Month 4

This month was about real life. Or at least trying to prepare for it, as if that's something that you can really do. Since it was the last month that Danielle was off from work, we needed to figure out what we wanted to do with Lily during the day. Luckily, Danielle was able to figure out a schedule with her job where she works 4 days a week. 1 day would also go to Grandma. So that leaves 3 days of child care. We started by looking at daycares in the area.

First place, Danielle cried. The next was a bit better, but we found out later was not really that great either. By the time we found a place that we really liked, it was full and there was a long waiting list. Of course. It turns out that you have to get added to the list the moment the sperm fertilizes the egg to get in when you want. So knowing that the one place that we felt really comfortable sending Lily to was not gonna happen just yet, we decided to start interviewing for Nannies. This is kind of a daunting task as it's really hard to find someone that is trustworthy and will be able to raise your kid the way that you want them to. Luckily, there are sites that help with that, such as care.com. We put up a posting with what we were looking for and got 30 replies back. We interviewed 5 maybe and in the end went with one of the most loving people that you could imagine, Carol. She's a mother and grandmother herself and just loves babies. We we're really looking forward to welcoming her to our family.

This month we put Lily in her crib for the first time. Well she's been in it before, but this was the first time actually sleeping in it. Like not in our room. like in the OTHER room. It's sad to think about her being in another room. It means that she's already growing up.  What's it gonna be like the first time she sleeps over at a friends house or goes away to college or moves in with a boy? Holy shit. I can't think about this right now. At least we have a video monitor so that we can check in to make sure sh's still alive every 15 mintues or so from our bed. Though, you do start to worry when your looking and she's perfectly still. Well hopefully all those other firsts will go as well as this did. Everyone slept really well. No problems. Our baby is awesome.

For her check-up, we learned that Lily's weight gain is slowing down a bit, which is good. Lily is now 13 Lbs or so and apparently has a small head. I dunno. It's hard enough to get onesies over that silly head when I change her, so I can't imagine it being much bigger.

Lily is also starting to giggle more now, which is fantastic. We can't quite nail down what she'll giggle at, but this is progress. More on this later, I'm sure.

To add to the craziness, there was the added emotional stress of the death of my grandma, Lily's namesake, Lillian Garrison. I guess that's part of real life too. The fortunate part of these kinds of events is that it brings the family together. Jen, Leo, and Nathan came up as did family from Maryland, Florida, Arizona, and Arkansas. We even got to meet my cousin Chris and Clayton's baby girl, Garrison, who is 3 weeks younger and seems so much more baby-like. It must be Lily's crazy head of hair that makes her look much older. And in the middle of all this, I got some ridiculous stomach bug that kept me out of commission for 3 days. I gave it to me mom and Danielle, but luckily that was all.

Next month, Carol will start and we'll be on a new schedule. Wish us luck.

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