Starved Rock Park

So we took Zeus for the first time hiking at the park. Zeta loves going and we figured he would also. What we didn't realize is how much of him is Labrador and loves water. It had rained two nights before so there were a lot of creeks flowing and some muddy spots. He loved every minute of it. There are several water falls on the trails and he made sure that the two we visited he swam in. He was so wet and so dirty. We had to enter the house through our garage, strip our clothes off and carry him to the bathroom so we could give him a bath right away. Let me remind you that he is a 60lb dog and only 8 months old. Zeta loved it out there also but of course most of the time she wanted to be carried because she can't stand to get her paws wet or dirty. Here are a few of my favorite pics from our hike. If you want to see more check out my myspace or facebook page.
















Okay so that was a lot of pictures. But we had so much fun.

I've jumped again.

Job jump that is. I have a new job working for Easter Seals of Illinois. I love it. I do not plan to leave this job unless they boot me out kicking and screaming. lol.

I work as the head teacher in the infant room. I have 8 babies in my room ranging from 6 weeks old to 15 months old. Luckily you only have to be teacher certified to do my job. I do have an assistant teacher because in daycare you have to have one person to four babies. We do a lot of great things though. We have these adorable strollers that can hold four babies in each and we can take them for walks or anything. I love it. There are two baby rooms and the other room has the same amount and the same age.

All the girls I work with are amazing. I always knew I wanted to work with children in some way but never got myself to go to college long enough to earn my bachelor's degree in teaching. How more fitting could this be though. I mean I have 8 babies every day that highly depend on me. If I end up never being able to have my own then atleast I have them in my life.

The other great thing is that our insurance and pay and everything is a lot like a state employees since we are state funded. One of my co workers (she works in our preschool room) is 38 unmarried and decided she wanted a baby. So she got a sperm donor and did IVF. Our insurance paid 80% of it. I checked it out right away to see if mine would be denied for preexisting and they don't even pay attention to that. They said it should still cover most of it. I just have to wait until I have been there for 3 months before they will cover anything. Only 2 months left. yeah.

I am so happy that everything is finally starting to come back together in my life. I told the company upfront that I was trying to get pregnant but that I plan to continue working afterwards. They said that it's not a problem. There I get 6 weeks paid maternity leave and when I come back I get free childcare. Since I work in one of the infant rooms, my baby would be in the other baby room but only a door away from me. I am allowed to walk over to the room and breast feed or anything. My kids would be in my work building from infant to preschool.

So, we are hoping to do IVF by no later than August 09. We will be going back to a specialist though as soon as my insurance is in effect. I am so excited.

I am such a loser...

I really need to stay on top of this thing. I am going to try to keep up on it. Its just so hectic sometimes. There really isn't a lot new right now. I do have a new job but I will go into details another night on that. I have a nasty head cold and need to medicate and sleep. Plus my dogs are driving me crazy. So I guess I will will just start trying to squeeze in a bit when I can between working, family time, working out, and all the other things I do to keep myself busy. Until next time...