At little shattered glass and a little spilled milk

I will start this off by saying we are all ok. 

I came out of work on Thursday to a cracked windshield. Im not talking about a little crack, no, it looks like someone took one of those kids Spirographs to my window. It is an interesting looking crack... just not very good for driving. Especially not for driving with a 9mo old. Dan was close by so he came over and we moved Jilli's car seat to his Jeep while we looked at it. I called one window place in Elkhorn and left a message. A little while later Brent got there. We looked at it a little more and the boys decided that the crack was not all the way through so I drove Dan's Jeep home with Jilli and Dan drove my van. Today I spent the morning calling around to glass places. Most places have not called me back. The one place could not do it until at least Monday (even though they had the glass instock). Finally we found a place in Kenosha that will do it for $135 at 9am on Saturday. We just have to get the car there. The funniest thing about this whole thing (finding the bright spot) was that someone else was parked next to me at work. They had seen my windshield about an hour earlier when they arrived. They were surprised that I did not know my window looked like that because they figured I drove to work with my window like that... ummm no! 

Today while calling a ton of places I noticed Jillian's pump bag was wet. Sometimes it is a little damp because of the bag "sweating" because we put very cold milk in there, however I have never felt it this wet. I opened it up to find milk all over. The top had screwed on funny and was leaking! I took everything out of the bag and cleaned it up. I still need to wash the bag. I got one of her other pump bags (this is why we have more then one) and set her up again. The bag that got wet was the only one small enough for her to wear though so for today she has a leash that only goes so far... sorry babe!

In everything last night I forgot Jillian's cream for her yeast infection at work. Dan went and picked it up for me today! The rash is starting to look better. There is one spot on her leg that still looks pretty bad. She keeps trying to scratch it through her clothes and diaper. We have been trying to air it out some, however she hates not having a diaper on. She will even try to put a diaper on herself. Oh my sensory girl!

I feel like I have seen her grow so much in the last week! She has started trying to pull up. She has been talking more. She is doing things with more of a purpose. She is growing up so much. She is almost 9 1/2 months old. She is getting so big. She is crawling like crazy so her body is starting to shape like a moving kid. She is so smart!

This week she started crawling around the living room. Until now she has stayed on the rug in the middle of the room. Her exploring got her into some trouble. Brent broke a glass in the livingroom the other day and thought he got all of it. Well leave it to Jilli to find it. It was under her pack-n-play in the corner of the room. She got her hand under there and found it while I was vacuuming the room. I looked at her, shut off the vacuum and ran over to get it. By that point she was already putting it in her mouth. When she noticed I was coming she took it out of her mouth. Luckily she only got a tinny cut on her thumb. Brent cleaned it out (she did not even flinch when it was being cleaned). It is fine, but it scared us. I have been trying so hard to make the house safe for Jilli but I guess no matter how hard you try some things will still get past you. Oh the life of a family with a baby on the go!

Jillian has had a yucky cough again for over a week. I really dislike this cough! It is defiantly ones of those worse at night coughs that wakes you up. She is sleeping in her rocking chair right now (it has straps and such). It is helping her sleep better. I think for her the crib might not be the best thing for her to sleep in yet. I know, for most kids it is the best and safest place, however Jillian is seaming to need to be more upright and even with putting wedges in her crib, it is just not enough. She is sleeping a lot better, even with a cough, being more upright. Maybe crib sleeping will just have a wait a little while longer...

Today Jillian and I enjoyed watching a new Daniel Tiger. She loves that show! The theme song comes on and she gets so excited (well, she has a thing about theme songs, so loves How I Met Your Mother's and Big Bang's!) Today's show was about how it is ok to be different and it had a little girl on it that walked with braces and crutches. It was really cool! These are the messages that I want Jillian to learn, that being different is ok. I'm glad she likes a show that teaches good things and is not just a killer of brain cells. We typically only let her watch TV for medical stuff or if she is not feeling good, but this was a good exception and we were lucky enough that I was off today for the episode.

We also spent part of the day dealing with medical billing stuff. With the world of technology that we live in I would think that there would be less errors, however I guess when you have as many claims as we do in a year, there is bound to be problems.

Believe it or not, with all of this in the past couple of days, I'm still in a good mood. Stuff happens. Car windows brake. It stinks. Takes time and money, but Jilli and I were not hurt. Bills and spilled milk are inconveniences, but not that big. My devotional lately has talked a lot about relying on God for peace. He has been granting me peace. So you just do the next thing, cause what else are you going to do? You could be crabby and angry or just go with it. Today I have been wise enough to seek His peace in doing it all... hopefully I will be as wise tomorrow....