Employee Appreciation

Tonight Olivia got a new playmate. We brought a new babysitter in with CHR putting on an appreciation party for the employees. They are still doing the dance, but Heather and I didn't have a lot of interest and we'd rather be home anyhow, so we headed out after the dinner and awards were presented. The company handed out service awards for years of service, so it was nice to see some of my friends get honored by the company. I haven't qualified yet, so maybe someday I can get a nice bonus like they did.

Both O and the babysitter survived, and so did the house. This is all good. I never really doubted the babysitter, was just hoping that O would be cooperative, and she was! It was nice to have just a standard night out for a while, and since CHR put on the dinner, it only cost us the babysitter. One thing since having O was that all the nights out means that you basically pay double for a night out. So it was nice for the company to take care of half of it for us. Now if they'd just provide child care at the event, we'd be set!

Daylight savings time kicks in tonight, and I know that I'm already ready for some rest. We asked our babysitter to make sure to keep her awake as long as possible. We were trying to work it in all week, but Olivia wanted to be in bed at the regular time the entire week. When we got home, we were greeted by one happy and perked up baby. Olivia went nuts when she saw us just excited, limbs flailing about, it was fun to see! It took another hour to calm her down. We like that alot! We shall see how tonight goes.