Babysitting

Tina's call time got pushed late last night an hour later so instead of being at her house at 7:30am, I didn't have to be there until 8:30am. Of course I didn't find that out until I woke up at 6am to get ready and saw an email from Tina. So I emailed her back that I got the message and tried to go back to sleep for an hour. Jamie was already at work by the time I got to Tina's and Harper was wide awake and happy as always. Tina left and Harper and I played until she got sleepy. She went down for her nap earlier than normal as Tina said she woke up early today. By 9:20am she was sound asleep without much coercion from me. I took the monitor and went back downstairs and watched some TV while she napped for over an hour. When she finally woke up, I changed her diaper and made her a bottle and we played until her Daddy came home for lunch. Jamie gets 3 hours off in the middle of the day so I was able to go home for a couple of hours during lunch.

While home, I let JoJo out and made lunch and even started to grout the bathroom a little. I wanted to at least grout the tiles that would be under the toilet and vanity in case the plumber was able to come out tomorrow. While Harper was napping, I called a plumber but they were a man down so the chances that they could come out tomorrow were pretty slim. Although I really wanted the bathroom done by the time Marshall came home, it was actually probably a good thing I would have a little more time to get it all finished before the plumber comes. I headed back over to Tina's around 2:30pm and Harper was just getting up from another nap when I arrived. She didn't need to be fed again until 4:30-5, so we just played on the tummy time matt and read a book and hung out.

This was my first time keeping a baby since Nolan had passed away and I thought it might be strange, but it really wasn't. I've kept so many babies in my lifetime that it really didn't seem any different. Of course, I know it will be when the baby is actually mine and it probably helped that Harper is such a good baby. Marshall and I watched Dylan before but he was older than Harper when we watched him and it was only for a couple of hours. Tina didn't get home until a little after 4pm. We chatted about how her first day back at work went and she thanked me for the pictures I sent her of Harper throughout the day. She also told me it helped her be at ease at work knowing I was keeping Harper and she didn't have to worry. That was nice to hear. I told her that hopefully we would be able to trade off watching each other's kids more in the near future. I was glad to be able to help them out.

It also worked out perfectly that Tina got home when she did as I was supposed to go to a pediatrician meet and greet at 5:30pm. If Tina had been still working, Dino was going to come over and watch Harper for a couple of hours until Jamie got home. I had just enough time to swing back by the house to let JoJo out before heading across town to Seaside Pediatrics. They were the only pediatricians I didn't meet when I was pregnant with Nolan as I was due to meet them the week I lost Nolan.

My Mom met me there so I could get her opinion of the place and see if she had any questions for them that I forgot to ask. There were quite a few people there and apparently a lot of people having boys as there were lots of questions about circumcision being asked. Marshall and I have been contemplating circumcision a lot this go round and still haven't completely made up our mind. I really liked the office and thought the pediatricians seemed really nice. It's a small practice with only 3 doctors and 1 nurse practitioner. I much prefer that type of office as opposed to a large place where you never really know the doctors. After the meet and greet, Mom and I went to La Costa to grab some dinner and talk about the visit. She too really like the doctors and thought they would be a good choice of pediatricians. There's also another group in town that I liked and I think either one would be a great choice.

After dinner I headed back home to try to finish grouting the bathroom. I knew I could do it tomorrow, but Stacey and Brian said they would come over tomorrow and help me do the baseboard so I really wanted to finish the grouting tonight so it could set up overnight. It took me several hours and I would have much rather been sleeping, but I did finally get it all finished. It looks pretty great if I do say so myself. Especially since it was my first time tiling all by myself. Even though I was exhausted, I decided I should start trying to put together the vanity. So I pulled it out and JoJo and I started putting it together. I got the main cabinet and doors put together and then called it a night. I figured I could put the side shelf units together tomorrow as they shouldn't take that long.