It’s been a month of ups and downs for us. The ups: Andi’s adoption was finalized. Cailey was born. Yeah!!! The downs: We had our arbitration hearing for my defective car. Bryan got laid off from his job. Bryan’s school enrollment has been delayed for a month. T he adoption went really smooth and quick. We were all really excited and not really sure what to expect. The judge came out and asked us if we wanted to adopt Andi and said all the papers looked in order and he signed the paperwork for approval. Then he came down and took a few pictures with us. I think it lasted about 10 minutes. We already got the birth certificate in the mail. The social security office is giving us a little grief. They want a medical record with Andi’s new last name and we don’t have anything since she doesn’t have an appointment until later in April. The doctor’s office computer program is unable to print anything for us until that appointment. The doctor gave me something that will hopefully work but I don’t think it counts as a medical record so we’ll see what the social security office says. The arbitration did not go well. Because my hyundai runs, the arbitrator did not approve our request to have Hyundai buy back our vehicle. For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, since I bought my car brand new last year there has been an awful squeal every time I start it in cold weather. Hyundai claims the car is fine and is refusing to fix the squeal because they say it is a normal cold weather noise. So much for the awesome warranty, the reason we bought the SUV in the first place. Bryan got an email last Saturday night from his manager saying that he was told he needed to cut back on budget so Bryan was laid off as of now. No warning and no phone call. He has applied at a few staffing agency’s and was able to pick up one shift for tonight in Berlin. Better than nothing. Hopefully he will be able to pick up some more shifts closer to home and be able to find a permanent position in the near future. There are not any LPN openings out there right now 3rd shift because of the economy. Even the health-care field is on a hiring-freeze in our area. Thankfully he can get unemployment in the meantime. We did not realize that it would take so long for Bryan to get enrolled into the Exelcier College Nursing Program that partners with The College Network. Bryan has been taking on line classes for his RN license but now Excelsier is not allowing him to take the finals or any more classes while they are processing his enrollment paperwork. It has been about a month now. Crazy. He has been waiting 3 weeks to take the final for the class he’s in right now. They keep telling him it should be done next week. Andi has been learning new things every day. I call her my little buttercup. I don’t think that’s even a word. It’s a weird nickname for her, I know. She will wave to people on occasion now and we taught her how to clap. She’s having fun with that one. She claps my face all the time now. I’ve been working on “no” with her now. She loves to pull my hair and is getting pretty strong. She has been doing a lot of crying lately. I’m hoping it’s just because her tooth is coming in or it’s a little phase she’s going through. I can’t leave the room anymore with out her crying. It’s been wearing on my nerves a little. Then of course I feel guilty because I know she’s just a baby and I’m sure it’s just as frustrating for her as it is for me that she can’t tell me why she’s so upset all the time. She will be 8 months already tomorrow. I’m going to start her on some more solid foods. She’s already doing the breads and Cheerios and crackers and banana’s. Now I just have to find some other healthy soft foods she can eat. She has a hard time picking the little banana pieces up because they are too slippery for her with her slimy little hands. I’m happy it’s so nice out the last few days. I think Andi Mona and I will go for another walk tomorrow after work. We all usually get a little muddy, but it’s worth the fresh air. Take care everyone.
I love Andi’s waving . . . it’s so cute. I could just sit and wave to her all day long.
That is too bad about Bryan’s job and his schooling. I hope everything gets in order quickly.
I think all of our bloggers spent at least a little time outside yesterday. The nice weather is making us all have spring fever. I think the little bit of mud is worth the fresh air.
I’m sorry to hear about Bryan’s job. I hope that he’s able to find something permanent soon. My younger sister’s an architect and they just had to lay her off because of budget stuff. And her firm was contracted through McDonald’s to do those McCafe things so you’d think they wouldn’t be having problems. I guess in this economy nobody’s safe right now.
That is so awesome about Andi waving and eating “big girl” food. She is so cute in the pictures you put up. Such pretty big eyes.
Have fun on you’re walks!
I hope Brian can find a job that will keep him working, especially if it’s closer to home. Even if he could start his schooling up really soon would be nice.
Hopefully, you won’t have any more car troubles as the weather warms up.
Even with as bad as some downs can be, little children can bring such joy to our lives and help us to see past the down.
I’m so glad the adoption went as well as it did. April will be here soon, so she’ll have her new social security card soon as well.
That’s great that she can wave and clap. Myra has been able to wave for a while now, but can’t clap yet. She waves her arms around like she wants to clap, and gets all excited when she sees us clapping, so I know she wants to, but she just hasn’t quite figured it out yet
It’s so much fun watching little kids grow up. Even though they can be a bit fussy with teething, the excitement of them getting a tooth is all worth it
One more thing…
Myra used to be fussy when I left the room, but things got a lot easier once she started crawling. But since Andi isn’t quite at the crawling stage yet, one thing that seemed to work for me is putting the highchair in the same room as me and just sitting Myra in it with some toys or a teething biscuet. She could sit there forever and I could do whatever I needed to do. It was very helpful, so hopefully it will help you out as well.
I just watched Andi’s “crazy girl dance”. She is too cute! That is hilarious!