Father's Day

We had a nice Father's Day spending time with family. We went to church, then had lunch with my parents, then we went to Nathan's sister's house and went swimming with his family. Mya tagged along with us and had a lot of fun swimming. Paulina was not feeling well yesterday. Nicole is babysitting today. We'll see what will happen tomorrow. Nicole will have to work tomorrow.

Nathan made some progress on the house, but it is so hot outside. It's dangerous to work for too long out there. It's been in the 90s every day, high humidity, yuck.

Speaking of being hot, something is going on with the AC at work. It's super hot in my office.

For some reason, BFing has been painful the last few days. I hope I'm not getting an infection. It hurts to nurse and to pump.

At home on a Saturday

We are at home today just playing and talking and hanging out. We are going to a friends 30th birthday party for a little while tonight. It's a pretty quiet weekend so far. For Father's Day we will go to church then go hang out with Nathan's family. Nathan has been working on the house this weekend where we have some damage from Hurricane Ike where a tree fell next to the house. We need to keep up with the house maintenance better (we meaning Nathan). This job loss scare has definitely taught us a few lessons. If he would have lost his job, it would have been difficult to pay for repairing the house in case we need to sell it. We have a lot of rotten siding and trim on the exterior plus the hurricane damage. So maybe he can fix these things. Then if we need to or want to sell the house we would be in a better position to do so. I waiver between wanting to move and wanting to stay. If we sell the house and move into a cheaper house, one day I would probably be able to stay home. But selling a house is a lot of work, invasion of privacy every day with strangers coming to see your house while you are at work and in the evenings and weekends at a moments notice. So it's not something to go into lightly. Plus taking care of a child... So I don't know. For now, just keeping up with the house better is a good idea whether we go or stay.

I'm definitely reminding myself we are fortunate and blessed to both have jobs. Babies cost lots of money!

Home Today

We are all home together today. Sorry no post yesterday. Work was busy then I watched Mya and Boo for a little while for Paulina to take Omar to the dr. He has an infected toenail and has to have it taken care of. Ouch. Mya was attempting to play CandyLand. Well... kind of hard for a 3 year old. But it's good to start seeing games and soon she will be able to play. I tried to play with her, but the people started going all over the board and she doesn't know her colors. It was funny. Hopefully we will have a quiet weekend.

Good News

It looks like Nathan will not lose his job right now. His company is doing some lay-offs. He was worried, as was everyone. After hearing of some people getting laid off yesterday morning, his boss came and talked to him and told him they want him to stay. We are very relieved. One of Nathan's close friends will be laid off though. They asked him to stay through Nov. 30 and then he will get 12 weeks pay if he hasn't already left for another job. So hopefully those that lose their jobs will be helped by this offer.

Boo was cranky last night. We had some fun time, but he just fights sleep so hard. It just makes me feel even worse for having to work. If I stayed home, I would get more fun time. It's hard when two out of the four hours I get are crying.

Here we are again

We find ourselves with another Monday. Same feelings of sadness having to leave Boo. We did have a good weekend. I got in trouble Friday for not working. I didn't ask permission... Didn't feel the need to. If I'm ever going to work Fridays, our weekends are going to have to slow down. I can't handle working 5 days then being gone all weekend. Things should slow down for us for a little while.

We watched The Curious Tale of Benjamin Button yesterday and I really liked it. I love fairy tale like movies. There was a lot of sadness in the movie, and the ending was not so happily ever after, but it was very good.

Baby Dedication

Today we are having baby dedication at church. We believe that it is mostly for the parents, to affirm to the church and to God that we will raise our child to know Jesus and do our best to be good examples. No baptism, no water, no formal ceremoney, just a way to show off our baby and affirm our beliefs. The church also takes a vow to encourage and teach the child. So I'm excited about this. Nathan's parents were supposed to go to a family reunion, but they cancelled to come to this. I feel a little bad. We only got one week notice for this dedication. My parents are on opposite schedules. Mom is off, dad is working. Off to eat and get ready.

Ready for the weekend

Well that's the story of my life, survive through the work week and live for the weekends. I am not going to work on Fridays for a while. I really want the most time possible with Boo. I start getting fidgety and antsy at the end of the day. It will help today knowing I will be off for three days. Will I always feel like this? What about when he goes to school? Am I crazy? I get nervous when people invite us to go somewhere or do something because I don't want to have to go anywhere without him. Sounds crazy. I don't want to get a babysitter and leave Boo. I don't want a break. It's very hard for me to leave him in the church nursery for an hour. I really miss him. Before I went back to work we had our parents come babysit for us to go to dinner a couple of times. It was very nice to go out with Nathan and concentrate on our relationship. But I just can't do it right now. I would be a nervous wreck. Boo has been going to bed early lately, which gives us some time to hang out and talk. He woke up twice last night, so not a great night for sleeping. But hopefully tomorrow we will sleep a little late. Saturday is Mya's birthday. She is very excited. I was singing, "Happy Birthday to MEEEE" and making her mad and laugh. She says, "NO ME!" Then after I sing it a few more times she says, "Ok, it's your birthday." LOL