Finally.... an UPDATE!

It’s time FINALLY for an update. I know that I have been very lax in my updates but things have been happening around here that have made it very difficult.

The first thing that I want to say is I want to give notice to Tait’s grandfather passing two weeks ago. Richard Dale Wagner he was known as Shad in the Williamsport community. Dick was a great man. Tait really had a bond with his grandfather and spent many summers being with his grandfather. It was his grandfather that taught Tait how to golf. Dick had a stoke about 6 years ago and since then he wasn’t able to get around as easily any more so a lot of the activities that he enjoyed doing he was restricted on. Dick was a great woodworker and built several pieces for his grandchildren and his home. He was also a Veteran and he was a Chaplin for his local VFW and the American Legion. He was also a freemason. He was well known in his community and was very involved with his Chaplin responsibilities and performed many funeral services for fallen soldiers of 5 different wars. He was an honoree cuss if you ask Alta his wife and he was always making jokes and loved his grandchildren and smiled when you came to visit. He is missed.

Life for us has been really busy we have had some changes and have been focusing on our children and all of that kind of thing! Maya is walking… she’s been walking for awhile actually… I started an update with that information but it has been soooo long that I can’t use it anymore. She has been walking for about 2 months. She is so cute when she walks b/c she kind of walks with her legs spread apart and I don’t know it’s just really cute. I have been calling her my little monkey b/c when you hold her hand she kind of reminds you of an orangutan She has gotten her walking down enough to were she is now starting to develop her speech. She knows Mama and Dadda but she does call everyone Mamma which is REALLY cute. Tait always goes “no I’m dada” She talks a lot in the morning so we always converse back with her. Most of the time you can tell you she’s telling you something but you really don’t know what she’s telling you about.

One major change that has happened with our children is we decided to change daycares. The girls were both going to Dover Daycare and it was WONDERFUL I loved it. I loved the people there I totally trusted them with my children I really enjoyed them I was really happy with them. Then right before the new year they had a director change. The director had been the director for about 9 years and decided that since her children were out of school she wanted to change careers. So she found something else and they hired a new director. At first I was WAY excited b/c there were something things that I thought needed improvement such as the communication between parent and child. I thought that we needed some converstation as to what the kids were studying and how my children were doing with the information etc. Well she started a newsletter and it was WONDERFUL b/c I found out what was going on with the kids… well I was a little unsure about how to take the new director b/c when I would go in to the daycare she would NEVER say hi or talk to us or ANYTHING… I mean the old daycare director would tell us silly things all the time… just little stories that really made me feel like she knew my child. Well the director never talked to me EVER even after I told her that that’s one thing that I wanted to see improved was the communication between parent and child. Well so in February they announced they were going to raise the rates which is I was totally willing to pay. I mean I understand why they are raising them… but was still really disappointed in the service so I started looking for a new daycare. I really didn’t want to go anywhere. I wanted ot keep my children at daycare I really felt like Lehna would have a HARD time adjusting to the new daycare b/c she was a favorite. I knew that Maya would be okay b/c she’s a baby and she doesn’t care. So after a couple of weeks we found one that had openings. So we decided that we were going to switch them. Let me tell you this was a switch that was SOOOO easy for my kids. Maya has found a favorite teacher that she loves. It’s an older lady that Maya looks for everyday and gets upset when she’s not available to hold her right away. Tait says she’s climbs right up into her lap everyday and holds a grudge if she’s not available when Maya gets there and she’s holding another baby. Lehna has really grown too since she’s been there. She has learned number recognition already. She never could tell you numbers before. She is learning basic Spanish and is just really excelling. She doesn’t really talk about her old friends at all I mean every once awhile maybe but for the most part they are a long forgotten memory which just makes me sad. I was probably taking the move a lot harder then what she was which is kind of amusing. I told the director why we were leaving and she said that if the new daycare doesn’t work out we can go back. Which was a relief to me b/c I was worried that if I didn’t like the new daycare I wouldn’t have a place to take them. But I’m glad that we made the move they are REALLY close to Tait he has taken Lehna out to lunch since it’s literally right down the road from his office and is able to get them really quickly if anything happens so it’s a good thing. So it was a good move for us.

Tait moved new offices for his job. They moved to the inside of an old Mall which is kind of interesting but his office is WAY better then what it was. They were in an old HOUSE that was falling apart and was really kind of a depressing place to be. The new office is filled with cubical and everyone is in ONE BIG ROOM which is very similar to what I have, except I don’t have a cube I’m open air with everyone.

Work for me is going well… we have challenge right now that we have to hit a certain amount of clients for this quarter that we have been working to try to accomplish we are SOOOOO close to the mark… but we haven’t it yet. We still need to finish June strong and so far… it’s doable just not there yet. So I hope we get it b/c it entitles us to a VERY nice bonus and I will always take that.

Some exciting news after 5 YEARS of waiting I FINALLY gets my swing for my yard. I have wanted a swing for so long it’s kind of strange that it’s FINALLY going to happen. Tait and I are going to pick it out on Wednesday… I just can’t wait. We have had a TON of storms lately so I don’t know if I’m going to put it up right away or not but I just can’t wait for it, at least when I have it I will know it’s at my house and I CAN set it up whenever I want… you know so it’s just the idea that it’s soooo close. I am SOOOOOO VERY EXCITED. I have wanted a swing for every birthday and anniversary that we have had since we moved into our home 5 years ago!

This year I don’t think Tait and I are going to take a vacation so that’s not very exciting. I will have vacation in July so there will be a little bit of time for vacation but usually I use my vacation within the first couple of weeks… which really SUCKS but oh well… since July 4th is on a FRIDAY this year I’ll get a 3 day weekend so that’s cool! Yeah for me!

The girls just got their pictures taken by Stephen and Jennifer they came down and took them to the Purdue Horticulture Park and they did a great job. At first the girls were AWFUL and felt horrible that they had driven so far for my kids to scream and cry LOL but eventually Lehna warmed up and she was ready to get her picture taken she was QUITE THE HAM so as soon as I pick out what I want I’ll put them up on the web… well maybe if I get Stephen’s permission of course. But I have to go over them and decide what pictures I want big and little they turned out REALLY well… They did a GREAT job. I’m glad that my kids decided to relax.

Speaking of pictures next weekend I get to be a model LOL for Annette and her wedding website. I’m kind of nervous and hope that everything turns out okay with them, but she needs help with the pictures and she wants to show “all sizes” so I’m volunteered for it. So that should be fun… well it will be fun I hope. I like to get dressed up and do my hair and stuff like that so hopefully! LOL I roped Tanna into it too so that will be fun for all of us.

Okay well that’s all I got for now…

Thanks for reading about us.