Bye Bye Christine

On top of all the deaths and funerals going on at the moment, our nanny gave us her two week notice. She was offered a full-time job that she couldn't pass up. She was on the verge of tears when she told me and so was I to be honest. Christine has been such a wonderful nanny and we are all going to miss her terribly. Hudson is always happy to see her and goes to her willingly. Not only does she play with him, but she practices skills such as crawling, standing, walking, etc. with him. She has also been great about teaching him boundaries. She is very strict, but still loving. In fact, one Tuesday, as Hudson was playing with the remote control, she told him, "No Thank You" then turned to me and said I don't know why he is touching that I taught him not to. I got a very guilty look on my face and told her we had been allowing him to play with it all weekend because we didn't realize it was an off-limits item. Ooops. It made me laugh because she was much better at setting limits and practicing skills with Hudson than we were. The best part of it though was that because she worked so much with him on Tuesdays and Thursday, I felt like we had earned the right to just play the other days of the week. Nic and I both benefited from that because we got to cut ourselves a break. Anyways, saying goodbye today was very difficult. We wish Christine all the best, but we sure are going to miss her.