Sunday, January 31, 2010

January Update

Our new house

Can you pick out what is real in the picture?



It's true...Neil started PA school! He is commuting back and forth to Savannah (about an hour and 15 minutes one way) to school each day. He says he doesn't mind the drive. We have had to adjust our way of living to include study time for him. It has been a transition, but the rewards are paying off...he made a 90 on his first test! I'm so proud!



Addison started daycare at the school where I teach. It was a rough first two weeks for the both of us, but now she jumps for the sweet ladies at daycare. I struggled with the idea of daycare and still have my days where I want to ditch daycare and work and go to the nearest park and play, but I concentrate on all the positives...lots of social interaction, she's spoiled by the daycare ladies, she's learning lots of new things (songs, throwing tantrums, crawling up, over, and around things, that its okay when other babies cry, etc.). I just started working on getting things started for her 1st birthday. Yes, believe it or not...she'll be one March 5th. It's hard for me to figure out how time passes so fast! She's learned a few new tricks...she loves to feed herself, comb her own hair, brush her own teeth, and dance to her leap frog table. Can we see that she is screaming to be a little independent? She also has started to pick favorite toys...she loves dolls. Today she fell into the laundry basket that holds all her toys. I thought she would get upset...turns out she didn't mind. She is not walking yet, but will stand on her own for several seconds. She never ceases to amaze me at the new things she learns.
Oh...did I mention...WE'RE BUYING A HOUSE??? We are hoping to move in towards the middle of March. It has about 2 more weeks of construction and then we're closing. I am exstatic! We are doubling in size from where we are renting. Addison and I are just going to run circles in the new house and enjoy the space!