Doggie Daycare closes forever!!!!

I do not mind helping people out. In fact I love helping my family out. I just wish they would think about what they are asking. I wish they would consider my situation too. I also wish they would not ask for things and put a whole guilt trip on me to get to to help. People love to use my  good nature against me.
It all started when I was about three weeks postpartum. My sister in law was in the hospital because her stomach was hurting. Nothing physically ended up being wrong with her. They told her she was stressed out. I guess a few weeks prior she finds out she is getting a pay cut. She works at a charter school. Also, she found out that she is not getting credit for any of her work. I guess a male supervisor is stealing all the credit. So this stresses her out. I totally understand that. I guess she might have to get rid of her dog because she cannot afford to pay the monthly fee at her apartment for the dog. I felt really bad for her. But me having three kids and a dog of my own , I have my hands full.

A few days later she messages my husband on facebook. She was asked to go on vacation with a friend. She wants us to watch her dog for two weeks. I really did not want to do it. I knew I would be stuck with all this dog hair to clean up. Of course she does what my husband's family is known for doing. She throws the guilt trip. I am still on maternity leave. Seriously still have a stitch in my vagina. She does not once think about how stressed I might be. Of course I say yes because I felt bad for her and her situation. Ugh I am so dumb!

So here I am sweeping three times a day to keep dog hair off my newborn. Of course she did not have her groomed before sending her.I have tried brushing her and everything. The dog will not stop the flipping shedding
I am spending my last ten days of maternity leave cleaning up freaking dog hair. I am so pissed at myself for not thinking more about myself and kids with the situation . I have already watched her damn dog three times this year. I was big fat and pregnant and on my knees cleaning up dog hair. 
I love her dog. Do not get me wrong. But in order for her dog to go outside to the bathroom you have to walk her around the block. I do not have time for that. Hell I am lucky if I get a shower. So the dog has been going in my house!! Then her dog eats my dogs very expensive allergy formula dog food. That crap is not cheap. I am beyond frustrated and tired. I cannot wait til Monday comes. I guess she will be too tired to get her dog the day she comes home! Ugh!
So after Monday, I am no longer a flipping doggie daycare. I do not care if you are stressed. I am stressed too. I have three kids . Two under the age of five. I am a busy person. I do not have time to take care of your dog too. I have my own to clean up after and that is why I only have one. My doggie daycare doors are closing forever. There is a place called a kennel. If you cannot afford then it, you should not be going on vacation in the first place!
Now back to my dog hair cleaning. I am going to loose it before the day is over. I swear if I see one more hair on my baby I am going to need a vacation. I am then going to take all three kids and my dog to her house for two weeks!!!

Back to school, My children, My family as a whole.

 Back to School

   Where did the summer go? Seems like just yesterday it was Tina's last day of school. Now she is going to be in fourth grade. Wow! I am just amazed by how fast the summer went and how soon she is going to be gone again. 

   We are starting to get ready. We need to buy lots of school supplies, clothing, and not to mention a new book bag. She is excited about shopping. I am just waiting on getting the details of what Jeff is willing to help with. He is suppose to call me on Friday to get thing organized with me. I get the feeling though that he really is not thrilled about helping. Oh well he will or he won't. Either way Tina will have what she needs. 

   Randy on the other hand is winding down summer quarter. He has finals next week and is off til fall quarter. He is only taking one class at a time but I am super proud of him. He is getting it done. One class closer to being an engineer. 

   My Children

Let's start with Corbin. He is a month and two weeks now. He is starting to look around, smile and be more content. The first month was hard on him. He cried alot. But now it is getting better. I wear him alot and I have ways of getting him to sleep. He is doing so awesome on breastfeeding. He is growing like a weed. He gained three pounds in a month on my breastmilk. I am so proud of him. He is a beautiful healthy little boy. 

Avanelle is doing great! She is learning to ride her bike with training wheels. She has difficulty getting up the drive way but is trying so hard. I am so proud of her. She is also doing great swimming. I cannot believe how much she has learned this summer. I am very proud of my three year old girl!

Christina is learning to ride in the road on her bike. She has been going bike riding with Randy.  We also have a trailer for Ava to ride in. They all three are enjoying riding bikes. I love it. Christina is doing very well and may need a bigger bike next year. She is getting so big!! 

My family as a whole

We are doing great. Getting back to the old routine. Randy and I recently made me a ring sling. Which I am very proud of. I love wearing Corbin in it. I hope we can get to the beach this week or next. We have not been able to go yet. I ended up deciding on working this weekend so that is out. I am sure we will get there. Overall we are happy healthy, busy and just loving life. I love my little family of five!

 

Maternity leave just about over.......

The past six weeks have went fast. Seems like just yesterday I was holding my baby boy looking forward to our time of bonding and getting to know one another. Now at 6 weeks he is 11 pounds, 22 inches and just doing awesome. I guess ready or not here I go. Back to work.


Here are the events that made the weeks go oh so fast. Week one I just was getting the hang of things. By week two I needed an outing. My family and I went to the zoo. Week three we went to Cosi. Week four we went to various parks, restaurants and many other little outings like that. Week five, we really just went swimming and stayed at home and had Corbin's one month and follow up ear appointment.Everything ended up being fine. Week six, I am hoping that we get to go to the beach if possible. Week seven, back to work. I am still alive after all of that. It is a miracle. 


So now I am planning on going back to work. I have 100 plus ounces of breast milk in my freezer, we have tried Corbin on bottles, and I am healed for the most part. So I guess I am prepared. I am going to cry the first day but I will be fine after a couple of days.Really it is time to get life back to normal. I miss work and I miss my clients. 


              Pictures,
First picture is Corbin watching his mobile on his swing , Second picture is Ava playing with Corbin, Third picture is Christina and Ava sleeping in a box.

One month old..............

So I made it a month!! Corbin is now a month old. In the past month I have had my moments and some days it was hard. Especially since I am breastfeeding. He went through a growth spurt at 10 days and it is just now slowing down a bit. I am still getting up three times a night though. I am ok with that because he is growing. You can see it. I love being his mommy. I have to say though it has been tough. He has been a very hungry little boy eating almost every hour to two hours. He never seems content. I am worried that maybe he has reflux. Something I need to talk to the doctor about. He has a repeat hearing test next week. He passed the first part. The machine broke before we could do the second part. I am sure he is fine. Especially since we passed the first part. Well that is all I have for now.

Overwhelmed!

Wednesday was not a good day for me. I was very overwelmed and the baby just wanted to eat and eat. The girls fought and not6hing got cleaned or done. Randy came home and we went to the store. I felt so much better being out of the house. As soon as we came home I got right back into being overwhelmed. I had to cook, breastfeed and all my other evening things. Randy had to get on his homework and could not help me. I just wanted to cry. Everything was going wrong. I hope for a better day tomorrow. I talked to Randy about how I was feeling and we worked out a plan. We will communicate more about when a good time is for him to do homework. He felt bad he left me alone and overwhelmed. I cried on his shoulder the rest of the night. I told him everything that was bothering me. That made me feel better.