Adventures in Babysitting
Apr. 29th, 2007 03:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rayvyn2kOur first week has passed and we survived! In fact, we have really been enjoying spending more time with Tyler. This week, we are watching him Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday. I'm going out to dinner with my Wave 4 Supper Club on Wednesday night, so Hubby will have the baby by himself for a couple of hours. He's not worried. :)
We have bought Tyler some books for him to look at while he's here, and he really loves them. We are happy because we are looking forward to reading to him once he's a bit older and able to sit still for longer than two minutes at a time.
I think tomorrow we will take him to the McDonald's play place so he can play for a while before we bring him home. He is used to eating supper rather later than we are, so it would allow us to eat while he plays. (Of course we will buy something for him too--even though it is really a waste of money because he just doesn't eat until "his" suppertime which is about 8pm.)
Behind the cut is a picture of my husband and my grandson playing "catch" (which we are teaching the little boy to play).
In other news, we went to visit my mother-in-law yesterday at the nursing home. She is doing much better than the last time I saw her about six weeks ago. She can feed herself and her mind is much sharper than it has been. She is still having issues with "time" in that she has seemed to lose her awareness of it. She thought Hubby sent her flowers that arrived before her birthday (March 24) when they really arrived the week of Easter (April 8). Small things like that which are worrying.
Another thing is, she is still working toward a goal of going home. This will not happen as soon as she thinks because she will need too much help at home--more than her insurance will cover--so she really has to improve a lot more, or the family will have to hire someone to come in more often during the week to assist her. She said that her insurance is going to pay for her to have a motorized chair, which will be great if true, because she has enough control of her hands now to drive it. I feel that will give her a much-needed emotional boost to be able to get around "on her own". I really do hope she can come home one day.
In other other news, hubby is finally ready to move on the house building. He has looked at the state of TN website for first time home buyers and was actually talking yesterday about it in a much more positive way.
I'll believe it when we finally get the loan.
I finished "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell" and the ending was meh--now I need a new book. I got an email coupon from Barnes and Noble, so I ordered three books online from their bargain bin and I intend to go later to Hasting's to buy one to read while I'm waiting for the delivery. I want "The Final Solution" by Michael Chabon.
Guess that's it for now.
We have bought Tyler some books for him to look at while he's here, and he really loves them. We are happy because we are looking forward to reading to him once he's a bit older and able to sit still for longer than two minutes at a time.
I think tomorrow we will take him to the McDonald's play place so he can play for a while before we bring him home. He is used to eating supper rather later than we are, so it would allow us to eat while he plays. (Of course we will buy something for him too--even though it is really a waste of money because he just doesn't eat until "his" suppertime which is about 8pm.)
Behind the cut is a picture of my husband and my grandson playing "catch" (which we are teaching the little boy to play).
In other news, we went to visit my mother-in-law yesterday at the nursing home. She is doing much better than the last time I saw her about six weeks ago. She can feed herself and her mind is much sharper than it has been. She is still having issues with "time" in that she has seemed to lose her awareness of it. She thought Hubby sent her flowers that arrived before her birthday (March 24) when they really arrived the week of Easter (April 8). Small things like that which are worrying.
Another thing is, she is still working toward a goal of going home. This will not happen as soon as she thinks because she will need too much help at home--more than her insurance will cover--so she really has to improve a lot more, or the family will have to hire someone to come in more often during the week to assist her. She said that her insurance is going to pay for her to have a motorized chair, which will be great if true, because she has enough control of her hands now to drive it. I feel that will give her a much-needed emotional boost to be able to get around "on her own". I really do hope she can come home one day.
In other other news, hubby is finally ready to move on the house building. He has looked at the state of TN website for first time home buyers and was actually talking yesterday about it in a much more positive way.
I'll believe it when we finally get the loan.
I finished "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell" and the ending was meh--now I need a new book. I got an email coupon from Barnes and Noble, so I ordered three books online from their bargain bin and I intend to go later to Hasting's to buy one to read while I'm waiting for the delivery. I want "The Final Solution" by Michael Chabon.
Guess that's it for now.
