It's about time...

...for me to start looking for another job I think. I'm so frustrated with where I am right now. I've been there for 1 1/2 years and get this...THEY DON'T GIVE RAISES!!! I could very well be stuck making what I am making now for 10 years! Another girl who has been there for almost 7 years I think said that she's only had 2 since she's been there! If I would have been warned when I took the position I wouldn't be so upset about it. When I worked at ATA...that was 1 thing they warned me about. They had put raises on hold temporarily but they did have a projected date for when they would start again...that part, was ok with me. Where I am now...I had NO clue until I was there for about 8 months...almost done with my pregnancy, before I found out that they don't give them! So, that made me want to go back a little less after giving birth. I did wait until Leon was 8 weeks to go back to work, but still...I would have LOVED to take off more time! I'm really just frustrated with that. Our financial situation isn't going to allow me to never get a raise...not even a cost of living raise. So, I've somewhat started my search. I've just looked today during lunch so far, but I'm sure this weekend will be full of job searches. I'd like to do something along the lines of what I went to school for, but I'm not sure I can start out in a job like that making what I make now with no experience...so I'm game for anything really as long as I make more than I do now...at least what I make now anyway.

So, enough about my problems...this is suppose to be about Leon right?!?! Well, he has started stage 2 foods now. (he's getting to be such a big boy) Sunday was ok. He had his first ones before he went to bed (for dinner). Then, Monday it was almost too much for him for lunch and dinner. So, I debated what to tell daycare to actually feed him. I stuck with my original plan and last night wasn't bad. He wanted to eat a little bit later, but today he wanted to eat as soon as we walked in the door...at least for a few minutes anyway. He ate half a jar of his vegetables and then cried and cried and cried. I finally got him calmed down a little while later and tried again and he ate everything else that he would normally eat. He had a full 8 ounce bottle between dinner and bedtime which is SO unlike him, but hey...I won't complain. He still has to drink something! Other than his stage 2's, he's not doing much new. He's starting to try to get up on his knees some, but only every once in a while. Part of me can't wait for him to crawl, but part of me can. Once he does, he will be into EVERYTHING!!! Sometimes he already is with him rolling around. He knows how to turn in certain directions to get going wherever he wants to. It's so cute...but stinks at the same time sometimes. This week and this weekend we need to baby proof! We're a little behind in that area. I just know that he will all of a sudden be into everything and nothing will be done, so I really want to prepare ahead of time. That and when my friends come over with their kids who are older than him, so that it keeps them out of "dangerous" stuff too. Mainly just the kitchen sink, but I think we'll do pretty much all the cabinet doors as far as the bathrooms go too. It definitely won't hurt anything! Other than that, not much is going on...I can't wait for Friday. I LOVE short weeks!