So they say that summer isn't going to begin until June 21st, but I think that someone forgot to tell Arizona that. We have already begun to reach the wonderful triple digit weather here and I'm dreading the days when it's even hotter. I know that was off the subject, but I have to mention to all of my friends and family that live in beautiful CA (can't forget the lucky Hawaii residents either) that while you are living in bliss in your 85 degree beach weather, we are slowly melting away.
I know that I started this post with something more important to say. Now where was I? Oh yeah, we now have respite worker #2. Her name is Nicole and she is a 20-something pre-med student from Phoenix currently attending U of A. How lucky are we? She made her debut this past Saturday and so we stayed home for the first hour and a half to allow her to get comfortable, at least I told myself it was for her benefit, and then we went to dinner for a few hours and came back so that I could show her the bedtime routine. She couldn't get him to eat, poor thing, so she was holding him in his favorite position, head resting on the lady pillows, when we got home (he's such a man)! I think that she will definitely be ready to take on the full five hours next time since she got to see the whole routine, but we'll just have to see how I feel.
We have actually started to do many more things now that we have respite. Although most of it has to do with food, we are enjoying ourselves and it feels good to know that we have two very capable individuals helping us out. Now we are able to do something every Saturday night (5PM to 10PM) just the two of us and it's a nice change of pace to get out of our cramped space.
Our new friends have created a facebook page dedicated to Tucson families with children with cerebral palsy. I think that will probably open us up to meeting more families and for me more women to interact with. I still miss my girlfriends, but I enjoy making new friends. There is a playgroup date this Saturday and I'm excited that Quentin will be able to have some new friends.
There is a lot of things happening this summer, so I'll be in touch! Love you all.
It's good to hear that you and your hubby and your time together now:)
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited for you all. I'm sure Quentin is happy to finally have some time for himself without mom and dad haning around him so much (hehe). And of course for the both of you to have date night.
ReplyDeleteI have one favor though, can you please put up a more recent picture. It is June not December.
Love you all, Kristi