The Ultimate Anti-Depressant

A stressful 24 hours....

I had my final interview for the job on Monday and we once again drove to the headquarters which is 40 miles away. I sat down with the CEO and talked to him for over 30 min after waiting for him to arrive for over 30 min. I thought it went well and he told me that they would call me the next day. The whole time I have been interviewing with this group I have told them I could only give them 2 days a week, and all the interviewers have been asking again, "Only 2 days?" YES!Only 2 days! That is all I need to work, so that's all I'm willing to work! So after the Director of Nursing Services gave me the distinct impression that I would have an offer on the table by Tuesday and the orientation starting this week, I get a letter stating that they are not offering me the position. Arrgh! So I have driven 160 miles, worked for free 8 hours till 12:30am and been lead along for 3 weeks and they decided that I shouldn't have it because I can't give them anything over 2 days! If that was a problem they should have just never called me in the first place! They were very nice in the letter, stating that they really liked me and were very impressed with my experience and references, but so what? I needed that job! Uggh! Any way that is now over, and I will find something soon. After I picked up Jason at work, we went to Toys R Us for Gabriela's B-day Gift. Jason tried to use our credit card and it wouldn't go through. I haven't been able to find mine for a few days, but this is really not unusual for me and they always turn up. Well, when we got home I called the company and they said that someone called on the 12th at 7:30 pm stating that it was me, and said that they had lost the card and wanted 2 new ones sent to my address. So I guess someone was planning on getting them out of my mailbox. I was confused on how they were able to accomplish this since they wouldn't know my information. I then people searched my name on yahoo and up popped my address. That is all they ask for when you call the credit card company. I alerted them that this was fraud, but it freaks me out that someone may be planning on taking stuff out of my mailbox and using it! I got those cards cancelled, am having new ones sent again, I will watch the mail like a hawk, and I put fraud alerts on the credit reporting agencies so they will call me if anyone seeks credit in our names. I also put a password on my accounts so no one can just call and make changes without it. I must have dropped it in the neighborhood. I remember having it at Micheal's when I was getting the stuff for Mother's day. So all in all it's been a rough 24 hours. But hopefully things will turn around now. On a weird note, yesterday at walmart they had a Barbie like doll that was the Virgin Mary and a Ken like doll that was Jesus. It was kind of disturbing. I felt like kids wouldn't give those objects the proper respect they deserved. I would hate to see Jesus out in the sandbox, in the rain, or dressed up in Ken's Hawaiian shirt for heaven's sake! It seemed sacrilegious! Let me know what you think......

Random Expressions

Leaky Bottles and Dry Bottoms

We are now officially in cloth diapers full time. I must say I truly love it. I am actually having less leaks than I had with disposables. So often when I would change Will and then nurse him he would pee out the side of the disposable, this is not a problem with the cloth. I am going to do 2 extra loads a week, but is that really so much to ask when I am saving 30 bucks a month at least on diapers? The bottle issue is another story. I started with a full supply of Avent bottles I had left from daycare. They were in great shape, many brand new. While I was pregnant the news came out about Polycarbonates and the BPA chemicals that they can leach, so I got rid of them and bought the cheap Gerber 5 oz and NUK nipples. The flow was so slow that he would take over 1 hour to complete a feeding. Then we switched to the old rubber nipples. They work for a while, but then they tend to get clogged or something, because the flow backs off and then we are back to why we quit the NUKs. Jason and I don't like the 9 oz Gerbers that are so long and clunky, so we wanted a shape like Avent, but without the BPA. Many of these bottles cost 7-10 dollars each, yikes! Gerber made one like avent but without the BPA so I bought those. Every time I filled them, no matter how I twisted on the cap, they leaked like crazy! It was so annoying! So then I remembered that the Avent sippy cups are not made of the Polycarbonate and they are supposed to fit the Avent Nipple. (It shows it on the package!) So I went and found the 9 oz cups and the nipples in the right flow rate, took them home and they leaked all over! Arrrgghhh! So Jason and I have been to all kinds of stores looking for the right kind, and have had little luck. I could switch to the playtex nurser but I am to thrifty to pay 7.50 every 2 weeks for liners. I just ordered some MAM bottles from Amazon so we will see if these can hold the liquid in the bottle instead of leaking like a sieve. Soon I think I will dip a rag in a bowl of formula and have him suck that like they did for a baby pig in Farmer Boy! I will let you know how the situation works out.

Comparing

This is pretty dark and yellowed, but that is me in Julie's arms at about Will's age.
This is Jason at about 3 months.
And Will. I think he has my head shape, and some of Jason's cheeks. He definetly has Jason's mouth and my nose. Sadly he also seems to have my hairline. I am still hoping it will end up curly. It is so fun to figure out who ended up where!

First Mother's Day and new toys....

Today was my first Mother's Day. It was very nice, Jason let me have a good night's sleep and got up with the baby at 1am and 4. I got up at 6 since by then I really needed to feed him! I then went back to sleep and slept till 10:30! It was so nice. Then we all took baths and went out to lunch at California Pizza Kitchen. I had the Jamaican Jerk Pizza which was good, but really hot. We drove to Rockville after that and returned some bottles to Buy Buy Baby and went to Old Navy and got Sprout some onesies. I got a Caramel Macchiato and Jason got coffee and we went home. I was going to make Sausage and Peppers for dinner, but we aren't really hungry after a big lunch, so I will make it tomorrow. Yesterday I got Will an excersaucer and a Bumbo seat for 10 bucks at the Goodwill. We cleaned them both and let him try them out. He is still too little for them but he seemed to enjoy a few minutes in them. I will post a few pictures of him in them and one of myself and him for Mother's day. I apologize for how I look however, the camera adds 100 pounds!

Gooooaaallll!!!!

Today William followed in Daddy and Uncle Patrick's foot steps as an excellent soccer player! The little Sambas are still big, but they stayed on long enough to get the pictures. Thanks Aunt Molly!