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| Saga continues... I'm giving the sitter her one week's notice tomorrow. She had him out in the 90+ degree heat most of the day today...while having socks on his hands. (And then acted annoyed that she had to deal with a fussy/screaming baby all day!!!!!!!) That's where I draw the line. It's crossed the line from annoyance to unsafe. I met the new sitter tonight, and she is going to start the first week of August. It will be SO nice to have her here in the neighborhood so I won't be driving an extra hour each day, eating up a ton of gas. I have Rylan's 3 month pictures to show off when I get a chance. This week has been insane and I'm exhausted!!! | | |
| K, I thought about this some more last night. And I think I've decided to just go with a "If you could please call me as soon as you know you are running late." and leave it at that for now. Since I'm pretty sure I'm going with the girl in my neighborhood if I like her, I'll just tell the sitter in a couple of weeks that I'm switching due to convenience and the fact that the new lady has other babies around Rylan's age (they are really 2, but still closer than 5  ). That way no bridges are burned and the least amount of awkwardness will be wedged between us since we will see each other at church and in case I would need to go back to her. So as of right now, the "talk" is on hold at least until after I meet with the new lady. If new lady isn't going to work, then I will talk to her about all that I listed out last night. | | |
| How do you fire a babysitter??? Anyone have experience in doing this, and if so, how did you handle it? I've finally had it with our current sitter. I said I'd give her 3 strikes and then confront her. Well, it's now been 5 and I've been too chicken to ever bring stuff up. But something has to happen. I've contacted another lady (who actually lives in our neighborhood!) who has room to take him on, so I'm meeting with her Thursday on my way home. If I like her, she is available to start August 4th. So now my predicament is how to handle things with my current sitter. I feel like I owe her at least a chance to fix the things I'm having problems with. Not really fair to just up and say we're leaving b/c we don't like you when I've given her no warning. I just HATE awkward situations and confrontation!!!!!!!!!! It was pretty apparent tonight that I was angry when I left, so if I ask to talk tomorrow night, I don't think she'd be too surprised. Here are the problems that I'm having. I'm going to list them out to help pump me up for the big "talk"! 1) She has been late 3 times now (out of ~15 days). When I show up at the house to get my son, she's not there. No call, no apology. She wakes up like 1 minute before I drop him off, too, and she doesn't want him before 8. 2) I don't mind that he has to run with them places, or I don't mind that she goes over to her aunt's house so her kids can swim. I've picked him up from that house a few times, but there have also been times where I've been halfway to her house when she finally calls to ask me to meet her there. So it's an extra 15 minutes of driving for me. Somedays, I think he is in the carseat more than he is out of it.  3) Also with the swimming, I'm pretty sure he was outside most of the day today. It was 90 degrees here. My kid was miserable when I finally got to see him. He HATES being hot!! 4) The fingers. I allow him to chew/suck on his hands/fingers and now he sucks his thumb, too. I've REPEATEDELY told her it's OK, but she continues to insist that he doesn't. She fights him all day to keep them out. And she likes to tell me that every time I pick him up. He isn't a pacifier kid...he's sucked his hands since the delivery room. It makes him happy and calms him down. Why she thinks it's so terrible I don't know. I just wonder how this little deal will carry over to bigger deals...when she doesn't agree with our parenting. Those are the biggest things. I'm just fed up!! I don't think it's a good match. I've been praying about it b/c I'm dreading "the talk"!!!! Joys of motherhood! | | |
|  Happy 3 months, Rylan!!!
I can't believe my baby turns 3 months old today!!!!! Time has flown by so quickly!!!!!! It has been the best 3 months of my life...couldn't love him anymore!! 
We went to Penny's this morning for pictures...went amazing!!! It was soooo hard to choose, so of course I walked out spending more money than planned! Can't wait to show them off! We're having some hair issues as of late, so he has some pretty crazy hair in them, but it just adds personality, right?  His hair is thinning out a lot...but it is still growing! So he has long, uncontrollable, thin red hair. ha! Seems silly to trim it if it's just going to fall out, but his cowlicks are going crazy! (and as you can see above, the mullet isn't getting any better either ) 
Case in point... He's really starting to do/try more things these last few days. He's conquered holding a small toy and finding his mouth, swatting at things you dangle over him, staring at his feet and pulling them up (haven't caught on to the grabbing part yet), sucking his thumb vs. a whole hand of fingers, and drooling! Can fill up a shirt just as fast as the next guy! His "vocabulary" has a wide range. The kid can talk for an hour straight when he's happy! It's really funny when he 'says' something that cracks him up and he just randomly starts laughing hard core! He holds his head up all on his own now and likes to sit up (with some help of course!) And according to our chincy bathroom scale, he weighs 15 lbs.  | | |
| Finally back home!!! Hopefully we'll get settled back into some sort of normal now. It's been a crazy few weeks! The funeral on Friday was wonderful. Marshall had the opportunity to plan it just how he'd like it, and you could tell! It was very, very sad to see my parents say goodbye to one of their best friends. It's hard to think about all the holes that Marshall's passing will leave, but it is a great comfort to know he's toe-tapping it up in Heaven now. It's a huge slap in the face to wake you up to the reality that tomorrow is not promised, that's for sure!! Marshall was only 59. He has 4 small grandkids (maybe 5 now as one is due anyday!) that will never get to know their funny Grandpa. But hopefully, Marshall's strong faith and the testimony he lived out will have an impact in their lives. Today at church, we sang this song. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Your perfect love is casting out fear
And even when I'm caught in the middle of the storms of this life
I won't turn back
I know you are near
And I will fear no evil
For my God is with me
And if my God is with me
Whom then shall I fear?
Whom then shall I fear?
Oh no, You never let go
Through the calm and through the storm
Oh no, You never let go
In every high and every low
Oh no, You never let go
Lord, You never let go of me
And I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on
A glorious light beyond all compare
And there will be an end to these troubles
But until that day comes
We'll live to know You here on the earth
Yes, I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on
And there will be an end to these troubles
But until that day comes
Still I will praise You, still I will praise You I couldn't help but shed the tears...what a beautiful way to sum up Marshall's last few months! | | |
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