The Deal Breaker

It is a unwritten rule that when Autumn takes a nap in the car it is a game over. I refer to this move as "The Deal Breaker". See this nap gives my child just enough of a energy boost that the real nap gets skipped. Therefore, no Mommy break time for the day. Plus if our nap does get skipped my child is not the most pleasant of individuals to be around through out the day :)

 The Deal Breaker

It is sad too cause when she falls asleep in the car I always get this idea in my head like okay if I can take her out of the car and put her down in the crib for a nap it will be fine. Never works! The minute I lay her down it is over.
This behavior of skipping nap time is becoming more frequent. My husband, Fred, had "The Deal Breaker" happen to him twice this weekend. Fred appropriately calls this the "KISS OF DEATH" when it happens to him. Yep, he spells it out all in caps too. Then he sends me a photo of the kid sleeping in the car. So I have proof that he is going to deal with angry no nap Autumn while I am at work.

KISS OF DEATH

Now this was harder to document with the rear facing baby car seat, and honestly, when she fell asleep in that car seat I was able to take the whole thing inside. Allowing her to sleep in it until she woke up. No harm, no foul. But now that I can't remove the car seat "The Deal Breaker" is the new trend when we fall asleep in the car.

  Our first time falling asleep in the big girl car seat. However, this was taken on a road trip to Omaha therefore it was okay to sleep

A new must have for riding in the car that Autumn has developed is wearing her sweet shades.

Now that is one stylish baby!

When it comes to Mom's sunglasses though she is a little confused on how you are supposed to wear them.

It is quite funny though.

I, on the other hand, have been having some episodes of paranoia. I have been getting this random ringing in my hearing ear that last about 30 seconds each time. Unfortunately my primary care physician, neurologist, and gynecologist all left within the same year. It sucks because now I have to find all new doctors. They just don't know me and it can be frustrating.  I get scared that I am magically going to sprout another tumor in my left ear and be left with no hearing and it just scares the crap out of me. Furthermore, since I don't have a doctor except for a new neurosurgeon that is socially awkward,  I have no one to call to put my mind at ease. Instead I get to wait till April 16th, meet someone new and get to unleash all my fears to them. After my surgery, I fear my own body because I have no control over it. I know I am not the only person out there that feels this way and I try my best not to let my mind wonder, but this is a trait of mine that I can't just pull out the "stop sign" on. Watch it just be a sinus infection or something simple. My mother has terrible sinuses and has passed this love on to me. The thing is when you only have one ear you become much more aware of it. The evil beast that we call the internet is the worst thing for someone like me. The sad thing, when they say "very rarely this can be cause by a tumor" I now feel like since I am one of those "rare cases" it can happen again and easier since I have a history of having it be "the rare tumor" causing all my problems.
I have put myself at ease with the fact that a acoustic neuroma is a slow growing tumor. I do get monitored through MRI scans for the rest of my life. I just had one done in December. Calm down Julie! I guess one positive thing about "The Deal Breaker" is it gives me less time to think about all these crazy possibilities.