Thanksgiving week

It has been a really busy week for us.  We went a lot of different places and saw a lot of different people.  On Tuesday, we went to PLC for a farewell luncheon for one of my co-workers.  Jayden did pretty well and got passed around a little bit!  Next, we saw Tucker (Carmen's friend from high school) and her family who were visiting from Oregon.  On Thanksgiving, we went to Bard and Jody's house just north of San Diego and Jayden and Kian met for the second time.  Not terribly eventful - Kian didn't really know what to do with Jayden and Jayden just sat there, but the parents enjoyed each others' company.  :)  We braved a mall on Friday for a little bit and ran into Carmen's friend Troy while we were there.  Saturday we went back to San Diego to visit with Von Miller and his family for a few minutes.  Finally, today (Sunday), we stayed home and just relaxed. 
Here are some pictures from the week:

Tucker's daughter Odile holding Jayden

Jayden, meet Kian.  Kian, meet Jayden.

 

Mommy bought me leg warmers and I'm not entirely sure what to do about it...



Chilling at the Mexican restaurant in San Diego with Daddy



This week, my primary job is to find child care for when I go back to work.  I am scared to death to do it, but I am more scared to not have something in place in a month.  I am going to find a few caretakers to interview and then set up times for Carmen and I to meet with them and talk to them about possibly caring for Jayden.  There are a lot of things that are important to me - I don't want them to just stick a pacifier in his mouth any time he's upset because that isn't really responding to him, it's just making it easier on the caretaker; I don't want them to let him "cry it out" when they want him to go to sleep; I want them to work with me with the breastfeeding (so I can hopefully feed him right when I pick him up) and the non-disposable diapers; I want them to make sure he has "tummy time"; and ideally they'd have backup - someone who can help when/if they get exasperated, etc.  There's more, but those are at least a few of my thoughts.  I am sure I'll feel like noone is right, but I have to remember that this is happening no matter what, and that more than anything we need someone we feel comfortable with, so that we can have open conversations about what is working and what isn't.  In any case, it's going to be a challenge and I just hope I get something together in the next week or so.