I am very excited to head into he new year of 2011. Hayden will be starting in a Pre-K program 2 mornings a week - doesn't that sound fun?! She will have the interaction with other children her age, learn social skills, sharing, and the "schooling" aspect of it will help her attention span and listening skills. She will have to listen to someone other than mommy daddy or a family member and will have to follow the rules. I am nervous that she may be the "wild child" in the class but if we never do this, she will never learn, right? She is learning so much so fast it amazes me already! As the new year begins I am changing some things in my own schedule as well. I am studying to get my insurance license! I am also cutting back on cleaning houses so that I am not so overwhelmed. I love both jobs but it sure takes it toll on me. With Justin back at Bowater, this is allowing us to get our budget back into place and start looking up! I am also taking one day off of both jobs a week to spend with Hayden. Justin and I are hoping and praying for another new and healthy addition to our family by the end of 2011! I am excited for that as well (of course) Hayden would be 3 years old before the new arrival and I think that is a good age difference. I pray that God will work it all out in His timing. I know He will!
Christmas 2010 was awesome! It is so much fun being a mom to a 2yr old! I was just as excited this year as I was when I was a kid on Christmas morning. :) She has some really cool and fun toys and I get to play with her. lol. She got all kinds of play doh stuff, rain boots, the cutest monogramed bookbag, games, clothes.... A baby doll and puppy from Great Grandmama, a tent from Grammie, all kinds of stuff from Nana including a really big tinkerbell coloring book, a pillow pet, and cute outfits. All kinds of princess stuff from Aunt Paige, Grammie and others. Puzzles from Christina, A shopping cart and pretend food from Aunt Sara and Ricky, PJ's and a robe from Aunt NeNe, a Clemson shirt, huge cereal bowl and towel set from Daddy Pop, she got dvd's including Veggietales and Barney's Christmas Adventure from great Aunts. Great Grandma got her a Beginner's Bible and mommy thinks that is one of the coolest gifts! I know I loved mine when I was little so I am hoping and thinking she will too! Phew, she got a lot!
We played in the snow the day after Christmas and had a lot of fun but it was so cold and Hayden face planted a few times so we ended up going in the house shortly after. We stayed out for about an hour and a half though which is a long time really. We took the sled down a hill at a church down the road and tried to build a snowman in our yard. Hayden loved it. We put her in the bath when we got in not realizing that we should have waited for her body temp to rise ... so poor thing was so cold and then went into warm water and it made her wrist and ankles look like they were about to blister. Thankfully it went away quickly but that was scary and lesson learned!!
All in all I am so happy in my life and looking forward to what the new year and God's plan has in store for my family!
(Our house is STILL on the market -- I wish it would sell, other than that we are good as gold ;))