when G wakes up. Then our town has a fun event called the Holiday Stroll. The entire downtown is open late and there are all sorts of activities... a live nativity scene, Santa will be roaming the streets, a chili feed, the lighting ceremony, a parade, wagon rides, carolers and you can register to win an entire window of gifts... all donated from the downtown shops. Hey Teach, if you are not busy that night you and the fam should head to RW, MN and enjoy the afternoon, it's from 2-8. You won't be disappointed! Its lots of fun! Free fun (even better!)

So, anyone have any yummy Thanksgiving recipes you can share? Stuffing? Pie? I'd like to bring something new to my mom and dads this year.

Happy (almost) turkey day! Gobble til you wobble!

p.s.

Car.rie Un.derwo.od just won an AMA and said, "holy cow". That is funny. Just goes to show you what a normal girl she is! I love that.

Thanks for the nice comment on my movie entry Tim!

gotta love the sample sale!

Today G and I went to the Min.ne.apo.lis Gif.t Ma.rt. Which is a huge building with hundreds of showrooms that anyone who owns a retail store can attend and order merchandise for their store. Well, once a year, the week before Thanksgiving, they sell all their sample merchandise at cost (wholesale prices), hence the name "the sample sale". I have worked at a retail shop for almost 10 years (on and off part/full-time) so as a benefit my boss got me a pass (which also allows me to bring a guest). It is like a huge garage sale with new merchandise! It is awesome. Since today was the last day of the sale, almost everything was half off the wholesale price! That is 75 percent off retail prices! It was awesome. We got some really great Christmas presents which I am really excited about. It is a great thing to be able to attend when you don't have tons of $$ for gifts.

I got this cute rug, which matches my kitchen and my dishes. The wholesale cost was $21.50. Retail would have been about $45.00 (since most stores double the wholesale cost and add in a little extra to cover the shipping costs). I paid $10.75. Don't look at my UGLY kitchen floor!

I bought these cute snowman tins. The big one was $3 wholesale, I paid half that. The small one was $2 ws and I paid half that!

I bought this green wicker placemat. It was $2 ws, I paid half that. I thought it would look cute on my kitchen table with the little kitchen night light and candle holder (which is currently empty).

I also bought these cute napkins... for $2 each.

This is a outdoor blanket... it rolls up and comes with a little carrier. It was $15 ws and I paid $7.50.

I got E this El.mo raincoat. It also came with a cute little hat. It ws'd for $15, I paid half that!

Then I found this cute pink with purple trim track suit. It is made out of the softest material I've ever felt. At first I thought it was cashmere... but it isn't. It was $10 ws. That is what I paid.
As I was walking out the door of the showroom where I bought the track suit I spotted these shoes on the floor! Too cute! I love them. They were charging $7 ws. That is what I paid.

I also got E a stuffed grey kitty. It is up in bed with her right now so I can't take a picture of it. It looks just like our cat Mae. So imagine her... stuffed.

G found a really nice MN Go.phe.rs sweatshirt for $29. Which easily could have cost $70 in any store. I did find a few other things that I can't show pics of since they may be x-mas gifts for some of my readers! It was a great productive day of shopping!


One more fun thing. I got the coolest new cell phone on Friday. Isnt' it rad?!!! (Did I just say rad?) The face plates are interchangable. I love it!

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Whew, that's a lot of pictures. I am beat after a long day of shopping. I need to get to bed. Night!

elementary?

Cash Advance Loans

my classic movie...

What Classic Movie Are You?
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tuesday

Oh, lovely Tuesday. Nothing big going on today. Went to work today after being out sick 4 days last week... whoa. I had a ton of work waiting for me. Yes, I have the kind of job that doesn't get done, unless I'm there. No one does it for me. Sucks. But I got through. My brain was full by 10 a.m. but I kept chuggin along. Thank god for a short week this week and next! Can you believe the place I work counts the day after Thanksgiving as a paid holiday! Sweet.

You naughty, naughty readers, you! Look at all the comments that nasty entry brought out! I LOVE it :). hee,hee.

So... I did E's x-mas wish list... thought I'd also do mine.

Dear Santa,
I've been very good this year!

Jessica Seinfeld was on Oprah a couple weeks ago promoting her new book. It is a brilliant idea. Why didn't I think of this? Oh yeah, cause we don't eat that healthy. Maybe that will change if you bring me this Santa...

Santa, don't you also want us to have clean, anti-bacterial hands? I love any scent, except vanilla or coconut.

Santa, I know you don't want me to have dry, cracked or peeling hands. This hand cream will do the trick. My favorite scent is brown sugar & fig.

Santa, I have no health realted reason to want this. I am just being selfish and want it. Bad. Oprah tells us to dream big, without your dreams you have nothing. I'm dreaming...

Santa, this is probably more like it, huh. I think it is cute and probably more realistic. (But I'm still dreaming).

Santa, you want me to be healthy and lose weight right? Well then, I REALLY want this. BAD!

Santa, boring I know. But I really like my medium sized scoop from Pam.per.ed Che.f. So now I'd like the small one.

Santa, I'd also really like this bowl/colander set. Practical presents suck.
Santa, I'm also really digging these slippers from LL B.ean.
I promise to leave you my best oatmeal cookies!

Ok, ok... with no further ado... my tab is $415 and G's was... $705! Geesh. He was naughty (and broke) back in the day. Ok T.W., your turn :)

if you are easily offended or under the age of 16 please skip this entry!

Mom... Dad... you may not want to go any further!!?!?!?!?

So, what is your bar tab? Add it up and leave it in my comments!

Smoked pot -- $10
Did acid -- $5
Ever had sex at church --$25
Woke up in the morning and did not know the person who was next to you-- $40
Had sex with someone on MySpace -- $25
Had sex for money -- $100
Ever had sex with a Puerto Rican -- $20
Vandalized something -- $20
Had sex on your parents' bed -- $10
Beat up someone -- $20
Been jumped -- $10
Crossed dressed --$10
Given money to stripper -- $25
Been in love with a stripper -- $20
Kissed some one who's name you didn't know --$10
Hit on some one of the same sex while at work-- $15
Ever drive drunk -- $20
Ever got drunk at work, or went to work while still drunk -- $50
Used toys while having sex -- $30
Got drunk, passed out and don't remember the night before -- $20
Went skinny dipping -- $5
Had sex in a pool -- $20
Kissed someone of the same sex -- $10
Had sex with someone of the same sex -- $20
Cheated on your significant other -- $10
Masturbated -- $10
Cheated on your significant other with their relative or close friend -- $20
Done oral -- $5
Got oral -- $5
Done / got oral in a car while it was moving -- $25
Stole something -- $10
Had sex with someone in jail -- $25
Made a nasty home video -- $15
Had a threesome $50
Had sex in the wild -- $20
Been in the same room while someone was having sex -- $25
Stole something worth over more than a hundred dollars -- $20
Had sex with someone 10 years older -- $20
Had sex with someone under 21 and you are over 27 -- $25
Been in love with two people or more at the same time -- $50
Said you love someone but didn't mean it -- $25
Went streaking -- $5
Went streaking in broad daylight -- $15
Been arrested -- $5
Spent time in jail -- $15
Played spin the bottle -- $5
Done something you regret -- $20
Had sex with your best friend -- $20
Had sex with someone you work with at work --$25
Had anal sex -- $80
Lied to your mate -- $5
Lied to your mate about the sex being good $25

Tally it up.

You wouldn't believe my hubby's tab. I'm even to embarrassed to post it! You'll have to guess.

funny cat sketch

Anyone with cats will appreciate this video. It is hilarious!

gift ideas for e

I wanted to do an entry about some of the gift ideas we had for E this year. We are so excited about this Christmas as we think E will actually get it this year! Can't wait!

1. The baby Stella doll. She won some long-named award in 2006. She comes with a magnetic pacifier, a headband, a removable diaper and a cute velour sleeper. I also want to get the feeding set which comes with a bottle, a bowl of cereal, a rattle, a bib and a can of peas. There are other accessories you can buy like a stroller, bouncy seat, bath set, changing set and other outfits.



2. I also want to start a video library for E. Here are a few of my first ideas. Got any others? Leave me a comment!






3. We also want to give her some sort of car/bike/trike type thing. These are a few of our favorites from Little Tikes.



Tomorrow I'll post my wish list! It it to early to say... HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! :)

much better... finally!

I am finally feeling better! Thank god. Now on to more fun things... we spent some time outside this afternoon attempting to rake up the leaves in the yard. Raking sucks. So we decided to drive into town and borrow my parents leaf blower/picker upper thingy. Much easier. G will take care of the yard tomorrw now in half the time it would have taken us today to rake. My bright idea was that maybe we could just mow over all the leaves and they would disappear. Yeah, no. Doesn't quite work that way. It just made all our leaves really small and impossible to rake up. Oh well. Now we've learned. I'm really not a brat so don't think that... but I mowed our backyard today for the first time ever. I mean ~ever~, I've never mowed a lawn before. It was kinda fun, but a lot of work. I got a good workout. Maybe it'll help keep this weight off that I've lost?? Wishful thinking :). Here are some pics from outside today...

I am surprised that she played in the leaves like she did. She is usually such a freak about textures and doesn't want to touch anything that feels odd to her. But as you can see, she had a great time.

ok today...

I woke up STARVING today.

I just ate a chicken sandwich, fries and a coke from B. King. Wish me luck.

not better

Scratch that last post. I just puked again. :(

better

For the first time in 4 days I am sitting up on the couch. May not sound like a big feat... but believe me, after the week I've had it's HUGE! Yesterday I tried eating a bit. In the entire day I had 2 pieces of toast, 2 small bowls of applesauce,a half a hot ham n cheese from Ar.by's and shared a banana with E. I drank water. Now today I've had a piece of toast, the other half of the hot ham n cheese and some fruit punch cry.stal light. I just made a bowl of easy mac and am going to see how that sits. I am actually hungry, which I haven't been all week. G just came in from hanging Christmas lights on the house and I told him I was craving a jr. who.pper. That is a good sign. I think I'm finally coming back to life.

Thank god for daycare too. Since we pay 2 weeks in advance this entire week was already paid for. So we sent E today. I do kinda feel guilty sending her when I am home... it's that mommy guilt thing. But boy is it nice to just lay around and relax... alone.

I can't believe I've missed so much work this week. I went Monday! Only! And now we have a 3 day weekend since Monday is Veterans day. So I will have had 7 straight days off from work. Wow, am I going to have a ton of catching up to do when Tuesday rolls around. Not looking forward to that.

Time to eat my easy mac. I'll probably be back later today. Bye.

sicko

Yes, somehow I have become the sickest one in the family. I got up this morning, got showered, got E up, dropped her off at daycare and went to work. About a half hour into work I started feeling like maybe I shouldn't be there. I was feeling weak and light-headed. I couldn't even get up and go to the copier comfortably. I called my dad to see if I could work out something to get Ellie home this afternoon, explaining that I wasn't feeling well and I needed to go home. He insisted I go to the doctor first. So I did. I felt like I just had the flu and felt kinda stupid going in for the flu... but I was also kinda worried about possible food poisoning. I get called back and what's always first? The nurse weighed me. I had lost 9 lbs in two days. I sat down so she could take my temp and I started crying. For one cause I felt so crappy and two because I had lost 9 lbs in two days! It scared me. Made me feel like there was something eating me from the inside out! Normally I'd be happy to lose that much weight, but not the way I did. My temp was 97.5. And even scarier than the weight loss, they couldn't find my blood pressure. They tried twice, with two different types of machines. Talk about freaked out. So Dr. M. seemed to think I had the rot.avi.rus. A nasty stomach flu. I do not wish any of you to have this. It is disgusting and awful. Dr. M. told me to start eating the "brat" diet. Bananas, rice, applesauce and toast. And only drink water. So, I came home, slept until 12:30 and have since been up. I've had a piece of toast, some applesauce and some water. I feel ok, probably cause I'm doing nothing... but my stomach is gurgling away... I don't think it knows what to do with the food that is in it. GAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH. This sucks.

ummm, ok

She's already stopped. I'm dumbfounded. Maybe I do just need to let her cry. And yes, 6:30 is earlier than normal. She didn't have an afternoon nap today.

help!!

Seriously. Can you anyone help me get my daughter to bed? She used to go to bed so easy. 7 pm. Now she just refuses. Screams. Cries. Etc. It is extremely frustrating. Especially since G is working nights. She is currently in her crib screaming. She has been down here yawning and saying nigh nigh. So I took her up. How long do I leave her there? It has been 5 minutes and I already want to scream my head off. A lady I work with tells me E has got me wrapped around her finger cuz I usually go in there right away (or within a few minutes). She says I should be strong and stay out so she knows who's boss and she will eventually fall asleep. This is SO hard to do! Help!

and NOW guess what?

Just when I thought there could be nothing worse than a sick child and a sick hubby, I was proven wrong. I got sick too. 3 sick people in one family. All at home. And one of those 3 people is a 1 year old who cannot take care of herself.

I woke up the next morning, after being put out on the couch, sick as can be. From about 6 am to 1 pm, I thought I might not live to see today. I don't recall EVER being so sick. I could have just slept on the bathroom floor since I was using the toilet every 10 minutes... but since I had to share with my sick hubby, that wasn't an option. So I ran from the couch to the bathroom about every 10 minutes for most of the morning. *TMI ahead* if you are easily offended skip to the next paragraph! I would run to the toilet, do my business then have to turn around and puke in the bathtub. I refused to puke where I had just taken a shit. Totally gross. But that was my morning.

G was sick still to. His started the night before at bowling. You know he's sick when he has to come home early from bowling. He seems to be feeling a bit better than me. He actually had the energy to feed and change E all day yesterday, while I did absolutely none of that. I LOVE him so much for that! He even waited on me, bringing me juice when I asked for it! He is such a goodh hubby and daddy. Sometimes I wonder how I got so lucky?? I could barely walk. I was so dehydrated that my legs and feet would cramp up each time I tried to get up. I was also so light headed I almost passed out a couple times.

This morning I am feeling a bit better. I still feel kinda spaced out and my back is really hurting. Probably from throwing up for hours. I really hope I can go back to work tomorrow though. Work is way more fun than this!

That's all for now... hope you are all feeling better than us. I wouldn't wish this nasty flu on my worst enemy!

Take care.

and now guess what?

E and G are both puking. Not fun for me. A sick child is bad enough. Add a sick husband to that and life can be hell. I am currently put out on the couch. I do not want to be upstairs breathing in all the flu bugs in the air. Ewwwww...

I have already called in sick for work tomorrow. Can't take E to daycare, can't leave her home with G. Yippee! A day at home with a sick child and a sick hubby, what can be better than that?!

She hadn't puked at all yesterday. I though she was feeling fine. I followed the daycare rules and made sure she hadn't thrown up in the last 24 hours and sent her today. Now I feel horrible. Is it my responsibility to call daycare and tell them that E is sick? So SD can inform the other parents? Or do I just keep my mouth shut and see if anyone else gets sick? I feel confused... what to do? I don't want anyone to be mad at me and think I caused their kid to get sick. E isn't scheduled to go back until Thursday so I hope she is feeling better by then.

I'll take any advice you can give me! I'm only one day into this daycare thing! Help!

Luckily I am feeling ok right now. I will be OCD with washing my hands tonight and tomorrow. I even pulled the hand sanitizer out of my purse and will be lathering up with that frequently! I do not want to get sick. Yuck.

Well, it is after 10 and I need to get to bed in case I am rang in the middle of the night.

P.S. we had a wonderful first day at daycare! I broke down a bit when I dropped her off, but she was off in a flash to the little tykes boat and was driving away. Didn't even give me the time of day when I said bye through my tears. Which I am so happy about! It would be so much harder if she was crying for me when I left. Instead she cried when I came to take her home. She didn't want to leave. How awesome is that?!?!?!?! I love it :).

Night all.

the night & day from hell

It began last night around 9 p.m. E's bedtime is usually 7. But each time I went near her crib and/or asked her if she was ready for nigh nigh, she said "no, no!" I thought she was just being a little terd and didn't want to go to bed. So I just put her to bed and left the room. She cried and cried. I went back to her room, picking her up from her crib and she proceeded to puke her lunch up all over me. *ALL OVER ME* There was tons... I didn't realize her little belly could hold so much! It smelled awful. We walked downstairs... all the while I'm trying to hold her, while she's screaming her head off, and hold all this puke in my hands so we wouldn't leave a trail from her room to the bathroom... I gave her a bath, took her temp (none) gave her some tyl.enol, put on clean pj's and went upstairs to rock her for a while. Eventually she was ready to go back to bed. Within 20 minutes I heard a weird gurgle and coughing. I new she had done it again. This time all over her sheets, herself and her baby. This time we just washed up with a washcloth and put on clean pj's. I put down a blanket in her crib for her to sleep on. We rocked for a while again and she was ready to go back down.

I just had a feeling that she wasn't finished though... so I decided to make a bed on the living room floor (since we have no safety bed rails on our bed) that way we could sleep together and if she continued to puke we were downstairs and I could clean her up more easily. Well yes, she sure did continue. She threw up about every 20 minutes or so until a little after 1 a.m. It was so AWFUL! Eventually she had nothing left and she just continued to dry heave :(. I was home alone with her, G was working an overnight shift. Lucky him. So after 3 sets of pj's, lots of dirty blankets, an empty stomach, lots of cuddles and a little Se.sam.e Street she finally fell asleep on the living room floor next to me.

That was probably the hardest night I've had since E's birth. I was so exhausted to begin with because the night before I was up until after midnight being sick in the bathroom myself. It was so hard to hear her gurgling stomach and her cries after each puke session was over. We all know how awful throwing up can be. It sucks. Imagine doing it about 9 times in about 3 hours. I was so sad for her. I wish I would have been the sick one, not her. I slept awful on the floor, besides the fact that she thought the entire bed belonged to her, it was hard and I was worried about her. She was up at 6:02. Yes you read that right. 6:02 a.m. After not getting to bed until after 1. Now, I cannot function on less that 7 hours of sleep. It just doesn't work for me. Factor in all the moving around I had to do to accommodate my bed hog of a child and I would estimate I got about 4 hours of sleep last night. I told G that today I felt like I did when I was 21 and went out to the bars and got trashed with my girls and hit an after bar and was up til 5 a.m. and finally crashed and got up at noon. Those were hangovers from hell. Today I felt like I had one of those, yet I had not one single drop of alcohol last night... or for weeks for that matter! Getting old sucks.

So today I was pretty much a blob of nothing. E slept from 9:15 til noon. Which was awesome. During that time I should have slept, but instead I washed puke covered blankets and clothes and I layed on the couch and watched Geo.rgi.a Rul.e. It was an ok movie. Nothing special. Made Lind.say Lo.han look like a slut. Made me think that is the way she is in real life, cause she played the part so well. I also watched Dis.turbia this morning. Freaky movie. Also just ok. G requested I make some oatmeal cookies for his bowling league tomorrow night... so I did do that. I have had an awful headache all day and have been nodding on and off on the couch since G woke up. E has been kinda grumpy and cuddly all day which tells me she isn't feeling like her usual self. She has kept down all her meals today though, so that is good.

I am so beyond tired. It is 8:33 and I have got to go to bed. Hope you all had a better weekend that E and I did! New daycare starts tomorrow! Please pray that it goes well for us!!

Night.

daycare...

I feel so lucky right now. We have found the most wonderful daycare! From here on out I will refer to her as SD. We went to visit for the first time last night. It was after hours, so there were no kids there. The minute we walked in E was all over the 2 & under room. She was playing the entire time, paying zero attention to us. Which was great! It made me realize that she is going to be just fine. She will enjoy playing with the kids and won't even realize I am gone. I am so excited for her! She is going to learn so much! Interacting with other kids, reading, crafts and they have a wonderful preschool program. I am thrilled.



I was so weepy most days this week at work. Just dreading Thursday evening when we went for our interview. I tried so hard not to cry multiple times at work. And I kept telling myself that I could not cry when we walked into the place or this woman was going to think I was nuts, crying over an 18 month old going to daycare!! But somthing happened when we walked in. E was happy. Content. Interested in exploring. And after the tour, questions and answers and lots of paperwork the last thing she wanted to do was leave. I kept saying it was time to go and she would look at me, shake her head and say "no!" We had to carry her out kicking and screaming!



Today I took off the afternoon from work and we all went to spend the afternoon at SD's. We wanted E to get a chance to play with the kids and feel somewhat comfortable with the place before Monday came. Well, silly us, that was totally not neccesary! She just ran right up to all the toys and kids and ignored us the entire time! I was so happy!! And I didn't even come close to crying once!!!



The benefits of this daycare are amazing. I don't have to provide anything what so ever, except diapers. SD provides wipes, butt cream, breakfast, lunch, snack, sippy cups, bibs, etc. I am so excited to not have to pack a diaper bag everyday! When LA was watching E I was paying her the exact same amount, $30 per day, and I had to provide everything! E will have her own bin there for an extra change of clothes and whatever she needs with a nap. And get this!!! They provide daycare coverage 2 Friday nights a month from 5 pm to 12 am for $3 an hour!! We might actually get a date night once a month!!!!! We are so excited. Oh... and you don't think it can get any better than that??? Get this... they also provide overnight daycare on New Year's Eve from 5 pm to 10 am the next morning!!!! Sweet huh!?!? We're all over that. Although I think E is to young for an overnight somewhere like that. I'd be ok with it at say... my parents or another family member or close friend... but not sure about daycare yet.



I am so tired, it has been a long week. I'm going to leave you with a few pics from Halloween. Our sweet little bug she was!

Of course she was up way to late...
She usually wakes up when we carry her inside the house... but as you can see she was still sleeping when we reached the changing table!