WHO WANTS A CLEAN HOUSE!?

Okay, so on Saturday, the people from Clean House came to Oahu. YAY! So I went and met them. Yep, I was a dork and went to go see celebrities. Shun me later =P

I had fun standing in the LONG line waiting to go up and see them. I had a lot of fun talking to the people around me and even got on television. *laughs* Ray played with Emi in the grass, but it was so short and prickly that she didn't enjoy it much.

We got some cute pictures of Emi while we were in line.

When we finally got to the front, they said we couldn't take pictures with them, but we could take pictures of them. I went up with Emi. She smiled at Eugene, Trish and Mark. They all said hi and talked about how cute Emi was. Trish asked Emi if we had a clean house. I laughed and so did Emi. We got autographed pictures and all that jazz.

We also saw Niecy there, but she didn't say hi or anything. I thought it was a little rude, but whatever. Trish and Mark and Eugene more than made up for it.

We got some pictures, and we went back home. I'll upload the pictures when I remember to grab the camera out of the car. *laughs*.

If you want it, come and get it!

Okay, I had more pictures taken of Emi! We got some prints, and now we want to offer them to others. So if you want a wallet, speak up now while supplies last! *laughs* And if we run out, we will make more, but you know what I mean! Send us your snail mail address! All addresses to be sent to ayvina@comcast.net . Don't be shy! =)

Here are a few of the pictures from this session:

Money issues.

One issue solved, and another arises. Just my lucky day. So I talked to my friend, she completely understands my requests and thinks I was silly to worry about it. I feel better now. And I even have the lovliest of back up sitter if something should ever come up. So I am at peace. And then I find out that my boss, lovely lovely boss who I explained upon hiring me back that I needed to work Tuesday/Thursday shifts, tells me that she scheduled me to work Monday/Wednesday/Friday. Lovely, just peachy. So after I found that I couldn't switch into MWF versions of my campus classes, I told her I had to quit. I HATE that I have to quit. I LOVED working there, but there's nothing I can do. We can't afford 50 min round trip drives every day for the next sixteen weeks, not to mention Ray needs the car too. And we also can't afford to pay my friend THAT much money. So yeah, my hands were tied. I have an interview tomorrow for another job on campus, but I doubt they will be able to fill my requests on such short notice. Schedules have all been made. I'm screwed, and we're out a lot of money.

The Recent Dilemma

Alright, so I had gotten my job back because a friend of mine had said she'd be willing to watch Emi on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Figured it'd be okay, I'd pay her at the end of every week and we'd all be good. And since the State pays weird and my first paycheck wouldn't be till the 20th of Feb, I paid her in advance so that she knew she'd always get paid. Now though, I don't know what's going on. She called yesterday and said she was leaving her husband, and wanted to go back home. Now she's decided that things have worked out and that they are staying together. Well that's one issue solved for now. But now she's hanging out with someone a LOT and I don't mind the person, she seems funny and nice, but she does some things I'd rather not be done around Emilee. I don't want to be a bitch and say, "Don't go to that persons house while you're watch Emi." Because then she might just decide it's not worth it and say she's just going to stop babysitting and then where would I be...but I always don't want Emi around that sort of stuff. It's fine for them to do it, it's their choice and their life, but I should be able to have some say as to whether my daughter is around it, right?

*sighs* I just don't want to lose a friend and my job because of this. But I also don't want to put my daughter at risk...I just wish there was another way. I'm still not being called any time soon for child care, though the second I am, Emi is going there without a second thought. But I don't have many people I can ask to watch Emi without feeling like I'm being annoying. I mean I have plenty of people I hang out with, but I don't want to ruin the fun we have by asking such a huge favor...*sighs* This all just sucks and I am not sure what to do...

EDIT: Well I've decided that risking a friendship is better than risking my daughter, the obvious answer of course. So if my friend doesn't like that I'm going to ask her to just watch Emi at her house, then I'll just have to change my schedule so that I have one more online class and drop the two campus classes and my job. It will suck, but I'll do it if I have to. I'm not putting Emi at risk just so that I can have 10 hours of work and two campus classes.

My Apologies!

Okay, I've been terrible, I know. Eventually I'll get Ray to update for once. *Gasp* Horror, I know! Anyways, we've been pretty good. Emi has been crawling like crazy, getting into EVERYTHING. She loves it, we love it but wish she hadn't figured it out THIS soon. *laughs* It's nice though. It means she's curious like us, trying to figure things out. And I love the fact that I can say her name and she'll come right to me with the biggest grin on her face. Emi will be six months on January 16th, which is fun. She had a weigh in and length check on the 2nd for WIC where we found out she was just under 25 inches long and 14 lbs 14 oz. Not too bad for her age. I think right on target for height, but still under on her weight.

Emi started solids last month but got her first taste of rice cereal. She doesn't like it on it's own but LOVES it in her bottle. Downs the thing in nothing flat! So funny. Oh and today we went out bowling with another military mom with a 13 month old daughter named Brianna. Emi and Bri seem to get along swimmingly, though the first time Emi crawled on Bri she was like, "What the heck?" but eventually thought it was funny. As usual, I sucked at bowling but had loads of fun. For once Ray didn't win either game. Anne beat us during both games.

Let's see, I'm still scrapbooking, which is fun. I had a crop this afternoon and have one tomorrow night as well. It will be nice to crop without having Emilee with me. Ray will be taking care of her. Also, next tuesday, I start back at school and have two campus classes, and I have a work study position. So on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I'll be busy from pretty much 730 am till 5pm and Emilee will be staying with Kim, who's watching her for us, which is very nice of her. This being the first time I'm away from her this often, I'm probably going to be that mom that sets down a few ground rules just cause I'm a worrywort, but I'm sure Kim will understand.

Ray's been pretty good. Work has been annoying him on and off, but overall I think he's doing good. He's working towards getting promoted to SGT, which will be nice for him. I think he put in a packet to go to WLC which is a leadership training thing I believe. It will be a month long thing where I won't see him. It will definitely suck, but it's all to help him further himself, so I'll be supporting him 210%. He's also doing this thing that transfers all the schooling and stuff he's done with the military into civilian credits which will be nice. It will make finished his degree that much easier.

So there's that for you guys. To appease you all for my shoddy updates, here are a few pictures.

Emi and Mommy. Beautiful picture taken by photographer friend and fellow Scrapbooking addict, Almarie!

Emi laughing cause Daddy was being silly!

Emi with Daddy on Christmas Day!

Emi with Mommy on Christmas Day!

Emi in the sink of the hotel we were staying in CA.