The evolution of my plans

My plans are constantly changing... I mean, really. I may be the most indecisive person ever. It's so hard when you have so many "good" options, and you're trying to figure out what is best.

The evolution of my plans is as follows...
Going to:
- Be a PE Teacher
- Stay-at-home
- Work part-time
- Substitute full-time
- Substitute part-time
- Stay-at-home
- Take the LSAT and apply to law school
- Visit Utah's physical therapy school
- Going to apply to physical therapy school
- Move to Texas
- Find a full-time teaching job
- Stay-at-home
- Invest in my wedding photography business
- Stay-at-home during the week; Shoot wedding on the weekends
- Apply to law school
- Take pre-reqs for physical therapy school
- Apply to law school AND prep for physical therapy school
- Just apply to law school
- Just prepare for physical therapy school
- Be a full-time teacher and do photography on the weekends
- Be a part-time substitute and do photography on the weekends
- Be a full-time teacher and not re-sign with Austin Wedding Guide

As of now my plans rest there. But odds are I'll tweek them a little bit in the next few months.

I'll still be doing photography, just not taking the time to actively market myself. I'm having to choose between good, better, best right now. And I think I'm almost to figuring out what's "best".

Addi: 3.5 years

Addi is closer to her 4th birthday than to her 3rd.

I might be semi-freaking-out.

I tell her to "stay little forever"... but she says that "growing up is fun!"

So if you find the "pause" or "slow-down" button for life, please let me know.

Addi:
- Wears size 4T/5T or 4/5 clothes
- Wears size 10 shoes
- Is in the 90th percentile for both height and weight (my little linebacker)
- Has long brown hair
- Has dark brown (almost black) eyes
- Loves to play
- Can play forever by herself
- LOVES her friends, but doesn't get to see them enough
- Loves going to preschool, mostly because there are "friends" there
- Is a Sunbeam at church
- Talks in a high-pitched voice when playing with dolls, barbies, princesses
- Wears a tutu any time she can... to bed, to the store, to the library, EVERYWHERE
- Loves ballet class and takes it pretty seriously when she's in the class
- Talks and talks and talks... she must have learned that somewhere... :)
- Can say mealtime prayers and bedtime prayers by herself
- Bedtime routine: Jammies, story, brush teeth, sing songs (I Am A Child of God, I Love to See the Temple and Popcorn Popping), say prayers, tell story (we retell the story of her day, sometimes she tells it, sometimes I do, sometimes it's a mixture).
- Has been known to say "you can tickle my back if you want to..."
- Loves her stuffed malti-poo dog named "Malti"
- Is great at coloring
- Has trouble with drawing, we're working on that
- Still loves to read
- Loves to play outside, in her "dollhouse" (a playhouse)
- Loves playgrounds
- Loves bounce houses
- Is the type of person who loves anything you ever get them. If I were to get her new socks she'd probably say something like "that's what I've always wanted!" or if I got her a can of spinach she'd say "oh!! I'm so excited!" or if I got her a bag of rocks she'd say "yay! yippee!"... You cannot get this child a bad gift
- Loves music and singing.
- Knows the words to TONS of songs... it's unreal
- Recognizes all letters and numbers, now we're working on lowercase and writing the letters
- Loves her little sister so much... she'll go up to her and say "tickle tickle"
- Sings songs to Hannah in the car if Hannah is getting fussy
- Tells Hannah "oh.. you miss your mommy" if Hannah's sad
- Loves to love on Hannah
- Loves to snuggle mommy, grandma, and Hannah
- Loves going to the library and listening during storytime. Most of the kids sit with their moms, but Addi likes to be front and center by herself
- Loves to play store in her kitchen set... she likes to buy things, I run the store
- Is great at picking up things
- Does not like when she is called "Boo" anymore (that used to be her nickname)
- Likes all of mommy's friends
- Is great at doing puzzles
- Loves when things are clean
- Makes her own bed
- Can dress and undress herself on her own
- Loves to be tickled

It's the worst ever.

I've decided I'm too much of a open book.

Like I should probably keep things to myself.

I rarely bite my tounge. I just say what's on my mind.

And sometimes I just say really stupid things. Not stupid as in unintelligent, but stupid as in not thought out well, and not thinking of the other person's feelings.

One of my biggest fears is hurting someone else's feelings. If I find out that something I said really hurt someone's feelings I feel TERRIBLE about it.

It's the worst ever.

Anyway, enough of that.

It's Sunday. Time for renewal. So here it goes.

Hannah: 14 months

Hannah.

14 months old.

SHE:

- Size 12-18 month clothes.

- Size 5 shoes.

- Says: Mama (mama, baba); Addi (ahh-dah); Thank you (nn-nn); Uh Oh (uh-uhhhhh); Grandma (gaa); Hi (hi)

- Eats: almost anything... she won't eat one thing one day, but she'll eat it the next, it's just hit and miss

- Sleep: usually through the night from about 6pm-7am (sometimes she wakes up in the middle because she's teething)

- Teeth: At least 12 are completely in and I think she has 4 more coming in.

- Answers the questions what does an elephant, dog, monkey say? with the animal sounds.

- Yesterday when she was done eating a bowl of strawberries she tried to put her bowl in the sink (she was too short)

- Also yesterday, after I gave her a bite of ice cream, she went over to the hand drying rag hanging on the stove and wiped off her face. (she did this after every bite she took).

- Makes people laugh. A guy at the rec center just laughed and laughed when he was behind her walking, with her ponytail straight in the air. She then said "hi" to him and waved and he got an even bigger kick out of that.

- Normally has a ponytail on the top of her head. Addi calls her a "unicorn".

- Loves her big sister, but also loves to tattle on her and argue with her.

- Can go up and down steps.

- Loves "If You're Happy and You Know It"

- Enjoys being around other kids.

- Is a bundle of JOY.

- Is a huge goof ball.

- When you tell her to say "cheese" she makes the biggest goofy grin ever.

- Likes to look at books, but sometimes still looks at them upside down

- Loves to dance to any music

- Will be in nursery in 4 months :) and :(

- Is my little bug-a-boo

- Likes to mess up whatever Addi is playing with

- Can stack up 5 blocks

- Loves her stuffed puppy "Taffy"

- Loves to be outside and will throw a little fit when she has to come inside

but don't pity me...

Yesterday was my 25th birthday. I'm a quarter of a century old and all I have to say is...

I have 2 beautiful, spunky, happy girls.

I get to live in a beautiful home.

I have a job that I love to do.

I get to play the piano and guitar whenever I want.

I have a treadmill to run on (with a TV to watch).

I have a car that's still under warranty.

I have a plan for the future.

I have a very supportive mother.

I have great friends.

I may be divorced, I may not have my own place, I may not make much money, I may have children who are growing up in a single-parent household, I may not have a "real job", I may not be dating very much, I may not be a supermom, I may not be the skinniest I've ever been...

... but don't pity me...

because My. Life. Is. Perfect.

purple condo... #3

This year I spent New Years weekend with some fantastic friends. My mom watched the girls for the weekend which I'm completely grateful for!(THANKS MOM!)

We went to Port Aransas and stayed in a condo that was about a 5 minute walk from the beach. A purple condo... #3. 11 of us in our condo, with 3 other condos filled with single Mormons. Our condo may have rocked the most. :)

It was foggy... in fact we basically lived in a cloud, which was quite the experience.

Standing in front of the ocean, at night, surrounded by fog, where no one can see or hear you and you can't see or hear them is sublime.

I brought my camera, which helped us create some amazing memories. You would never try to synchronize 10+ people jumping in the air if you didn't have a camera... right? It was a blast, thanks to my co-photographer who helped make sure there were plenty of pictures of everyone. (All of the pictures are on Facebook, so go there for a full recap).

I got a combined 9 hours of sleep those 2 nights, and I don't regret it.

We did an 8am morning run, ate a huge delicious breakfast, had 2 bonfires, played on the beach, rode on a ferry, watched pelicans, ate at Moby Dick's, ate at Port Aransas's version of Sulivan's (at least price-wise, not taste-wise... I have no idea what the restaurant was really called), played card games, had dance parties, never turned on the TV. I did 3 loads of laundry, changed outfits multiple times a day, took a bunch of showers, never slept in, never took a nap. We made the most of every single minute... it was beyond perfect.

Happy New Year!

P.S. I've made some resolutions, but I'm not telling. :)