Hi Ladies,
Jomae- I don't know how the australian dollar and us dollar compare, but $13 is crazy cheap. I don't think i could get a teenage babysitter to come to my house for an hour for $13. Daycare here is ridiculous. Most of the time it is cheaper to just be a stay at home mom b/c your entire check will go to daycare, which is part of the reason I became a teacher. Atleast I know when ella is in school, I will have all of the same time off she does.
As far as xmas goes, I know ella is not old enough to really enjoy it this year, but I enjoy the heck out of buying presents for people, so I went a little overboard. Walmart had some prices I just couldn;t pass up. Most of it she can not play with until 9 mo, but I just put the stuff away. The one toy I saw and really wanted her to have was by playskool/hasbro and is called the busy ball popper. It was rated on amazon as one of the top toys this year and was not expensive. I know she will love it when she is old enough. The box says 9 mo, but I think 6/7 will be fine.
Gecko- i am glad declan did well at his shots. I knew he would do just fine. When i get a chance later, i am going to check to see if you put his prof. pics on photobucket. I have wanted to go get pics done, i have just been holding off. Digital pics are so awesome know, it is almost all I need. We take pics of her almost everyday, and she loves the camera, just stares at it. How much did the picture people charge you?
As far as work goes- interesting you should ask, as I am going to apply somewhere today. I went to go visit my old school yesterday, since we won an award for last year and every teacher got a $350 check (sweet!). When I was there I found out they still needed some after school tutors. I called and it pays $45/hr! I will have to go 3 days a week for an hr, and the drive is 20 mins each way with no traffic, but I think it is the perfect extremely part time way to make some extra cash. And I won;t need to worry about daycare...
dh will be here 2 of the days and mom in law the other, just for an hour.
Suga- that reflux sounds bad, it must be tough. Hopefully they will both be in the crib soon. I am glad ella is there now. She hasn't used the bassinett in my room for weeks now, but for some reason I still have it set up...
Loopie- So nice of you to be charitable this time of year..awesome thing to do. I have also received a crazy amount of presents in the mail an other various ways. . I was not so vigilant about thank you cards though. I got a basket of stuff from my dad's work (he is a mgr at a grocery store, and a very proud grandpa), and friends of family I don;t even know sent stuff. It reminds me of a funny story. One day a box showed up wrapped in brown paper and over taped and I had no idea who the return address was. It almost looked like something dangerous could be in the box, so
dh had to bring it outside, inspect it and very carefully open it. It was outfits for the baby from one of my dad's cousins that i think I might have met once in my life.
Oh well, Ella is dozing back off after morning bottle, so i am going to put her down and take a little nap myself. I will try and scam her xmas card later and post of photobucket. Have a good day.