Sick Toddlers Part Deux

Ironically right after I wrote that I went to nanny & started seeing black spots & almost passed out...I pretty much scared Spencer (the boy I am nannying) half to death because I really thought I was going to pass out...I told him if I was unconscious that everything was ok & to call 911 & just tell them I was prego...ok I mean I had to say something he's barely 7 (his birthday was yesterday) & it was just the 2 of us. Anyways I got home & started feeling achy & awful & then my temperature sky-rocked again...it was 100.6 so only .4 away from hospital visiting & I was up all night because my body hurt so bad. Anyways, That's the 2nd time in 3 weeks I have had a high fever & been so sick I had to miss work...Reminder: the job I started less than 4 weeks ago. I am so frustrated with these kids parents...this is not good for me or safe for the baby...I am not really sure what to do...

Sick Toddlers

I started my new job at the Montessori about 4 weeks ago. I am working at Denver Montessori with 27 two year olds it's rather intense to say the least. I mean they are so incredibly adorable, well, most of them. The issue is that it's very physically exhausting & there are always a ton of sick kids in there! Monday Finn threw up 3 times, pink eye, pneumonia and other random things are going around & it's a little scary. I wish parents would just stop being selfish & keep their kids home when they are sick. It's not fair to the teachers, the other kids or the sick kid when the parent sends them to school sick. I have already missed two days of work since I started due to a double sinus infection. Anyways, they can be really funny though. We have "line time" before they leave where we read, sing & sing good bye to each of the kids. A few of the girls are just so funny & do these great dances when we sing good bye to them. A couple of the kids are just plain hilarious. Yesterday one of the little boys, Bode, came up to me and says "Ashley! This is just so much fun!" we stayed inside for "outside time" so the kids got to listen to music & play with scarves & balls which is apparently just so much fun! Today I was on snack duty & Jackie, my favorite (I am sorry to say but I do have a favorite) has been really into the fact that I have a "baby in my tummy" so she was talking about the baby & then didn't say anything for about 10 minutes then all of a sudden looks up at me & says "I love Harlow." It was adorable! Let me just say she's the itty-bittyest little thing & has platinum blond hair, bright blue eyes & pink cheeks & we all think she looks like Cindy Lou Who. She was wearing 18 mo. size leggings today which should be tight, but they were falling off of her...so funny, let me remind you she is actually 33 mo. the little itty bitty, I can't get enough of her! Every time we hang out I just get so excited to have my own little girlie! I did however have a bit of an issue with the shirt her mom put on her this morning that said "future democrat", SO NOT Ok, but whatever, she has no idea what that even means....

So anyways...I am off to nanny today so I can make a little more money since I barely make anything & I am going to have a baby so I GTG...

Will June EVER get here?

So ever since we found out the sex for sure it feels like June is so far away...I mean we only found out Monday & it feels like a month ago! I was talking to Danielle about it a few days ago & I concluded that if I were in Seattle, keeping busy & seeing friends time would probably go a little faster but being in Denver time just goes so slowly! My friend Andrea went into labor today, she's having a little boy, the name is a secret...but I am so excited for her. When I got her text I realized that I am just so excited to meet out little baby girl & June just can't get here fast enough! The good news is that Austin & I have a lot to look forward to between now & then...February 28th we get to go visit my grandparents in Palm Springs for a week & then the last week of March I get to go home for the last time before we move back! I just hope the rest of January & February will fly by! So pretty much having a girl is going to be so much fun, I mean I have wanted a daughter since I was 3 I think, I mean what's better than little girls! I mean seriously, I was at work today in the toddler room at the Montessori and there's a couple of the little girls that are so excited that there's a baby in my tummy. First, Sophia, she's almost 3 & all I have ever seen her do in class is dress up & push the dolls around in a stroller. Her mom just had another daughter in August & Sofia keeps asking me how baby Harlow is & when is she going to come out? Then there's Sam, her mom is due in May & I am assuming that she has been talking to her mom's tummy because when she found out I was pregnant all she wanted to do was rub my tummy and talk to it. Anyways, I think it's the sweetest thing ever! Ok, well, so much for all this rambling...I am going to finish getting things done before Austin & I have to babysit tonight!

It's a Girl

So we had our 19 week ultrasound today. After our 12 week ultrasound, we were sure it was going to be a boy & of course I have always wanted a girl so by telling myself it's a boy I was preparing myself. So we're sitting there all jelly-bellied up, we saw the heartbeat, kidneys, spine, everything, it was so cool & then she says "see those two lines?" we said yea, she says, "those are girl parts!" We started cracking up since it was a joke for weeks! We are so excited & can't wait, I am more excited than ever to have this baby! June can't get here fast enough!! Austin's the cutest, he's already loving all the pink, get ready for tea parties, dolls, nail polish, bows & Eloise! Harlow will be here in less than 5 months! (PS: sorry the picture is so gross, we got up really early & I am a mess!) PPS: sorry it's been a month since my last blog, I will try to keep up!

"My (insert friend/family member here) just had a baby!"

We went to Three Dogs (a bar) in Denver after Austin's finals were over. It was the first time people from his class (except Paul & Jason) had seen me since they found out I'm prego. I slowly began to notice a pattern amoungst-(a word I do not know how to spell) all the "how exciting"'s & the "congratulations"! That what would follow was always the same...."Oh how fun! my brother's wife just had a baby!", "Are you so excited? My cousins sister's cousin just had a baby!". It wasn't annoying, just funny & I realized that I have pretty much always done that to people. Anyways I just thought I would share my realization.

Country Christmas Greetings!

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Sorry D, we had to do one too. Too funny!

"Who Says it's Just Seattle People That Can't Drive in the Snow?" Take 2

Yesterday I got in my car to go to work, just like any other day in Denver there's a sheet of ice right outside our apartment & I am sitting on it waiting to turn right on to busy Colorado Boulevard. All of a sudden a feel a jerking motion. The lady behind me rear-ended me. She was really nice just didn't know how to drive on ice apparently. Oh wait, she's from Colorado? What? I'm from Washington? What? True story. Anyways, I was so scared something had happened to the baby so I had to rush to the doctor where I was helped by the "on-call" doctor. She was not the nicest person, she was like "you know your baby is still very little & protected, you had nothing to worry about." Oh sorry lady, I missed that when I was taking my med-school class on Obstetrics. Whatever. The little peanut is doing great so there are no worries & no damage to the car so all-in-all it was ok, but getting hit still scared me & again I will say that just because you are from a "snowy" area doesn't make you a better driver than us "Seattlites".