Ask Again Later

The great nanny search has begun.

I posted an ad on Craigslist and have had a few responses. I'm interviewing a girl (lady?) on Monday. I'm also emailing with a few others. Setting up times to met and whatnot. My fave so far is going out of town for a week so I won't get to met her until after I make the decision to go to work or not. And when I realize how much we'd be paying someone to basically watch the babies sleep, I think we're crazy.

So many mixed feelings.

I wish I had a crystal ball that would give me the answers. Too bad I lost that Magic 8 ball when I was ten. It might come in handy right about now.

In other news, today was rather busy in an un-busy way. We (me and the babes) went to Amanda and Kyle's to help Amanda put some wall stick things up in their guest bedroom. They are in the process of redoing a lot of paint and flooring in their house. We had a lot of fun and the babies enjoyed playing with Kyle once he was home from work. He took J outside and let J touch a lot of different things. J really loved that. (He was most fascinated with brick.) Rea was a little cranky at times, sudden outbursts of crying where only I could calm her. I think she's teething. (But I've been saying that for a long time now.) I gave her some Tylenol. Not sure if it helped or now.

Funny story-While there they napped in Amanda and Kyle's bed. So they went down for a nap and after an hour or so, we hear Rea crying. We go in and there's J, with this big shit-eating grin on his face, with Rea's paci. He had scooted over to her and stole her paci! What a rotten boy he is! We laughed about that all afternoon.


And I'm proud to say that tonight is night #3 of NO SWADDLES. I think I was way more worried about it than I should have been. They were ready. I just didn't realize how ready. Tonight was the first night with some fussing at bedtime. But within 10 minutes they were both sound asleep. (I consider that pretty damn good!)

Mom and Dad are coming to visit tomorrow. (And they are finally bringing Daisy home! I've missed my crazy dog!) Not sure what time. Better call them first thing in the morning. (But they know we don't wake the kids until 11, so it shouldn't be too early.) Sis is pregnant again. She took the test a few days ago. I hope things turn out better for her this time around. But I'm a little concerned with the timing of it and her starting at a new school. (I think she'll be due in Feb.) (She's a high school teacher.)

John just got home. Better run!

Gina