We had a great time at my parents for Christmas. Got to see Brian and Becky also, and Kayla was very lucky to get a lot of new gifts. She was in need of some older toys that challenged her more. Seems that most of her toys were a little too "baby" for her. So we are packing up all her baby toys and putting them away :-( I'm not ready for this little girl to grow up. She is talking and talking more each day. She even sings now which is absolutely adorable. I still look at her and am in awe of this little person. She challenges me every day. Sometimes good challenges, sometimes not so great.
We are still potty training, which is not turning out to be as easy as I'd hoped. She was doing great before Christmas, but then just being gone and me not focusing on it as much, she sort of reverted back. She was at the point where she was telling us she had to go or jumping up and running to the bathroom herself, but now she just doesn't as much. Some days she'll use the potty a few times and others, not at all. She did once today but just after, we tried big girl underwear which I had to change and wash, twice. Followed by a bath, ugh. Tomorrow is a new day and we will try, try again!
We are moving in a couple of weeks. Still in town, just a bigger place. I am so excited because we definitely need the space. The second bathroom alone will be worth the move. With Kayla's bath toys, stool and potty, it's just too much to share one bathroom with three people. She'll have her very own bathroom and bigger room so it'll be great. Not to mention we'll have a guest room and a bigger master bedroom. The house is MUCH closer to Kyle's work also, so it'll be great for him to get to and from work in 15 minutes now instead of 45-50. We'll have about a year and a half in the new house before we are done here and GA. Then it's on to who knows where!
I am nearing the end of my online course. Definitely ready to be done and possible start more of a career in photography. I'm really nervous about it and even though the course takes up a bit of my time, I've enjoyed having something else to do to feel productive. Not that taking care of the house and Kayla isn't productive, but I enjoy feeling accomplished in my own adventures also. Should be fun to venture out in the photography world and see where I can go!
Kyle has two more weeks on days and right after our move he goes back to nights. Ugh. I really hate when he works nights and so does he. We see him more during the day but he is exhausted all of the time because sometimes he sleeps days, sometimes he sleeps nights. Depends on that weeks schedule. He's also taking a chief's exam on Thursday. He's been studying like crazy for it, so we'll see! Fingers crossed!
Here are a few pictures from Christmas. Hope everyone had a great Holiday and Happy New Year!
