Asthma, Work, Exhaustion

Yesterday Autumn had her 9mo well check. She weighs a whopping 21lbs, and is a giant in height (we already knew that). Her pediatritian put her on a preventative asthma medication called Flovent. She has to have it every day twice a day until the end of winter. I am really hoping that she doesnt react to it like she did with the Albuterol, because I won't be able to handle her all wired up all the time!! I need to do some research on the side effects. Right now she is coughing and crying in her crib, and Hannah is yelling "It's ok Autumn, go to sleep!"  she has really stepped up as big sister lately and I am so proud of her. Now she wants to sit next to Autumn at meal times and help feed her, how sweet!

In other news, my job is going well. I am caring for a 8mo old girl named Lauren. She is sweet, mild tempered and mellow overall....nothing like my kids! Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to have a mellow child, what do their parents do all day? I think Lauren would be content to sit on the floor with a pile of blocks all day, as long as someone fed her every 4hrs. I love it! She and Autumn have fun making faces at each other and holding hands, it's sweet. I am enjoying this opportunity to work while I still can, if we have any more children it would be impossible for me to work outside the home. I'm busy enough as it is! I am still struggling to find balance in all of my responsibilities as mom and wife, it is hard to keep up with all of the cleaning, laundry, dishes, diapers, bottles, meals, potty breaks, oh yeah, and taking care of myself too! So that makes me pretty darn exhausted at the end of the day. It is hard to go non stop all day, then come home and give Eric a kiss as he heads out the door to work. Then I have the whole evening alone too. That part I don't like so much. He had a job interview yesterday with Plum Market, so we are praying that he lands a full time, long term position there. Although, he would much rather stay with Zingermans if at all possible. We will see what the Lord does!

My brain is fried today, I'm pooped, and I still need to tidy up the house, nothing much else is going through my mind, so I will stop typing now.