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Michelle said if we ever needed a sitter she would be more tan happy to watch the boys. We thanked her very much. That night Matt talked about hiring a nanny to travel with us to take care of the boys, that way they both could be in child care room and it would be their nannies responsibility. It would also free up a lot of our time, we could attend some of our after show events. Their would be the option that the boys would not have to travel with us at all because this fall Adam does start The Head Start program and can't travel any way. So I personally think a live in nanny would be the best option right now. I totally agreed with him. The hunt started for a nanny.
We interviewed hundreds of nannies over the course of the next two months; finally we decided on Kandy, she came with recommendation from her teachers and current employer. She is a current graduate from the child care program at a local tech school and she went on for her masters in child psychology. Matt and I liked her a lot and Adam warmed up to her right away. So Kandy it was.
We had a week off so we took Kandy to our house and got her settled in, and showed her around. She was amazed at the size of the house and said we must be wrestling buffs. That is when we told her that Matt was a wrestler. (She didn't know this because I hired her and didn't give her many details about Matt.) Wow I am a nanny for Matt Hardy's kids. I warned this had better not affect her job. She told me it wouldn't in any way.
I told her being part of the Hardy family had its perks so she had better take her
job seriously. She totally understood. I set her up on mine and Matt's MySpace page's in case she needed to talk she could IM one of us but it would be better to IM me first, because I have less friends than Matt and she could get a hold of me. I also gave her my cell phone number in case of emergency or if Adam just wanted to talk to mommy or daddy. I talked about taking Kandy and the kids at the end of the week with us, but Matt reminded me that we were going over seas to Spain, England and Iraq; we decided that it would be best if she stay home with the kids for the next two weeks until we got back from our time over seas. We talked to her about it and she said she was fine with it. We were her
employer, she did what we told her to do.
That night as we went to sleep Matt asked me if I was ok with the arrangement that we had hiring Kandy. I told him that I was a little scared because of some of the horror stories I had heard about nannies, but I think we made a right decision in choosing Kandy. All I know is Adam and Andrew will be safe from others on the road that may have a problem with you, Jeff or I and think they can get to us through the kids. The situations with Big Daddy V, Edge and Vicki scared the hell out of me. Thank god that Vince took the kids under his wing and protected them.
Kandy spent the week taking care of the kids, even with us there. She was getting to know the kids while we were there. We even went out a couple of times, which is some thing we had never been able to do since Andrew was born. When we were packing to get ready to go Matt asked me if I was sure if I wanted to go. I looked at him and said I have to go it's my job too stupid. (As I playfully hit him) Well it will be your first trip. No it won't be. I meant to Iraq. Oh my god you are so right I have never been on an Iraq trip before. Andria you need to prepare yourself for the things you will see over there. We visit the hospitals that have the war soldiers; they have missing limbs and have been shot. When we are there I need you to spice up my entrance for the soldiers. They will love it. You can do it on flat ground can't you please say yes. Yes Matt I can do it up hill down hill and on flat ground. Just on flat ground I could do cart wheels until I get about five feet away then it will be one big flip, can you handle that. Yes Andria, I think that we need to practice it once or twice first. Well then let's go out side and do it now. Now why now? Because if I do it on a down hill ramp I will pick up to much speed and will never be able to come out of the cart wheels into the flip in time. I mean I could but it would mean me landing in the ring well before I want to in a way that would hurt. We could practice in the back stage area also. Well that to, but I want to make sure I can still do it. Let's go out side and play Matt. (He just laughed) Ok let's go outside and play, but only for a bit, we need to finish packing and get some rest it is an early flight. The first time we did it I knocked Matt over. Andria, what the hell was that? That my dear was cart wheels with the flip and it looks like you can't handle it. I can to let's do it again. I did it again and again I knocked him over again and again. I was getting irritated at Matt. Matt, this just is not going to work is it? He said just try one more time. This time I did two flips and he caught me on the second one. I asked him if that one was better. He told me much better. That was more like the original version, with the two flips at the end. When he put me down I pulled his shoulders down with me and started to play wrestle him right there in the grass, he protested at first but then I said I did want to come outside and play. Matt just laughed at me as he turned me over and pinned me, and kissed me. He said ok that's enough playing we need to take showers and get some shut eye. We need to be at the airport at 4a.m… Shower, hmmmm can we conserve water and take one together, that is some thing we haven't done in years. Matt took me in his arms and told me that sounded like a great plan. Oh Matt we can do so more since we have Kandy. I know baby she is such a godsend.
When we got out of the shower Matt called Beth and asked her when her days off were, she said that she had weekends off. Matt asked her if she could check on Kandy and the kids after work and if she didn't have any thing planed for a weekend or a couple nights a week could she give Kandy a break. Beth said she would be more than happy to give Kandy the weekends off unless Jeff was home. Then she would have to talk to Jeff about when they could give her a break. Matt thanked her from the bottom of his heart.