Working Girl

I have finished my first week of work.  I would have blogged about it yesterday except that I wasn't done with work for the week. That's right, my first week and I ended up working on a Saturday.  (For four hours of overtime, so I'm not going to complain.)  The reason for weekend work is that different departments are still having some computer program bugs.  Of course it's the first stop for our samples so it backs everything up for everyone else.  We're hoping that the bugs are gone now and things will run a little smoother from now on.

In case you didn't know, I'm working for a soil testing company called Solum.  I work in the extraction department which prepares the samples to be run on the different instruments for certain minerals.  They just built the lab this summer and officially opened for customer samples this Monday.  Some people have been working since July, but have been using practice samples to learn how to do their specific jobs.  I work with four other people and we seem to get along pretty well. 

Jay started daycare (an in-home one) on Monday and he seems to be adjusting a little.  He also had an ear infection (his first one) this past weekend.  Jason took him to the doctor on Tuesday and he's been on an antibiotic since.  He seems to be doing a lot better now.  I think the biggest adjustment for Jay has been having to be up at 6:30 to get ready to go to daycare at 7:30.  He's used to sleeping until 8 most days.  Jason drops him off and I guess Jay is usually fussy for a while. He takes a nap in the morning and the daycare lady, Miss Marcia, wakes him up at noon to eat.  She says he's perfectly fine the rest of the day after his nap. 

I pick Jay up once I get done with work and we go home for supper and I get him ready for bed so he can go to sleep once Jason gets home.  Jay is still having some rough nights of sleeping.  He's cutting all four of his canine teeth as well so it's been a rough couple of weeks for him. 

 A family picture after Grandma's funeral.

Last week we had a wedding and a funeral to attend.  The funeral was for Jason's great-grandma Hanssen.  She was 95 years old and had Alzheimer's.  Jay and I stopped to visit her the last time we visited in the beginning of August.  It was nice to see/meet a lot of Jason's family.  Hopefully it will be under better circumstances next time.  We went from the funeral to our friend's rehearsal.  Jason was a groomsman so Jay and I went to the rehearsal as well.  We ended up getting a hotel room for the weekend so it was a little like a mini vacation.  Jay wasn't feeling well, but he did pretty good considering.  He did dance a little at the reception, but I think he enjoyed the room to run around more.

Waiting for the wedding.

My handsome boys!

Starting Work

We have found a daycare!  That's right, next Monday Jason will drop Jay off a an in-home daycare (along with the little girl I've been watching) and I will head off to work at Solum Laboratories.  I will be doing extractions and am excited to be able to work in a lab again.  It is a temporary position, at least for now.  I will work until mid-December as far as I know. 

It may be possible that the position could turn into permanent, but we'll see.  It's also a pretty good possibility that I will be hired back in spring.  (Soil testing is more seasonal work seeing as the ground freezes and everything.)

I will still be working on my blogs and trying to do as much as I  can to still try and save us money.  This job will hopefully help us pay off our debt snowball a little faster and possibly even let us save up for some needed things.  (I see a big boy bed in our future!)  This job will also provide me with some much needed adult time.  Not that I don't love being home with Jay, but I like to talk to people who talk back and that I can understand!

Giggles Galore

Earlier this week Jay and I went shopping at Walmart.  The picture studio there was giving out coupons for a free print that included a free sitting fee.  I decided to take them up on their offer.

Since I wasn't planning on pictures, we just had one outfit and it ended up being a short session since it was getting close to lunch time.  Jay didn't do too bad.  He wanted to spin the stools that were in the studio, so we had to distract him to get the stools out.  The pictures are available online, but I'm waiting for the password so everyone can look at them. 

On a different note, our friend Kate from Texas is visiting with her two little girls (2 1/2 and 6 months).  Jay has had a blast with her oldest.  The two of them just giggle nonstop.  I'm glad they have stopped and they may be staying until Monday.  It's so nice to have other children for Jay to play with.

I forgot to mention, Jay is walking pretty steadily now.  He is starting to walk more than crawl, but he still crawls from time to time.  He gets upset when I go to put shoes on him, but they stay on for a while.  Some day he'll leave them on!