Possible transfer job

Yesterday I was looking on my work website which shows job positions and I came across an opening PRN(as needed) for a social worker at Kosair Children's hospital and after talking with the hiring manager today we scheduled an interview for next friday. She said the need for this position is women going out on maternity leave, vacations, and sometimes weekends. I would be working where ever they needed me in the hospital, oncology, med surg, NICU and so on. And the pay for PRN is more than salary which is a bonus. The truth is that I would love to work full time and be a full time mom, but I wont do it. I also took another PRN position through Jewish Hospital system when I was 5months pregnant as an assessment clinician doing psychiatric assessments on saturdays which pays very well, and I thought that I would just make a gradual transition to. But as time came to leave my current job I couldn't do it. 1st reason is this economy, If you have a job and quit then you want to work again you may not find a job?! 2nd reason is that the position I have at Norton although sometimes sad is what I love doing, and went to school for 7yrs &(20k debt). I remember in 2006 I was doing my social work internship at Parkland and LOVED it so much I decided I was going to get my master degree. You really have to have a heart to do social work, but you also have to know how to separate your work from personal life, which involves ALOT of self care! My job at Norton and Jewish are totally diferent fields (hospital vs psychiatric) in social work and enjoy both, one thing about Norton is that I have benefits like a flexible spending account, short term disability, 401k so i dont want to leave any of that, and that is why I would rather stay with Norton HEalthcare system rather than lose all of that. And if later on I decide to go back FT or PT I am already an employee within the system. Ihave to add that NOrton HEalthcare has won the award two years in a row as one of the best places to work in Kentucky and when we moved here it took me 3months to find a job. Good jobs in this city are hard to come by, and we'll be here for about 3more years. I have to admit that I like making money, contributing to our household. I mean Derek's job pays the bills, but for us to be able to keep building on our savings, have spending money, take vacations, not to mention the cost of having kids.....I need to work doing something! As I type this my precious boy is laying in my lap, I know that working two PRN positions is better than a full time position because then I can also work around my mom's schedule for babysitting! When your in a city and know no one, well that I would trust with my kid a MOM is the next best thing. So say your prayers for me getting this new position! gotta go feed the piggy.....

Oh and the VET called Pepper is doing good and in recovery!

Vet visit

So there is no easy way to write about this, but ever since we brought the baby home Pepper my sweet 1st baby, 6lb 1/2 yorkie 1/2 chihuaha male has been secreting a clear substance from his penis, on top of that being GROSS it happened twice in one night in our bed!?? So yesterday I scheduled him a neuter appt to see if we can maybe get his hormones to calm down. I was talking to the Vet Dr this morning and she said that since he is almost 7yrs old we wouldnt see any behavioral changes, that it was probably the dominance thing. SHe double checked that what I was seeing was not pee, and I was like NO IT IS NOT PEE! I told her we had recently had a baby, and that since then it happened more frequently? She said it was probably due to the baby. Also, recently when my dad was here with Hughey, pepper would try to hump him so thats why I thought it was hormones but no he was trying to boss everyone around i guess? Anyways I took him at 10am this morning and he will get a blood test & ckup, have surgery and they should call me tonight around 5pm to let me know everything is done. We can pick him up tomorrow between 9-3pm. We have Derek's work xmas party tomorrow so I feel bad leaving him there until 1pm, but thats what is going to happen:(
DErek, being a jokster kept laughing at him last night and telling "Ha your going to lose your manhood" little does he know when we are done having kids he is going to be the one that gets snipped...HAHA....jk we'll see!

1month well baby

Dreycin did excellent yesterday at his appt. I didnt even cry when he got his shot, and he only cried for a minute because I scooped him up in my arms afterwards! He weighs 10lbs 2.5oz, and is 21.5inches long. he is in 75th percentile for weight,
50th for length. For now he is going to stay on his zantac for acid reflux, and we'll go back Jan 13th for our 2month checkup. For some reason, maybe it was the shot but we had a bad night last night and today he has been very fussy. We'll see how the weekend goes.

On another note I got out last night and went to my work xmas party at Buca di Beppo, it was nice to see everyone, eat some good italian food and have a glass of riesling!

4wks old

So today my baby is 4wks old, and for the past two nights he has actually let me sleep, and gotten some shut eye himself! Maybe it was just the first month that was bound to be so bad....but i dont want to jinx anything. It was honestly the hardest work I have ever done, not only that but exhausting. But no matter what I kept doing the best job in the whole world, being a mommy. something i have wanted so very much! I mean after all I gave life to this little boy, I am responsible for his development and overall growth I will do anything for him....im a mama and he's my cub! We have our 1month well baby checkup on wednesday so i'll post later this week!

In these pics he is wearing an outfit that my dad got him, and another one that says Cute little boy my Aunt Darlene got him! Thanks ya'll!

Other Xmas pics

Working out.....

So this week I started to get out more, and even have attempted to do the elliptical 15min yesterday, which I felt the effects of today. I was so sore....legs, butt, stomach, and crotch. It may not have helped that I did it on the incline, but I thought its only 15min....well and now that Dreycin is 10 lbs!?!? Im still having the postpartum cycle and dont know if thats normal, but I feel like I shouldnt be this sore still. Especially when I sit on my rear. I was thinking about calling my doctor just to make sure?

Also, my son has decided he no longer wants to sleep. Everyone says sleep when the baby does....well they are full of it! maybe he is going through piggy withdrawals? Twice today I have resorted to using the sleepy wrap just to get him to sleep! At this point I will do WHATEVER these first few up and down months. We also got the results from the EKG and they were normal, Thank GOD!

PS im craving white chocolate covered oreos, please tell me where I can find some bc we went to walmart and they didnt have ANY?

A Day out

Today Abuela, Dreycin and I had a trip out into the big world! First we went to the pediatrician who informed that...just maybe i was overfeeding my kid, Dreycin is now 10 lbs!! So he does have reflux, but its because i was feeding him for about 12min on each breast(I was told 10-15min each at 2nd wk appt) and I guess my milk production is REALLY REALLY on overload. His tummy is only the size of a marble and his food was overflowing...So my baby boy was eating a thanksgiving dinner every time he ate....but how was I suppose to know?? So tomorrow morning my doctor said to pump before the feeding to see how much i got, then feed him with a bottle. Tonight I pumped after the feeding which is now 7-8min on each breast and got 2.5oz, which the pediatrician said Dreycin should be eating about 2-3oz each feeding. I could be feeding another kid! That probably means he was eating like 4-5oz? My wittle piggy was just eating away.....like his daddy and grandpa Doss do!!! Dreycin did throw up a little after the feeding tonight and is still having some symptoms of reflux, so the doc recommended we shorten the feeds but keep him on the zantac until his 1month appt next week! Yes my son is almost 1month old :( I cant believe it!

Afterwards we went to Kosair Children's Hospital to get his EKG done (since I carry sjrogen's antibody with my lupus) and from my experience today I would never ever order an EKG on a baby as a doctor. Dreycin would not stay still and was screaming. The tech was like, do you have a bottle. I said i breastfeed, if you dont mind i'll just breastfeed him during the EKG.....so thats what I did to get my little oinker to stay still. HE LOVES MOMMY'S MILK! PS it was a female tech, actually a young girl so im pretty sure she was like shocked when i just started breastfeeding! We will find out results next week at 1mon appt. Today was also the 1st time we used our baby trend jogging stroller going thru the hospital, it was awesome! Afterwards we went and had lunch at cheesecake factory, yummy!
We brought Derek to go, since he wasnt with us!

Here's some pics of my handsome little man today in his jeans & fire chief shirt!