Sooo....I got the job!! :) No details yet. The Senior VP of Womens & Childrens sent me an email saying that they would be extending an offer soon! That was at 8am this morning so hopefully tomorrow HR calls me with all the details. She said credentialing will take 30-45 days but I may be able to start the general hospital orientation before that. I'll keep ya posted.
We accepted an offer on the house! We close on the current house on May 23..buyer wanted that date specifically. We close on the new house May 17 and move in May 18!! :) So happy the basement issue didn't put us behind the date they had told us last week.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Lots going on now!! :)
Austin: Austin had a great speech therapy session Friday!! :) She was impressed by his words and requests. He has continued to use requests quite often now. He is getting so tall! I know I keep saying that but now he is opening the sliding glass door to let the dogs (and himself if I dont move fast enough) outside now. So we are keeping it locked most of the time!!
Mason: Mason is showing some more interest in solids again. He likes the fruit pouches that I've been trying with him lately. Only eats about a third of it so I save it & offer a little more again when Austin has dinner. Had a mucousy diaper Sunday...one time thing so I think I must have ate something with dairy by accident. His sleep is not improving much but I am just kind of used to it now. He sleeps fairly good for Andy still. He is so, so close to crawling! Crazy! Also is trying to pull himself up.
House: We had 4 showings on the house Sunday and we got an offer from one of them!! She offered a looow price so we countered and then she re-countered ...and we just accepted it! :) She wants to close May 23 and take possession that day...its a Thursday. So now we need to find out if she really wants to move in on that Thursday or if she can wait til the weekend. If we can move out the weekend before then it will be a moot point obviously.
We finally have all the lights for the new house! yay :) That was kinda exhausting to finish picking them out. I was being too picky I guess haha. So with all the rain we got ...our basement had a little issue. Currently our house has temporary electricity because the contracted electrician has been very busy with all the other work he does therefore the workers at the house where using a long extrension cord cable thing to plug in outside to the temp box to keep the sump pump running. Well with the rain...it shorted out and the sump pump obviously stopped working since we don't have regular electricity yet. So the basement got almost an inch of water in some spots. This is a big concern of mine during further storms. I hear bad things about basements but Andy realllly wanted his man cave. The builder ripped out all the affected drywall and had fans to dry it out. He is replacing it (at his cost) and hopes that it won't put us more than a week off the scheduled date that he had given us last week (May 17) but there is a possibilty that it won't put us off schedule at all.
We went over Sunday and the main floor and second floor are painted now. :) Fireplace is done. Trim board for stairway to the upstairs has been stained. (Our foyer will have real wood that is the same color as the stain applied to the trim board on the stair railing) The front of the house also has the starting work done for the stone to come soon. This week they are continuing to fix the basement, lay the floor for the kitchen, dining area & bathrooms and then install the cabinets. The first appliance delivery happens on Friday. We will take the lights to the house this weekend so they can be installed early next week! I have pictures to post but am at work so I'll post tomorrow. :)
Parkview is supposed to call tomorrow!! The senior VP emailed me today and said she will be in touch after the meeting.
Austin: Austin had a great speech therapy session Friday!! :) She was impressed by his words and requests. He has continued to use requests quite often now. He is getting so tall! I know I keep saying that but now he is opening the sliding glass door to let the dogs (and himself if I dont move fast enough) outside now. So we are keeping it locked most of the time!!
Mason: Mason is showing some more interest in solids again. He likes the fruit pouches that I've been trying with him lately. Only eats about a third of it so I save it & offer a little more again when Austin has dinner. Had a mucousy diaper Sunday...one time thing so I think I must have ate something with dairy by accident. His sleep is not improving much but I am just kind of used to it now. He sleeps fairly good for Andy still. He is so, so close to crawling! Crazy! Also is trying to pull himself up.
House: We had 4 showings on the house Sunday and we got an offer from one of them!! She offered a looow price so we countered and then she re-countered ...and we just accepted it! :) She wants to close May 23 and take possession that day...its a Thursday. So now we need to find out if she really wants to move in on that Thursday or if she can wait til the weekend. If we can move out the weekend before then it will be a moot point obviously.
We finally have all the lights for the new house! yay :) That was kinda exhausting to finish picking them out. I was being too picky I guess haha. So with all the rain we got ...our basement had a little issue. Currently our house has temporary electricity because the contracted electrician has been very busy with all the other work he does therefore the workers at the house where using a long extrension cord cable thing to plug in outside to the temp box to keep the sump pump running. Well with the rain...it shorted out and the sump pump obviously stopped working since we don't have regular electricity yet. So the basement got almost an inch of water in some spots. This is a big concern of mine during further storms. I hear bad things about basements but Andy realllly wanted his man cave. The builder ripped out all the affected drywall and had fans to dry it out. He is replacing it (at his cost) and hopes that it won't put us more than a week off the scheduled date that he had given us last week (May 17) but there is a possibilty that it won't put us off schedule at all.
We went over Sunday and the main floor and second floor are painted now. :) Fireplace is done. Trim board for stairway to the upstairs has been stained. (Our foyer will have real wood that is the same color as the stain applied to the trim board on the stair railing) The front of the house also has the starting work done for the stone to come soon. This week they are continuing to fix the basement, lay the floor for the kitchen, dining area & bathrooms and then install the cabinets. The first appliance delivery happens on Friday. We will take the lights to the house this weekend so they can be installed early next week! I have pictures to post but am at work so I'll post tomorrow. :)
Parkview is supposed to call tomorrow!! The senior VP emailed me today and said she will be in touch after the meeting.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Austins First Steps progress meeting went well. They are recommending 3 more months of speech therapy and will re-evaluate in mid-July. If he still needs therapy after that then we have to start looking into the school speech therapy offerings for our district. Hopefully we will be discharged from First Steps at our July progress meeting. :)
Lowe's was a success Tuesday evening...we got about 75-80% of the lights. Also got our door bell kit. We plan to go back Sunday and finish buying the rest. :)
Scheduled a Open House for Sunday the 27th for this house since it just won't sell! Ugg! If it doesn't sell by the time we are ready to close on the new one then we will likely delay closing til after June 1.
Re-check for Mason's ear showed that his ear infection is gone. His yeast diaper rash is also gone and we are cleared to go back to cloth diapers. :) He is getting another tooth on the bottom...pedi informed me. So over teething... can we get a break?? He already has 6 teeth...some aren't all the way through but still!
Still no word from Parkview...getting a little nervous!
Lowe's was a success Tuesday evening...we got about 75-80% of the lights. Also got our door bell kit. We plan to go back Sunday and finish buying the rest. :)
Scheduled a Open House for Sunday the 27th for this house since it just won't sell! Ugg! If it doesn't sell by the time we are ready to close on the new one then we will likely delay closing til after June 1.
Re-check for Mason's ear showed that his ear infection is gone. His yeast diaper rash is also gone and we are cleared to go back to cloth diapers. :) He is getting another tooth on the bottom...pedi informed me. So over teething... can we get a break?? He already has 6 teeth...some aren't all the way through but still!
Still no word from Parkview...getting a little nervous!
Monday, April 15, 2013
Sickened and very saddened about the tragedy in Boston this afternoon. Why does stuff like this keep happening?? Its not safe anywhere!! Prayers to all who are affected and their family members.
We went to the lighting store that our builder has a contract/discount with today (Andy graciously took a half day since they are only open til 5:30). The "builder basic" catalog of discount options was not that interesting and was fairly blah....and pricey! We get a $1,100 lighting credit from the builder to use there or if we don't use this particular lighting company we can buy our own and then get the credit back at closing. The total for what we needed (and I wasn't to happy with most of it) came to ~$1900!! So ~$800 we would have to pay for stuff that I didn't feel was worth it! So off to Lowe's we went to price check and look around. We are for sure going to use Lowe's and maybe a few other stores to get our own lights, light bulbs, ceiling fans, doorbell, etc. So we will likely go back a few times this week & early next week after Andy gets off work to buy the lighting stuff we need since they will need all the lighting things at the house by next weekend. We got the final timeline for what's left today!! :) Looks like closing will be between May 15-17 if all continues to go well!!
All this week & half of next week they are painting the house!! Then next Friday, April 26 is the first appliance delivery (everything but the refrigerator...that comes later...did you know it's the most frequently stolen thing during new house construction?! Oh, you didn't..well we didn't know that either haha! crazy idiots ..who steals appliances?)
No feedback yet from yesterdays showing. Our realtor said the particular agent who showed the house yesterday is very slow at getting back with realtors to give feedback. They did use our toilet while they toured the house though....left the entire seat up....not sure if that's a good sign or not haha!
Austin has his First Steps progress report meeting tomorrow afternoon and Mason has a pedi appointment Wednesday morning to make sure his ear infection is gone. Also need to go to Target for regular errand running & to look at bathroom decor for the new house. I have a feeling we are going to be busy, busy until we move.
No news from Parkview yet....probably should have started the blog with that. :) I'll keep ya updated.
We went to the lighting store that our builder has a contract/discount with today (Andy graciously took a half day since they are only open til 5:30). The "builder basic" catalog of discount options was not that interesting and was fairly blah....and pricey! We get a $1,100 lighting credit from the builder to use there or if we don't use this particular lighting company we can buy our own and then get the credit back at closing. The total for what we needed (and I wasn't to happy with most of it) came to ~$1900!! So ~$800 we would have to pay for stuff that I didn't feel was worth it! So off to Lowe's we went to price check and look around. We are for sure going to use Lowe's and maybe a few other stores to get our own lights, light bulbs, ceiling fans, doorbell, etc. So we will likely go back a few times this week & early next week after Andy gets off work to buy the lighting stuff we need since they will need all the lighting things at the house by next weekend. We got the final timeline for what's left today!! :) Looks like closing will be between May 15-17 if all continues to go well!!
All this week & half of next week they are painting the house!! Then next Friday, April 26 is the first appliance delivery (everything but the refrigerator...that comes later...did you know it's the most frequently stolen thing during new house construction?! Oh, you didn't..well we didn't know that either haha! crazy idiots ..who steals appliances?)
No feedback yet from yesterdays showing. Our realtor said the particular agent who showed the house yesterday is very slow at getting back with realtors to give feedback. They did use our toilet while they toured the house though....left the entire seat up....not sure if that's a good sign or not haha!
Austin has his First Steps progress report meeting tomorrow afternoon and Mason has a pedi appointment Wednesday morning to make sure his ear infection is gone. Also need to go to Target for regular errand running & to look at bathroom decor for the new house. I have a feeling we are going to be busy, busy until we move.
No news from Parkview yet....probably should have started the blog with that. :) I'll keep ya updated.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Sorry for going so long without posting a real update. :)
House: They finished the drywall/mudding/sanding last week. They are priming all this week and measuring/cutting for trim boards. The guy that helps with the interior selections talked to us yesterday and said they will be ready for our lights and mirrors around April 26th ...eekk! That's about 2-3 weeks before we thought they would need them based on the inital plans. Happy they are moving right along but....we haven't even gone to look at lights yet with so much going on lately! He told us we could buy the mirrors from them so we said heck yes haha! Just had to pick out the edge design & size for the 3 mirrors we need.
Current house had its second showing for a client on Saturday but they passed on our house. Their reasoning was stupid but hey...feedback tells us what else we can do to make the house look better & give us an edge. The to do lists for everything are sooooo long. Can't catch a break. The over a week of sickness kind of put us behind!
Austin: Talking more and more!! Attempting to say some words that he probably shouldn't ... (example: guy flying through the parking lot at Target so I said "idiot" ...Austin attempted to say it as well). Good thing we aren't the type who use a lot of swear words. We did have a short period of time where he was randomly saying "damn" but that has passed thankfully! He is getting so, so tall! Just this week he has started turning on & off lights! Turning them on is easy...he has to reach a little higher to turn them off but still! :) Big boy! We have our First Steps progress meeting on Tuesday the 16th...they already sent me my copy of the paperwork for me to read. They want him to receive an additional 3 months of speech therapy. I am completely fine with it because he is making progress with Sarah and I think there's more that she can work on with him. Andy isn't too happy about it but I think he'll get there. The big thing with his speech is that he labels stuff (dog, cup, car, etc) but does not make many requests (more milk, need this, etc). They said usually requests come first and then labeling but it doesn't make him abnormal in any way. He has started saying "car ride" & "outside" ...those are two big requests lately. :)
Mason: Doing better...the runny nose, cough, and ear infection were really affecting his sleeping and eating. And now he's getting more teeth so he slept horribly Monday night (after I got almost zero sleep at work Sunday night) but tooth #4 poked through yesterday morning. I think tooth # 5 & 6 are very close to being through the gum line as well. He slept all night last night! :) Hopefully he sleeps well for Andy tonight while I am at work! He gets very close to leaning over to get in the crawling position from the sitting position ...but then he kinda just fakes out and lays on his belly. He can reach pretty far so I don't think he feels as motivated to crawl yet. He had several red bumps on his butt Friday morning (started noticing them last Weds evening) so we went in to see the doc and he was diagnosed with a yeast diaper rash. We have been putting the anti-fungal cream on twice a day and its looking much better. Have all these cloth diapers and I can't even use them right now! Most diaper creams & yeast infections are 2 big no-nos for cloth diapers. I stripped them all again just in case since I'm not totally sure when the yeast made an appearance for my cloth diapering mama readers out there. :) He is a very happy little guy when he is feeling well. :) Starting to clap more often now and also has been doing this cute hand thing when he wants to be picked up! We have his baby dedication on Mothers Day. :) (our church always does Mothers Day as baby dedication day for all the babies that have been born since the last Mothers day or any new members that have children and want them dedicated.) I am supposed to work the night before & that day....but we'll see.
Job: I had my second interview at Parkview on Tuesday afternoon with the two neos that werent able to attend the first interview. They were both nice and friendly. :) When I asked the one (other guy didn't speak very good English haha) about the timeline of decision making he said that I have the job already and they were just waiting for me to meet him & the other doctor. So that's very exciting...but I'm not getting my hopes up & putting in my resignation just yet. Who knows who else they might want to interview or if something crazy happens and they end up not being able to hire me. But he said I should hear something in a few days. Yay!!!! :) Hoping I can leave here by the end of the month because the May schedule is awful ...the other full time NNP is going on vacation for 10 days...so who gets to work tons during that time?! I also recently got called into the supervisors office for attendance issues..I've called in 4 times since I started working here and if I call in one more time I get written up. Punishment for being written up...no raise for a year. Haha...well good thing I just got a raise when our new Neo told HR we were underpaid. Morons.
House: They finished the drywall/mudding/sanding last week. They are priming all this week and measuring/cutting for trim boards. The guy that helps with the interior selections talked to us yesterday and said they will be ready for our lights and mirrors around April 26th ...eekk! That's about 2-3 weeks before we thought they would need them based on the inital plans. Happy they are moving right along but....we haven't even gone to look at lights yet with so much going on lately! He told us we could buy the mirrors from them so we said heck yes haha! Just had to pick out the edge design & size for the 3 mirrors we need.
Current house had its second showing for a client on Saturday but they passed on our house. Their reasoning was stupid but hey...feedback tells us what else we can do to make the house look better & give us an edge. The to do lists for everything are sooooo long. Can't catch a break. The over a week of sickness kind of put us behind!
Austin: Talking more and more!! Attempting to say some words that he probably shouldn't ... (example: guy flying through the parking lot at Target so I said "idiot" ...Austin attempted to say it as well). Good thing we aren't the type who use a lot of swear words. We did have a short period of time where he was randomly saying "damn" but that has passed thankfully! He is getting so, so tall! Just this week he has started turning on & off lights! Turning them on is easy...he has to reach a little higher to turn them off but still! :) Big boy! We have our First Steps progress meeting on Tuesday the 16th...they already sent me my copy of the paperwork for me to read. They want him to receive an additional 3 months of speech therapy. I am completely fine with it because he is making progress with Sarah and I think there's more that she can work on with him. Andy isn't too happy about it but I think he'll get there. The big thing with his speech is that he labels stuff (dog, cup, car, etc) but does not make many requests (more milk, need this, etc). They said usually requests come first and then labeling but it doesn't make him abnormal in any way. He has started saying "car ride" & "outside" ...those are two big requests lately. :)
Mason: Doing better...the runny nose, cough, and ear infection were really affecting his sleeping and eating. And now he's getting more teeth so he slept horribly Monday night (after I got almost zero sleep at work Sunday night) but tooth #4 poked through yesterday morning. I think tooth # 5 & 6 are very close to being through the gum line as well. He slept all night last night! :) Hopefully he sleeps well for Andy tonight while I am at work! He gets very close to leaning over to get in the crawling position from the sitting position ...but then he kinda just fakes out and lays on his belly. He can reach pretty far so I don't think he feels as motivated to crawl yet. He had several red bumps on his butt Friday morning (started noticing them last Weds evening) so we went in to see the doc and he was diagnosed with a yeast diaper rash. We have been putting the anti-fungal cream on twice a day and its looking much better. Have all these cloth diapers and I can't even use them right now! Most diaper creams & yeast infections are 2 big no-nos for cloth diapers. I stripped them all again just in case since I'm not totally sure when the yeast made an appearance for my cloth diapering mama readers out there. :) He is a very happy little guy when he is feeling well. :) Starting to clap more often now and also has been doing this cute hand thing when he wants to be picked up! We have his baby dedication on Mothers Day. :) (our church always does Mothers Day as baby dedication day for all the babies that have been born since the last Mothers day or any new members that have children and want them dedicated.) I am supposed to work the night before & that day....but we'll see.
Job: I had my second interview at Parkview on Tuesday afternoon with the two neos that werent able to attend the first interview. They were both nice and friendly. :) When I asked the one (other guy didn't speak very good English haha) about the timeline of decision making he said that I have the job already and they were just waiting for me to meet him & the other doctor. So that's very exciting...but I'm not getting my hopes up & putting in my resignation just yet. Who knows who else they might want to interview or if something crazy happens and they end up not being able to hire me. But he said I should hear something in a few days. Yay!!!! :) Hoping I can leave here by the end of the month because the May schedule is awful ...the other full time NNP is going on vacation for 10 days...so who gets to work tons during that time?! I also recently got called into the supervisors office for attendance issues..I've called in 4 times since I started working here and if I call in one more time I get written up. Punishment for being written up...no raise for a year. Haha...well good thing I just got a raise when our new Neo told HR we were underpaid. Morons.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Sick!! :( Austins sick, Masons sick, I'm sick. We have a few good hours then its all downhill again. Mason seems to be the best feeling as of right now. Hopefully we can get in nice and early at the pediatrician tomorrow morning. Supposed to work and I am out of vacation hours so it looks like itll be an unpaid day. fab
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Lots to update on. Been a bit busy!
House: HVAC, electical and framing inspections have all been passed. Siding is up on the back and sides of the house. Front will have stone ...which is coming at a later date. They are working on insulation the first half of this week and then will be starting the drywall on Thursday. :)
Current house has been kinda stagnant....which is working out just fine because we've been busy with other stuff lately. If theres no action/offers in another few weeks then we will drop the price again I think. Andy & I are starting to think that the house won't sell until its empty since we just have so much stuff in it which seems to be making it hard for potential buyers.
Austin: Speech therapy is going well and he is repeating words and using more phrases every week! :) He has become quite the mooch though...every time we are eating something he says "a bite!" until you share haha! Very much a happy boy who just has the typical 2 year old meltdowns here and there. Can't wait til it is warmer so he can play outside which he loves to do!
Mason: Had his 9mt appt yesterday and he is doing great! 21lbs 14 oz (75th%), 27.75 in long (27th%) and his head measured 18 in (75th%). His dr isn't concerned about the suture that is closing early anymore since his head grew and it isn't affecting his developing. yay! :) He has 3 teeth right now (2 on bottom and one most of the way through on the top). She saw 3 more on top that she thinks are on their way in soon. Oh joy...teething is never fun! We are not going to be attempting the milk challenge test until after his one year appointment. She said with the symptoms he had & the research that has been done ...it just makes more sense to wait. She strongly prefers that I breastfeed until 18mts if he remains interested. :)
Interview: My interview yesterday went great!! They are a 31 bed unit & have been averaging between 18-22 babies the last 3 months. They did 88 transports for 2012...thats a lot!...about 30% of their admissions they said. The position will start as being 3 12hr day shifts and possibly down the road go to 24hr shifts. They have interviewed one other person & are hoping to hire two. So hopefully they offer me a spot! Right now they have a neonatologist in house 24/7 so they want the NNP there on dayshift to take a patient load (ill see my own babies) and do procedures, go to deliveries and go on transports. The 3 that I met yesterday strongly want the NNP to do transports...fine by me! I will be meeting the other 2 neos on April 9th but they said a decision could be made between now and then. Really hoping they can decide soon so I can just leave my current job asap! The commute will be soooo short! Being on day shift is a little nerve wracking with babysitting decisions but I think I will learn a ton more with being able to round on the babies and work more closely with the neos. I'll keep everyone updated! :)
House: HVAC, electical and framing inspections have all been passed. Siding is up on the back and sides of the house. Front will have stone ...which is coming at a later date. They are working on insulation the first half of this week and then will be starting the drywall on Thursday. :)
Current house has been kinda stagnant....which is working out just fine because we've been busy with other stuff lately. If theres no action/offers in another few weeks then we will drop the price again I think. Andy & I are starting to think that the house won't sell until its empty since we just have so much stuff in it which seems to be making it hard for potential buyers.
Austin: Speech therapy is going well and he is repeating words and using more phrases every week! :) He has become quite the mooch though...every time we are eating something he says "a bite!" until you share haha! Very much a happy boy who just has the typical 2 year old meltdowns here and there. Can't wait til it is warmer so he can play outside which he loves to do!
Mason: Had his 9mt appt yesterday and he is doing great! 21lbs 14 oz (75th%), 27.75 in long (27th%) and his head measured 18 in (75th%). His dr isn't concerned about the suture that is closing early anymore since his head grew and it isn't affecting his developing. yay! :) He has 3 teeth right now (2 on bottom and one most of the way through on the top). She saw 3 more on top that she thinks are on their way in soon. Oh joy...teething is never fun! We are not going to be attempting the milk challenge test until after his one year appointment. She said with the symptoms he had & the research that has been done ...it just makes more sense to wait. She strongly prefers that I breastfeed until 18mts if he remains interested. :)
Interview: My interview yesterday went great!! They are a 31 bed unit & have been averaging between 18-22 babies the last 3 months. They did 88 transports for 2012...thats a lot!...about 30% of their admissions they said. The position will start as being 3 12hr day shifts and possibly down the road go to 24hr shifts. They have interviewed one other person & are hoping to hire two. So hopefully they offer me a spot! Right now they have a neonatologist in house 24/7 so they want the NNP there on dayshift to take a patient load (ill see my own babies) and do procedures, go to deliveries and go on transports. The 3 that I met yesterday strongly want the NNP to do transports...fine by me! I will be meeting the other 2 neos on April 9th but they said a decision could be made between now and then. Really hoping they can decide soon so I can just leave my current job asap! The commute will be soooo short! Being on day shift is a little nerve wracking with babysitting decisions but I think I will learn a ton more with being able to round on the babies and work more closely with the neos. I'll keep everyone updated! :)
Monday, March 18, 2013
So for those that don't already know...I have a interview next Monday, the 25th, at Parkview Women's & Children's for the open NNP position they have!! It's set to be a 3 hour interview with a tour included. :) I'll be interviewing with the manager, the medical director/neo, and 2 other neos. Then on April 9th I'll be interviewing with the remaining 2 neos that can't attend the March 25th interview. They are unsure of what my schedule would look like if I'm hired since they don't currently use NNPs and haven't for a few years. They are saying day shift at least until they have decided how many they will hire and whatnot. It is a 31 bed private room unit...so it's big! :)
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Lots to talk about haha...very, very much enjoyed my (unplanned) week off! Worked Sunday and then was supposed to work Thursday (had jury duty so I couldnt work ...but then my case was cancelled) & now I'm at work today. It was awesome to have the week off!!! :)
House: This past week they finished framing Monday and then installed the front door, garage door, sliding glass door & all the windows Tuesday. On Wed through Sat they worked on the plumbing, heating and cooling. yay! :) Busy, busy...the HVAC guys were there on Saturday afternoon when we went to take pics.
Current house has had over 200 views online so far but no showings this week/weekend. Next weekend is super busy so of course they will probably be showings haha!
Austin: Did great last Friday with speech & this past Fridays session was cancelled due to his speech therapist being sick. He is saying more words and starting to say more phrases as well. He is very into his remote control car lately...has a hard time making it do what he wants but he loves for Andy or I to chase him with it haha! He is also doing better with being nice to Mason and they have been playing next to each other a lot lately. :) He even brings his stuffed animals over to Mason and has them kiss him on the cheek!
Mason: Tooth #3 is visible but hasn't quite broken through yet and I think I see tooth #4 ...both on top. Lots of biting of his momma right now! He is scooting everywhere on his butt! Last night he was up almost to crawling position but didn't go anywhere so I'm sure that's coming soon. :) Sleep has not been so well at night for him but I think it's his teeth. He tried peaches yesterday & seemed to like them. Going to try sweet potatoes later this week. He has his 9mt appt next Monday & I'm interested to see how big he is!
Have other news but can't share because I'm at work & afraid the nurses might be reading haha!
House: This past week they finished framing Monday and then installed the front door, garage door, sliding glass door & all the windows Tuesday. On Wed through Sat they worked on the plumbing, heating and cooling. yay! :) Busy, busy...the HVAC guys were there on Saturday afternoon when we went to take pics.
Current house has had over 200 views online so far but no showings this week/weekend. Next weekend is super busy so of course they will probably be showings haha!
Austin: Did great last Friday with speech & this past Fridays session was cancelled due to his speech therapist being sick. He is saying more words and starting to say more phrases as well. He is very into his remote control car lately...has a hard time making it do what he wants but he loves for Andy or I to chase him with it haha! He is also doing better with being nice to Mason and they have been playing next to each other a lot lately. :) He even brings his stuffed animals over to Mason and has them kiss him on the cheek!
Mason: Tooth #3 is visible but hasn't quite broken through yet and I think I see tooth #4 ...both on top. Lots of biting of his momma right now! He is scooting everywhere on his butt! Last night he was up almost to crawling position but didn't go anywhere so I'm sure that's coming soon. :) Sleep has not been so well at night for him but I think it's his teeth. He tried peaches yesterday & seemed to like them. Going to try sweet potatoes later this week. He has his 9mt appt next Monday & I'm interested to see how big he is!
Have other news but can't share because I'm at work & afraid the nurses might be reading haha!
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Mid week update!
First things first haha!! Service line director (fancy name for director I guess?) emailed me Monday asking if I was still interested in interviewing for a NNP position. Um heck yes I am! So I emailed her back and resent her my resume (per her request). She is working on setting up some interview dates with the manager and the physicians. Haven't heard anything since Monday. I've been religiously checking my email. Hoping to hear something today or tomorrow so that I'm not left hanging all weekend. But if I am then so be it....I've waited long enough I can wait a few more days. :)
Austin: Started saying "snow" after the freakish snow storm we had Tuesday evening. Also is stringing together more words to make a phrase. :) "mama read" "dada read" "gogo eat". He's also been telling the Starbucks peeps "bye bye" after I finish giving them my order in the drive thru. Its really cute to hear even though they obviously don't hear him. :)
Mason: Clapping like crazy. :) So cute to watch! Tooth #2 poked its way through this morning (or maybe last night while I was at work?). Slow down big boy!
House: They were planning to finish framing this week and then order the windows and doors to be delivered & installed. Neither of us have really had time to drive over there and look yet this week but we will go Saturday to take pics. :)
First things first haha!! Service line director (fancy name for director I guess?) emailed me Monday asking if I was still interested in interviewing for a NNP position. Um heck yes I am! So I emailed her back and resent her my resume (per her request). She is working on setting up some interview dates with the manager and the physicians. Haven't heard anything since Monday. I've been religiously checking my email. Hoping to hear something today or tomorrow so that I'm not left hanging all weekend. But if I am then so be it....I've waited long enough I can wait a few more days. :)
Austin: Started saying "snow" after the freakish snow storm we had Tuesday evening. Also is stringing together more words to make a phrase. :) "mama read" "dada read" "gogo eat". He's also been telling the Starbucks peeps "bye bye" after I finish giving them my order in the drive thru. Its really cute to hear even though they obviously don't hear him. :)
Mason: Clapping like crazy. :) So cute to watch! Tooth #2 poked its way through this morning (or maybe last night while I was at work?). Slow down big boy!
House: They were planning to finish framing this week and then order the windows and doors to be delivered & installed. Neither of us have really had time to drive over there and look yet this week but we will go Saturday to take pics. :)
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Another fast week!
Austin: Did great all week with being a chatterbox. :) Speech therapy went well yesterday and she said she's hearing more words ...I agree that he is saying new ones & he is also warming up to her so naturally he is a little more chatty when she comes over. Still has moments of shyness and then hiding in the kitchen when he gets overwhelmed. Going to be buying a potty chair Tuesday I think!
Mason: My little jumping bean! :) Still loving the jumperoo. His sleeping is getting better! :) Almost always sleeps til 5am..and sometimes later. His naps are also becoming more consistent for me & mom as well. Andy still has some trouble getting him to nap. His suture line seems a bit more rigid to me so I am looking forward to his 9 month appt later this month so his doc can feel it again as well. Really thinking of asking for a head ultrasound since his fontanel is still open and maybe x-rays? He has a sacral dimple....pretty sure I mentioned that during his NICU updates. Just wondering if maybe it's related? The NP in me says no...but I'm still very new considering all the information/disorders/etc that's out there.
House: Drove by the new house for the weekly picture and the first floor and the garage have been framed. Part of the second floor was framed as well so I'm assuming framing will be finished early this coming week. It's moving fast!! We had a showing on the current house this morning & will likely hear feedback on Monday. We moved around some more stuff (aka hid some more stuff) to attempt to make it look less "cluttered."
Andy's last Tuesday off is this week. :( Liked him having a day off every week but it's short term. One of the other tellers is going on maternity leave after this week so he & the other teller will be getting some of their hours back which he is very happy about haha! He will go back to getting half days on Wednesday when its his turn to work Saturday. So that'll be nice. :)
Austin: Did great all week with being a chatterbox. :) Speech therapy went well yesterday and she said she's hearing more words ...I agree that he is saying new ones & he is also warming up to her so naturally he is a little more chatty when she comes over. Still has moments of shyness and then hiding in the kitchen when he gets overwhelmed. Going to be buying a potty chair Tuesday I think!
Mason: My little jumping bean! :) Still loving the jumperoo. His sleeping is getting better! :) Almost always sleeps til 5am..and sometimes later. His naps are also becoming more consistent for me & mom as well. Andy still has some trouble getting him to nap. His suture line seems a bit more rigid to me so I am looking forward to his 9 month appt later this month so his doc can feel it again as well. Really thinking of asking for a head ultrasound since his fontanel is still open and maybe x-rays? He has a sacral dimple....pretty sure I mentioned that during his NICU updates. Just wondering if maybe it's related? The NP in me says no...but I'm still very new considering all the information/disorders/etc that's out there.
House: Drove by the new house for the weekly picture and the first floor and the garage have been framed. Part of the second floor was framed as well so I'm assuming framing will be finished early this coming week. It's moving fast!! We had a showing on the current house this morning & will likely hear feedback on Monday. We moved around some more stuff (aka hid some more stuff) to attempt to make it look less "cluttered."
Andy's last Tuesday off is this week. :( Liked him having a day off every week but it's short term. One of the other tellers is going on maternity leave after this week so he & the other teller will be getting some of their hours back which he is very happy about haha! He will go back to getting half days on Wednesday when its his turn to work Saturday. So that'll be nice. :)
Monday, February 25, 2013
Another busy week...every week I tell myself that I'll do a mid-week post but it never happens! It's easiest to update while I'm at work since Austin loves to push the power button on the computer at home haha! If I wait til they are both asleep...it doesn't work either because that's when we clean, relax and attempt to stay awake long enough for a conversation haha. So be patient with me. :)
So lets backtrack to when I last left off.
Houses: Backfilling of the basement and the garage slab was poured last week for the new house. Looking good. :) They will be framing all this week and most of next week as well. It's going to really start looking like a house now!!!
As far as our current house, we had 2 showings on Sunday and we have one scheduled for this coming Saturday! Realtor said that we've been getting a steady amount of people "viewing" our listing online. He sent us the report for last week and I think it said 77 views. :) We got feedback from one person who came on Sunday...they told the realtor that they loved the size of the backyard and the fence but felt that our house looked cluttered. Umm hello!...once we move out all this stuff won't be here!
Austin: Speech went well again on Friday...(I missed it because I was at work). His ST brought her own toys and Andy said he loved that. They worked on popping the bubbles...(pop is a homework word this week) and she also had these small balloons that he liked. His other homework word is tie...kinda hard to incorporate that one right now because his shoes are either velcro or slip ons at the moment so we talk about tying daddys shoes and just saying the word in general haha! We are also working on more 2-3 word phrases. He has been saying "do it again" a lot more now when he wants us to read a book again, help stack another tower, etc. He is also obsessed with his potty time DVD. I really want to just go buy a potty chair & start sitting him on before bathtime & when he wakes up to get him used to the idea but I'm also a little afraid to start the whole process! He knows the order of events though...if he comes into the bathroom with either of us he will point to the toilet and say potty and then point to the toilet paper and say paper then he points to the sink. Such a smartie! :)
Mason: He is now 8 months old! Insane! New food this past week was green beans and he seems to like them better than the peas haha! :) He is steadily growing out of his size 9 month clothing as well. His dresser is about half 9mts and half 12mts clothing...just kinda depends on the brand/item of clothing. Such a long baby! He is really scooting backwards when on his belly and will probably start moving forward soon! He is obsessed with his jumperoo and thinks he should be jumping all the time so its interesting to try to hold him and nurse him now! His legs are always moving! Target is now carrying one brand of cloth diapers in their store so I bought one just to try. I like it...and Andy said we can switch to cloth soon just have a full plate at the moment of other things that our money needs to go to. I want to try 2 other brands since I've heard better reviews on other ones...Target needs to carry options in the store haha! Looking forward to the childrens resale event in mid-March so I can maybe buy some used ones, strip them, and see if I like them.
Work: Going to 24 hour shifts starting March 10. Yuck! :( Did find out today that my salary is increasing by $6K a year because they realized how underpaid we are. That's great news but I'm still cranky about the new shifts. Parkview ...please call soon!
So lets backtrack to when I last left off.
Houses: Backfilling of the basement and the garage slab was poured last week for the new house. Looking good. :) They will be framing all this week and most of next week as well. It's going to really start looking like a house now!!!
As far as our current house, we had 2 showings on Sunday and we have one scheduled for this coming Saturday! Realtor said that we've been getting a steady amount of people "viewing" our listing online. He sent us the report for last week and I think it said 77 views. :) We got feedback from one person who came on Sunday...they told the realtor that they loved the size of the backyard and the fence but felt that our house looked cluttered. Umm hello!...once we move out all this stuff won't be here!
Austin: Speech went well again on Friday...(I missed it because I was at work). His ST brought her own toys and Andy said he loved that. They worked on popping the bubbles...(pop is a homework word this week) and she also had these small balloons that he liked. His other homework word is tie...kinda hard to incorporate that one right now because his shoes are either velcro or slip ons at the moment so we talk about tying daddys shoes and just saying the word in general haha! We are also working on more 2-3 word phrases. He has been saying "do it again" a lot more now when he wants us to read a book again, help stack another tower, etc. He is also obsessed with his potty time DVD. I really want to just go buy a potty chair & start sitting him on before bathtime & when he wakes up to get him used to the idea but I'm also a little afraid to start the whole process! He knows the order of events though...if he comes into the bathroom with either of us he will point to the toilet and say potty and then point to the toilet paper and say paper then he points to the sink. Such a smartie! :)
Mason: He is now 8 months old! Insane! New food this past week was green beans and he seems to like them better than the peas haha! :) He is steadily growing out of his size 9 month clothing as well. His dresser is about half 9mts and half 12mts clothing...just kinda depends on the brand/item of clothing. Such a long baby! He is really scooting backwards when on his belly and will probably start moving forward soon! He is obsessed with his jumperoo and thinks he should be jumping all the time so its interesting to try to hold him and nurse him now! His legs are always moving! Target is now carrying one brand of cloth diapers in their store so I bought one just to try. I like it...and Andy said we can switch to cloth soon just have a full plate at the moment of other things that our money needs to go to. I want to try 2 other brands since I've heard better reviews on other ones...Target needs to carry options in the store haha! Looking forward to the childrens resale event in mid-March so I can maybe buy some used ones, strip them, and see if I like them.
Work: Going to 24 hour shifts starting March 10. Yuck! :( Did find out today that my salary is increasing by $6K a year because they realized how underpaid we are. That's great news but I'm still cranky about the new shifts. Parkview ...please call soon!
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Weeks need to start slowing down & being less busy...
Put the house on the market Monday night...but didn't make it to the realtor website til Wednesday night (yeah, our realtor is kinda a flake). He came & took pictures Thursday. Also put the nifty front door lock box on our door. So if you or someone you know is searching for a house...send them our way...or to the Re-max website. Price is negotiable.
Austin had his first session of Speech therapy Friday! Went well. She thinks he will learn fast! :) Yay for Austin! He is doing better at attempting to repeat words everyday. :) He kept telling Sarah, his ST, that he's two haha! Our homework this week is to work on "up" and "in". She said he's lacking in action words & those were the two she wanted us to emphasize when we play this coming week.
Mason is loving his food! I enjoy making it too...so easy, should have made more of Austins food when he was this little. He has had banana, avocado, apple, pear, & peas so far. :) He is attempting to move backwards when he gets on his belly now. He's also sleeping much better on the nights I'm home...wakes up around 5-5:30am. Sleeps til 7:30ish when it's just Andy.
Took a couple more pictures of our new house this morning. They made more progress than anticipated for this last week!!! Basement and basement walls are done. They've also put in the stairs to the basement (still wooden and not completely done yet). They've also started the floor for the main level. Yay!
Andy's car sold just before I left for work today. :) Sold for less than what he wanted but the guy was persistent with the negotiation process & they were able to settle on a reasonable amount!
Looking forward to having 3 days off when I get home from work in the morning!! Andy also has 3 days off since Monday is Presidents day and Tuesday is his scheduled day off each week! :)
Put the house on the market Monday night...but didn't make it to the realtor website til Wednesday night (yeah, our realtor is kinda a flake). He came & took pictures Thursday. Also put the nifty front door lock box on our door. So if you or someone you know is searching for a house...send them our way...or to the Re-max website. Price is negotiable.
Austin had his first session of Speech therapy Friday! Went well. She thinks he will learn fast! :) Yay for Austin! He is doing better at attempting to repeat words everyday. :) He kept telling Sarah, his ST, that he's two haha! Our homework this week is to work on "up" and "in". She said he's lacking in action words & those were the two she wanted us to emphasize when we play this coming week.
Mason is loving his food! I enjoy making it too...so easy, should have made more of Austins food when he was this little. He has had banana, avocado, apple, pear, & peas so far. :) He is attempting to move backwards when he gets on his belly now. He's also sleeping much better on the nights I'm home...wakes up around 5-5:30am. Sleeps til 7:30ish when it's just Andy.
Took a couple more pictures of our new house this morning. They made more progress than anticipated for this last week!!! Basement and basement walls are done. They've also put in the stairs to the basement (still wooden and not completely done yet). They've also started the floor for the main level. Yay!
Andy's car sold just before I left for work today. :) Sold for less than what he wanted but the guy was persistent with the negotiation process & they were able to settle on a reasonable amount!
Looking forward to having 3 days off when I get home from work in the morning!! Andy also has 3 days off since Monday is Presidents day and Tuesday is his scheduled day off each week! :)
Friday, February 8, 2013
Another eventful week. :)
Stakes were placed earlier this week to mark the perimeter of the house and yard. Then Wednesday morning we met with the builder and surveyor to go over the whole layout (in the snow...). Basement digging occurred all day Wednesday. I stopped by after nap time to take the picture that is on facebook. :) Each Monday we will get a progress report email about what is planned for the current week so I will attempt to take at least one picture a week if there's actually something to show.
Austin will have his first speech therapy session next Friday afternoon. Very interested to see how it will go! Bummed that it took so long to get everything finalized. We have the 3 month progress meeting in April...but he would have only had 2 months of therapy by then so hopefully they can reschedule. He's been saying a lot more words lately and trying hard to imitate! He now tells us when he poops about 50% of the time so we are getting extremely close to potty training.
Last night Mason decided to start saying "dada"!! :) Got it on video as well. :) He whispers it then says it haha! This morning he looked right at Andy before he left for work and said dada. So cute!! Can't wait til he starts saying Mama! We are looking closely into making the transition to cloth diapers for him for several reasons. More updates on that as we decide. Any input would be great to hear. Gotta love pinterest for articles about it and my awesome cousin Stephanie who is a former cloth diaper momma!
Nothing new on Parkview yet. My friend Jess said they are going live with a new charting system tomorrow so the whole hospital has been busy so I'll continue to be patient. Work just dropped the bombshell that we are going to 24 hour shifts next month. Not sure how that will work for us.
Stakes were placed earlier this week to mark the perimeter of the house and yard. Then Wednesday morning we met with the builder and surveyor to go over the whole layout (in the snow...). Basement digging occurred all day Wednesday. I stopped by after nap time to take the picture that is on facebook. :) Each Monday we will get a progress report email about what is planned for the current week so I will attempt to take at least one picture a week if there's actually something to show.
Austin will have his first speech therapy session next Friday afternoon. Very interested to see how it will go! Bummed that it took so long to get everything finalized. We have the 3 month progress meeting in April...but he would have only had 2 months of therapy by then so hopefully they can reschedule. He's been saying a lot more words lately and trying hard to imitate! He now tells us when he poops about 50% of the time so we are getting extremely close to potty training.
Last night Mason decided to start saying "dada"!! :) Got it on video as well. :) He whispers it then says it haha! This morning he looked right at Andy before he left for work and said dada. So cute!! Can't wait til he starts saying Mama! We are looking closely into making the transition to cloth diapers for him for several reasons. More updates on that as we decide. Any input would be great to hear. Gotta love pinterest for articles about it and my awesome cousin Stephanie who is a former cloth diaper momma!
Nothing new on Parkview yet. My friend Jess said they are going live with a new charting system tomorrow so the whole hospital has been busy so I'll continue to be patient. Work just dropped the bombshell that we are going to 24 hour shifts next month. Not sure how that will work for us.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Lots to talk about for last week...maybe I should update more freqently haha!
My patience may finally be paying off. Jessica got me the new contact info for the new director of Maternal/Child at Parkview and....there's 2 open positions!!! I called & emailed her and she emailed me back requesting my resume. This was on Tuesday. Still haven't heard from her but I've heard they are slow so maybe she will be calling this week. The positions are not posted online yet...only internally so that might be part of the hold up. So we are praying, praying and doing a bit more praying!
On Tuesday Austin had his First Steps evaluation. It went smoothly...as smoothly as a test of development can go. He scored borderline on speech, social and adaptive skills. Therefore he qualifies for speech therapy. We had a meeting Friday to set goals and finish signing paperwork. Our income is too high for insurance to pay so we are paying out of pocket...but it's worth it (and a reasonable amount). Just waiting for the pediatrician to sign off on all the paperwork/evaluation and then our speech therapist will call us to set up his first session. He will receive one hour of therapy once a week for 3 months. We have a progress meeting set up in mid April where we will review his progress and they will decide if he qualifies for another 3 months. I am excited to see how fast he starts talking! He's already attempting to say more words. They said he has a great personality and follows directions very well. :)
We also had a meeting Tuesday afternoon at the mortgage company to sign some papers. :) Yay! :) Taking our last portion of the down payment check to the builder tomorrow! We still need to set up appointments to look at lighting at Trinity Lighting and at the 2 appliance places where the builder gets a discount. Lighting fixtures are going to be hard to pick I think! We kind of already know what type of applinaces we want. I'm only picky about the washer/dryer since what we have in this house are not stellar!
Still working on declutting, donating, organizing, etc. We have too much stuff!!
My patience may finally be paying off. Jessica got me the new contact info for the new director of Maternal/Child at Parkview and....there's 2 open positions!!! I called & emailed her and she emailed me back requesting my resume. This was on Tuesday. Still haven't heard from her but I've heard they are slow so maybe she will be calling this week. The positions are not posted online yet...only internally so that might be part of the hold up. So we are praying, praying and doing a bit more praying!
On Tuesday Austin had his First Steps evaluation. It went smoothly...as smoothly as a test of development can go. He scored borderline on speech, social and adaptive skills. Therefore he qualifies for speech therapy. We had a meeting Friday to set goals and finish signing paperwork. Our income is too high for insurance to pay so we are paying out of pocket...but it's worth it (and a reasonable amount). Just waiting for the pediatrician to sign off on all the paperwork/evaluation and then our speech therapist will call us to set up his first session. He will receive one hour of therapy once a week for 3 months. We have a progress meeting set up in mid April where we will review his progress and they will decide if he qualifies for another 3 months. I am excited to see how fast he starts talking! He's already attempting to say more words. They said he has a great personality and follows directions very well. :)
We also had a meeting Tuesday afternoon at the mortgage company to sign some papers. :) Yay! :) Taking our last portion of the down payment check to the builder tomorrow! We still need to set up appointments to look at lighting at Trinity Lighting and at the 2 appliance places where the builder gets a discount. Lighting fixtures are going to be hard to pick I think! We kind of already know what type of applinaces we want. I'm only picky about the washer/dryer since what we have in this house are not stellar!
Still working on declutting, donating, organizing, etc. We have too much stuff!!
Friday, January 18, 2013
Here is a good link to explain it.
http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site3268/mainpageS3268P0.html
http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site3268/mainpageS3268P0.html
What a week!
Worked Monday and then finalized new house selections on Tuesday!...plus paid another huge portion of the down payment...
Then Wednesday morning both boys had (unplanned) pediatrician appointments. Austin has had a small bump on the side of this face since Saturday morning. It wasn't gettting better or smaller so I called to see if his doc could check it out. Turns out its a mild staph infection. She was able to open and drain it. We are doing triple antibiotic ointment and a bandaid for a week. She did not see any signs of cellulitis or further infection to warrant oral antibiotics. So far he has been leaving the bandaid alone! yay for Austin :)
Now for Mason... while we were there Wednesday morning I asked their peditrician if she minded taking a look at Mason's skull & sutures even though we weren't there for him. She was fine with it. I've noticed over the past couple months (maybe less) that his metopic suture (one by the forehead in front of the anterior fontanel) seems to be closing early and forming a ridge. She agreed. :( She said we will follow his head circumferences over the next 6 months and as long as they don't drop in percentiles he won't need intervention. If they do drop then we will have further workup to ensure that his brain isn't being affected and surgery to reopen the suture as a worst case scenario. It is reassuring that only one is closing too early (she felt all of them) because it can get serious very fast if more than one closes too early. His diagnosis: Metopic Synostosis.
Had a great day yesterday. :) Love being home with my boys and I want to work less!
Hoping tonight goes fast at work. Off Saturday and work Sunday. Hoping to make some more decluttering progress on the house on Saturday. We've thrown or donated tons of stuff already it feels like. We also took down the bifold doors in front of our washer/dryer since they are stupid and they always get stuck on the carpet! So now we have curtains in front of it.
Worked Monday and then finalized new house selections on Tuesday!...plus paid another huge portion of the down payment...
Then Wednesday morning both boys had (unplanned) pediatrician appointments. Austin has had a small bump on the side of this face since Saturday morning. It wasn't gettting better or smaller so I called to see if his doc could check it out. Turns out its a mild staph infection. She was able to open and drain it. We are doing triple antibiotic ointment and a bandaid for a week. She did not see any signs of cellulitis or further infection to warrant oral antibiotics. So far he has been leaving the bandaid alone! yay for Austin :)
Now for Mason... while we were there Wednesday morning I asked their peditrician if she minded taking a look at Mason's skull & sutures even though we weren't there for him. She was fine with it. I've noticed over the past couple months (maybe less) that his metopic suture (one by the forehead in front of the anterior fontanel) seems to be closing early and forming a ridge. She agreed. :( She said we will follow his head circumferences over the next 6 months and as long as they don't drop in percentiles he won't need intervention. If they do drop then we will have further workup to ensure that his brain isn't being affected and surgery to reopen the suture as a worst case scenario. It is reassuring that only one is closing too early (she felt all of them) because it can get serious very fast if more than one closes too early. His diagnosis: Metopic Synostosis.
Had a great day yesterday. :) Love being home with my boys and I want to work less!
Hoping tonight goes fast at work. Off Saturday and work Sunday. Hoping to make some more decluttering progress on the house on Saturday. We've thrown or donated tons of stuff already it feels like. We also took down the bifold doors in front of our washer/dryer since they are stupid and they always get stuck on the carpet! So now we have curtains in front of it.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Happy New Year! :) (9 days late ha ha)
We had our first appointment with First Steps yesterday to complete paperwork/insurance forms. Our evaluation is scheduled for Jan 22 (wanted a Tuesday so Andy would be home). Two therapists (for a non bias report) will be looking at 6 areas of development for Austin & it will take approximately an hour & a half. Interested to see what they say. We then have the third and final meeting on Jan 25 (if we for sure qualify) & we will decide goals for therapy. My cousin Amy has her twin boys in speech therapy with First Steps as well so it will be nice to have someone to talk to about it.
Mason is doing great at sitting up now. Rolling both ways is also going fairly well. He has a harder time getting back to his back once he has rolled to his belly sometimes. The past two mornings we have found him on his belly. Silly boy...causes a panic attack for his momma!! I remember when Austin started rolling over to sleep on his belly too ha ha. He is still liking his rice cereal for the most part but I think we will move to oatmeal soon since he has tolerated the rice with no difficulty.
Andy's day off for 2013 is now Tuesday ...which means my mom will have the boys more often since Tuesdays are never an option for me to work since one of our prn NNPs works one day a week every Tuesday. Maybe this is a sign of things changing for the better....wishful/hopeful thinking.
We are possibly going to start building sooner than February!! Andy said we technically have enough to put down for the builder to start building so it's more up to the builder if he can dig the basement in the frozen ground...or us if Andy decides it would be better to hold off til our house is a little closer to being ready to put in the market in case it sells fast. We meet tomorrow evening to finish our selections (paint, brick color, etc). I really hope our house sells in perfect timing so that we don't have to move into an apartment or something. If it doesn't then we have decided we will go the rental option or the rent to own option since we don't want 2 mortgage payments!
We had our first appointment with First Steps yesterday to complete paperwork/insurance forms. Our evaluation is scheduled for Jan 22 (wanted a Tuesday so Andy would be home). Two therapists (for a non bias report) will be looking at 6 areas of development for Austin & it will take approximately an hour & a half. Interested to see what they say. We then have the third and final meeting on Jan 25 (if we for sure qualify) & we will decide goals for therapy. My cousin Amy has her twin boys in speech therapy with First Steps as well so it will be nice to have someone to talk to about it.
Mason is doing great at sitting up now. Rolling both ways is also going fairly well. He has a harder time getting back to his back once he has rolled to his belly sometimes. The past two mornings we have found him on his belly. Silly boy...causes a panic attack for his momma!! I remember when Austin started rolling over to sleep on his belly too ha ha. He is still liking his rice cereal for the most part but I think we will move to oatmeal soon since he has tolerated the rice with no difficulty.
Andy's day off for 2013 is now Tuesday ...which means my mom will have the boys more often since Tuesdays are never an option for me to work since one of our prn NNPs works one day a week every Tuesday. Maybe this is a sign of things changing for the better....wishful/hopeful thinking.
We are possibly going to start building sooner than February!! Andy said we technically have enough to put down for the builder to start building so it's more up to the builder if he can dig the basement in the frozen ground...or us if Andy decides it would be better to hold off til our house is a little closer to being ready to put in the market in case it sells fast. We meet tomorrow evening to finish our selections (paint, brick color, etc). I really hope our house sells in perfect timing so that we don't have to move into an apartment or something. If it doesn't then we have decided we will go the rental option or the rent to own option since we don't want 2 mortgage payments!
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