Another week down

I have survived 2 weeks now of working without a nanny. It has been easier than I thought in terms of being able to get work done, but more tiring than I thought. Ava is really good at playing by herself if she can see me. We go for our long walk/run in the morning around 8 am and end at the park, which she loves. It is so nice out in the morning and I am taking the time to enjoy every minute of it as it is going to heat up really soon. While Ava explores at the park, I have been taking the opportunity to get a small workout in. I do lunges, push ups, squats,etc...

On Monday, the nanny that we interviewed and that met Ava last week called and accepted the position. I am excited. She won't start until August, but think it will be good for Ava. I am a little worried that these 2 months of Ava spending all day with me will be hard for when the nanny starts. I know she will be fine when my mom starts watching her in June and July.

Ava is getting so big and becoming more and more like a "little girl". When I look back, I just can't remember her being so small. She is laughing so much more. As most of you know she is my serious observer. She is very cautious and has to check everything out. When it is just the 3 of us, she is so curious, giggly and talkative, but when we are around other people, she has to check out her surroundings first and that can take the entire time. Although, she does do well at Gymobree, but I think that is because it is the kids that she likes to look at. The other day, I would laugh and then she would laugh, then I would laugh and then she would laugh. We did that for about 5 minutes and then I got tired.

I think we are on the downward slope of those molars. She has a fussy day on Friday and was chewing her finger and drooling up a storm. On Thursday night, she woke up at 3:45 am crying and basically cried on and off for the next hour. Just a noise here and there, not full on cries, but I think it was because her teeth were hurting her.

Today is the last day dog sitting, yay! It is like having 2 kids. I realized now what parents mean when they say you are more "laxed" with the 2nd kid, because I have definitely been more relaxed with the dog. I used to be paranoid about her 24/7, but now, I don't have the energy. As long as she is fed, walked and the given her rubs of attention, then she is all good. I am excited for a good night sleep soon. We have her sleeping in our room and she wakes in the middle of the night and shakes and then scratches to make her bed more comfortable and then goes back down, but it wakes me up:(

Looking forward to the rest of the weekend. We are going to the Ostrom's house to BBQ and our friends will be there. The Armada's daughter, Ella, who is almost 2 will be there, so it will be interesting to see how her and Ava play together. Then on Sunday, we are going over to Susan's house to see her new carpet and tile. Should be fun. We might even get Ava a haircut if I can talk Mike into it!!