Wish- Thanks for your continued support (and as always, your wisdom), it makes the daycare issue seem easier to handle. It’s so true, how dependent we are on daycares. I don’t dare give her a bad review, but I’m slowly but surely trying to prepare myself to be able to leave if the time comes. Oh no, poor M and T, I hope their ear infections clear up. And poor you and family, stomach bugs are very un-fun. But what IS fun is toddling toddlers! How amazing that both boys are walking! Gummy just stands there. I don’t think he’s figured out how to move his feet forwards to get places.
Gummy had a great 1st birthday party, and I did have fun too. Thanks for reminding me to enjoy the fun parts!
TTC- Happy belated birthday! I’m sorry to hear about your CP. I really hope that TTC works out for you. Poor Bella, I hope her pink eye clears up soon.
Wicky- Yay, glad to see you back with all your updates! Sounds like your holidays will be so fun, and yes… hectic. We’ve decided on a very low key holiday, and the only thing we’ve planned is to have a little celebration with DH’s cousin and family on Sunday. How’s M doing? I bet she’s laughing and moving a lot these days!
Thanks, gummy’s birthday was a ton of fun! And yes, I can’t believe that a year has passed, and how unimaginable life would be without him. Thank you so much for your support with gummy’s daycare situation, and for the link. I read it, and I realized that my workplace does offer decent backup care, but the problem is that it doesn’t work when you need the care immediately. We get 15 days a year at a backup daycare center, and it costs $15 each day. But it takes several hours for the company to get back with an update on the reservation, and by then it’s too late. Plus there never is space at the nearby centers. Anyway, my productivity has been suffering from my worries about backup care, and I felt less alone after reading that article.
Gummy’s birthday party turned out to be a lot of fun, and I managed to cook lamb, BBQ chicken, roasted veggies and the birthday cake. DH’s cousin helped a lot with the logistics of dealing with kids, and kid’s party food/decor/favors, etc. She was amazing, and the reason the party turned out so well. Gummy had so much fun and was so happy with all those people around.
Here’s a photo of me blowing out the candle for gummy, a photo of gummy "cutting" the cake, a photo of gummy with DH’s cousin’s kid, and the cake that I made. Everything on the cake was edible and made of fondant, except for the candle and the balloons. The kids ate the animals. I looked terrible in all the photos that were taken that day, and I hope that part of the reason was that I was super tired and sleep-deprived. Plus my work holiday party was the night before. We brought gummy for that too. At least gummy had the time of his life over the weekend. Two parties, and one was for him!