Daycare.
Yep. We are done. Day 2 was no better than Day 1.
I made John drop Rudy off last Tuesday for two reasons. 1. I didn't think I could handle doing it again, especially if Rudy remembered what would happen and cried even worse. And 2. I wanted to see if John had the same "feeling" I did about the place/people/etc of if I just needed to adjust and get over it.
John confirmed my suspicions about the place and my ill-feelings for it. They didn't even have John check him in or out -- and they had seen him once. And when he dropped him off at the door, no one even asked who he was or did much to try and "welcome" Rudy in. We felt like they were just there to monitor the kids and didn't interact much. John was particularly disturbed when one kid walked up to Rudy with snot dripping down his nose. No wonder Rudy got sick after just one day...wouldn't be hard to pass germs if no one is taking the time to wipe their noses!
I called about 9:30 to see how things were going. She said, "umm...ok." And that was it. I had to pry out more information. "What do you mean 'ok'? Is he crying? Upset? Did he eat? Is he playing? Are you doing anything to distract him from being sad?" She said, "yea, he's been crying off and on. He just wants to be cuddled a lot so we gave him a stuffed bear to carry around." Awesome.
Thankfully, Ray and LeeAnn came home from DC earlier in the day than they had planned, so John went and picked Rudy up at noon and took him there instead. I can't express how much happier I was to pick Rudy up from their house that evening and to see him happy. It almost made me cry. I hope they realize how grateful we are to have their help watching Rudy!
Now I'm not saying we are throwing out the idea of daycare all together. I definitely still believe the pros I listed out earlier have their merit. But I just don't think that was the right place for us. We will look around or wait for openings at home daycares we know and not be in a hurry. The poor kid has enough changes going on in his life and even more so coming up. Maybe after the 1st of the year we will revisit the idea.
Until then, I'm happy having my baby happy!!
Out to lunch with Gran and Grandpa
One morning Rudy wanted to go outside and play and I said, "You'll have to wait a minute, you don't have any shoes on." So off he went and returned with one of his dad's boots to try and put on. He wobbled over that for awhile trying to get his foot in. And was so frustrated, might I add.
John helped him in, but only to Rudy's disappointment when he couldn't walk in them!
In an effort to try more tactics to get Rudy feeling better, I bought some vapor bath that bubbles! (bonus!) Rudy has been having some fun baths this week!
After a particularly awful night of sleep for Rudy (and mom, Gran and Grandpa), I took Rudy to Prompt Care to get him checked out. His symptoms had seemed to get worse over the previous two days and that night was the deciding factor. Good thing we went! Poor Rudy has an ear infection in both ears. But after 2 days of being on antibiotics, he's already a much happier boy! Having a sick baby is no fun, for so many reasons. I felt (and feel) awful for him. But he's slept through the night the last two nights and has been in much better spirits so I think its safe to say he is on the mend.
I did a little painting outside this weekend and Gran was nice enough to walk Rudy down to the park. He had lots of fun! He especially liked the slides. Gran said she went down with him on her lap at first, but after that he was a dare devil and wanted to do it all by himself and over and over.
I took Rudy and Rufus for a walk Monday, or should I say Rudy took Rufus for a walk while I walked Rudy.
We are still opening birthday presents. It's fun to get out a new one every once in awhile to play with. John had to put this one together and, of course, Rudy and Rufus were right there to help!
Baby Girl
Rudy went with me again for my latest Baby Girl appointment last Friday. I've sworn after that one that I can't (or don't want) to take him there by myself again. He would not sit still and I spent 30 minutes in the waiting room chasing him around. He found the hallway that leads back to the nurses station and was incredibly persistent at getting back there. I tried moving chairs to confuse him on his surroundings -- nope, didn't work. Two people commented on how I must get a work-out hanging out with him. And then we get into the doctor's room and he looses it over anyone touching me again. It was chaotic and I felt bad not giving Baby Girl and what's going on with her attention. I measured at 29 weeks, just one week larger so that's good. Her heartbeat was strong. I gained 3 pounds overnight. Literally. I had weighed myself all week and was consistently the same. I was excited to finally go to an appointment and not put up a "more than the average 1-lb a week" number, but overnight I gained 3 pounds and had an overall gain of 6. Ugh. My blood pressure was higher than its ever been, but thankfully, still at the highest range of "normal." The doc said we'd watch it closely (which they do anyway) because he doesn't want to see it go any higher. Fingers crossed it was just a bad day and its back down again in 2 weeks -- SO surreal that I had to schedule just 3 weeks away and after that one I'm already going to be going every 2 weeks. How is this going so fast?!?! Overall, I don't feel great. I don't remember being this uncomfortable and in pain so early with Rudy. I'm still able to function, but lets just say I'm looking forward to not being pregnant!
I'm anxious to get her nursery set up and her things all put away (and figure out what else I need! - besides the dozen or so bows I've bought). I think I've found the crib I want to order, just waiting for an official move-in date to click "order." Baby Girl is still nameless. We're working on it, though.
House
Things are moving right along. It's even more surreal that we are going to be living there in the near future. The Closet Guy installed the closets on Tuesday. Our countertops are being installed tomorrow in the kitchen and bathrooms and I'm SO excited to see those in. The plumber is supposed to come soon after to work on the bathrooms and put in all the faucets/fixtures into the counters. John Ballweg should be getting back to painting today and hopefully the HVAC guy comes to finish soon. Our appliances are being delivered and installed on Wednesday. Our grass is growing! Ray is putting up lights and they are looking so great. It's such a great feeling seeing it all come together! Picking out all the details of a house is a lot of work and it's sometimes hard to judge how it will all fall into place, but so far so good! The floors are all pretty much done, trim is up everywhere but a few places, and John built the island this week. He still has some finishing touches, but progress is visible! There is still a list of things that need done, but nothing major and barring any unforeseen circumstance coming up, we are hopeful to be in in a few weeks. Prayers it all works out! I don't have a lot of pictures, because a picture of trim doesn't look all that exciting, even though it makes such a difference walking through.. but here is what I have...
The island in progress and lights!
And these Craigslist stools I found
and painted
Gran and Grandpa Ballweg are off to West Virgina (with a stop in Kentucky to visit Ga-Ga) today for the World Chili Cook-off and Grandpa and Grandma Cicci leave for Des Moines tomorrow. So it's just the three of us this weekend. It's going to be so weird being alone all night with Rudy while John is at work tonight and Sunday...not sure how I feel about it. My first thought was to be bummed about it, but then that's what I'm wishing for so badly with moving into our house, right??... maybe I'm not as ready to be in the new house as I think, or maybe I'm just not ready to leave the comforts of Gran and Grandpa's house :)
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