Okay, sorry no baby belly pictures yet. Since there is no real change, maybe we will do this every other week to see if there is a difference.
So Mat and I went to a couple daycare centers on Friday. Here is the low-down.
Central Presbyterian ChurchSo we show up on time and walked right in. I saw a keypad near the door but we didn't need it. We just walked right in. Mat was looking all around the place. Going up and looking in all the kids in the classrooms. I was looking for the person who we were meeting. We found the person who we were meeting and she began the tour. The daycare was really nice. It was not new, kinda old fashioned. It was a Church after all.
There were 3 teachers for the nursery alone so the ratios were really good. They have a nursery, 1 year-old toddler room, 2 year-old toddler room and then they go upstairs with the bigger kids. They do daycare till 5-years old. In the nursery they wrote down when the kid pooped/peed, each feeding and when a diaper was changed. That goes home with each parent. It seemed helpful. Each room had a schedule that they followed. Outdoor time, reading, naps, etc. Everything looked good. No tv's in the classrooms. So after the tour I whipped out my list of questions. I started off with asking why we can just walk into the building without anyone stopping us. She said that this is not the norm and a parent must have not shut the door behind them. I guess parents have a key code specifically to them. And that's what they use to get in the building. We will have to go back and check on that again. Otherwise I liked it. She answered all my questions. The location is really, really convenient for both Mat and I and it's about $350/month cheaper than turner. On our way out, we spoke to a Dad who had 3 sons. We asked him how he like it. He said that all 3 go there and they love it. They are members of the church and drive quite a distance just to go there. He said the teachers are sooo nice. So that was nice to hear.
Sooooo, overall I liked it. We will probably sign up on the waiting list.
CNN/TurnerThis was the place that said they could only offer a tour from 10-2. So we said screw that and we went anyway. They let me in cause I had a CNN id and then followed other parents in. No one was at the front desk so we went and found the director and he was totally cool about giving us a tour. He showed us all around. It amazes me that they allow 9 babies in the nursery for the 4,000 employee's at this company.
It seemed much like the church only more high-tech. Newer toys. A bit newer/nicer facility. Anyway, the director said there is nothing we can do about the waiting list. Blurgh. On the way out we talked to a mom about how she liked Turner. She said she LOVED it. But said that her daughter was 6 months before she got in. She had another newborn but I didn't ask her about the sibling policy. I should have. Anyway, we are on the waiting list there.
Mat said that I need to be more direct in my questioning. He said that I would start out asking a question and then ask 5 others in the mean time. I guess I was nervous and getting jumbled. So I am going to work on that.
Anyway, Mat's in Costa Rica. He is going horseback riding on the beach today. He got to see monkey's yesterday so he was pretty pumped about that! This is a picture of some sort of sloth that Mat got to see. He gets back on Saturday. Hope all is well with you!
After much coaxing from my fabulous friends, I started wearing maturnity-type shirts. It's a big step for me and I feel good today. I am really going to try hard to do it at least once a week till I actually get a belly and am forced to! 
We aren't going to use this map but it's one that we picked up at a yard sale. Sorry I will take a better picture of the cleared out room when I get everything out!
Here is the new! I brought in the lamps from the piano.
There were 3 teachers for the nursery alone so the ratios were really good. They have a nursery, 1 year-old toddler room, 2 year-old toddler room and then they go upstairs with the bigger kids. They do daycare till 5-years old. In the nursery they wrote down when the kid pooped/peed, each feeding and when a diaper was changed. That goes home with each parent. It seemed helpful. Each room had a schedule that they followed. Outdoor time, reading, naps, etc. Everything looked good. No tv's in the classrooms. So after the tour I whipped out my list of questions. I started off with asking why we can just walk into the building without anyone stopping us. She said that this is not the norm and a parent must have not shut the door behind them. I guess parents have a key code specifically to them. And that's what they use to get in the building. We will have to go back and check on that again. Otherwise I liked it. She answered all my questions. The location is really, really convenient for both Mat and I and it's about $350/month cheaper than turner. On our way out, we spoke to a Dad who had 3 sons. We asked him how he like it. He said that all 3 go there and they love it. They are members of the church and drive quite a distance just to go there. He said the teachers are sooo nice. So that was nice to hear. 
It seemed much like the church only more high-tech. Newer toys. A bit newer/nicer facility. Anyway, the director said there is nothing we can do about the waiting list. Blurgh. On the way out we talked to a mom about how she liked Turner. She said she LOVED it. But said that her daughter was 6 months before she got in. She had another newborn but I didn't ask her about the sibling policy. I should have. Anyway, we are on the waiting list there. 
