Party On

Ah this week. What a rollercoaster. Sunday we had a great Easter with Josh’s family, but Monday started out with taking Eli to the doctor and finding out he had a “very bad” ear infection. I seriously didn’t notice him pulling on his ears at all and he did not have a fever when we took him in. He was even smiling at me in the midst of coughing. I don’t know how I was supposed to know. Next time I guess I’ll have a head’s up. On top of that he had a rash all over his body because I couldn’t find the time to get his Easter outfit washed. I figured hey, I know no other kid wore it around since there’s no dressing room in the store. I didn’t even consider that their detergent might hurt our little boy. So of course I called in to work to take care of him, which was okay but hard on my coworkers, since Mondays are the only days we are short staffed. I was also about to take a 6 week leave to take care of Eli, since Monday we had only a vague “late April to mid May” response as to when he wo...

Good morning! I hope all is well for you this morning. We are coming off of a great night with Mr. Eli. He slept all night in his crib. I was honestly resisting the change and was sad that my baby had outgrown his bassinet, but he did amazing. He only woke up twice to eat and then this morning he woke Josh up by playing. The time had come, he had started waking himself up all night by kicking the bottom of his bassinet. I totally thought he’d be frightened to wake up alone in a new room, but not this guy. Who knew? This week started off with a plane ride back home to surprise my family. My sisters were excited, but my grandparents were the kicker. I wish I could’ve had a picture of their faces. They were so excited and happy. Eli just loved them. I didn’t get a whole lot of pictures, as I realized last minute I packed the charger for my T3, not my T5, which just happened to be low on battery. I was able to get a few shots of my sister and her daughter, a gift for her birthday. And I...

Where has the time gone? I can only get away with saying my baby is ___ weeks old for so long. His developmental cards even go from ‘12 Weeks’ to ‘4 Months’. It’s so fast! Oh this week has been a crazy one. I still don’t feel like I have my feet under me. I’ve been juggling my to-do’s much better (with the help of Josh, of course), but the work situation is still on shaky ground. In Tennessee you get 16 weeks of FMLA for pregnancy and post partum. Twelve for standard FMLA and 4 for ‘Baby Bonding’. However, no one told me you have to use those weeks concurrently. So last week when I called Time Away from Work they assured me that I have 10 weeks of intermittent leave left. Okay, I thought, that makes no sense but I’ll take it. I figured I took 10 weeks leave so far, so I’d still have at least 6 weeks left. Flash forward to Thursday. A knowledgeable Time Away From Work rep called to inform me that actually I have 58 hours of time left to use intermittently, so really I can only go part...