I am saving this forever! Melia was laughing so hard that Treven's head was an oval. Also she was very insistent on doing teeth. She said Uncle Dave told her teeth are important. Great Monday night activity!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Melia's view of our Family
I am saving this forever! Melia was laughing so hard that Treven's head was an oval. Also she was very insistent on doing teeth. She said Uncle Dave told her teeth are important. Great Monday night activity!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
McKenzie's 2 year old Stats!
Height: 36 3/4 inches (no percentile because it was so high... double it for when she is older... 6' 1" tall... nuts!)
Weight: 30.4 lbs (85th percentile)
She did awesome at the doctor. We switched doctors since the girls are not on state insurance and we didn't like the clinic we were going to. We LOVE this place! McKenzie was not shy at all. She was laughing and playing with the doctor and it totally threw him off. She DID NOT cry at all when she got her shots. It was simply amazing!
McKenzie is healthy and growing well. :)
Weight: 30.4 lbs (85th percentile)
She did awesome at the doctor. We switched doctors since the girls are not on state insurance and we didn't like the clinic we were going to. We LOVE this place! McKenzie was not shy at all. She was laughing and playing with the doctor and it totally threw him off. She DID NOT cry at all when she got her shots. It was simply amazing!
McKenzie is healthy and growing well. :)
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Why? Why? Why?
McKenzie is now on the kick of asking "Why?" over and over and over! It gets rather annoying, but I keep realizing that she is not a baby anymore. Crazy how time flies. Melia gets really annoyed of McKenzie asking "Why?" all the time. Kenzie does it to Melia while they are playing and Melia just yells, "Stop asking why!" It is pretty funny. It is awesome to see them play together now. McKenzie is at the point now where they play with each other, but it brings on more fights as well. McKenzie has her 2 year wellness check tomorrow so it will be interesting to see how that goes and her measurements. She is a tall girl! Melia loves Hocus Pocus now and wants to watch it 24/7. She is definitely her mother's child. :) But when she asks to watch it she says, "Can I watch bibbity bobbity boo? The one with the witches?" I have to remind her it is Hocus Pocus. It makes me laugh every time.
I am working 30-40 hours a week at the daycare. Our numbers are low due to summer vacations and such so hopefully the numbers will go back up soon so there is more consistency. Treven just became the Adidas Brand Coordinator so he is guaranteed 40 hours a week since Adidas pays part of his income so he will be getting a raise as well and some free Adidas stuff to wear to work. He is really excited about this new position. Treven also starts his Fall semester next Monday. He is taking 3 classes at school and 1 online. This is the first full time semester he has done since moving to Washington due to residency issues. It should be a good semester then he has only 16 credits left! He wants to go into school psychologist or counselor so he is looking into all he has to do for that through the next couple of months.
That's our update. It has been very hot this weekend so we have enjoyed our pool and air conditioning.
I am working 30-40 hours a week at the daycare. Our numbers are low due to summer vacations and such so hopefully the numbers will go back up soon so there is more consistency. Treven just became the Adidas Brand Coordinator so he is guaranteed 40 hours a week since Adidas pays part of his income so he will be getting a raise as well and some free Adidas stuff to wear to work. He is really excited about this new position. Treven also starts his Fall semester next Monday. He is taking 3 classes at school and 1 online. This is the first full time semester he has done since moving to Washington due to residency issues. It should be a good semester then he has only 16 credits left! He wants to go into school psychologist or counselor so he is looking into all he has to do for that through the next couple of months.
That's our update. It has been very hot this weekend so we have enjoyed our pool and air conditioning.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
She is two!
McKenzie is two years old today! It is crazy to think she was born 2 years ago! She is growing every day and now is pretty much potty trained! (We are having problems with the whole bowel movement part :/) McKenzie is our goofy and crazy little girl when you get to know her. She is slow to warm up to people, but once she is warm, she is hilarious and goofy! I love it!
We are so blessed to have her in our lives and she makes everyday exciting for us.
Happy Birthday McKenzie! We love you!
Mom, Dad, and Melia
Thursday, July 8, 2010
A Hot Summer Day at Work
Well I am going to try and post everything. I am at work right now, :/, but I am in the kindergarten room and there is wireless internet! Since almost all the kids are asleep and I got everything done that I needed to, I figured I would start on all the updating!
I am working full time (9-6 Mon-Fri) at the Daycare. I got a raise to teacher so I get paid more and have more responsibilities, but I love it! I love being able to be a teacher again and work with children to help them learn everything they need to know. They are little sponges soaking up everything that it going on. I am with the Star class, which is like 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 year olds.
Currently, since it is summer, we are low on the amount of children we have at the daycare so I am helping out other classrooms, which is wonderful when I am getting full time hours. I had the whole week off last week so now the girls and I are trying to get back into the "school" mode. The girls started sleeping in until like 9 everyday which is sooo not normal, but I am thankful for it on the weekends and during our vacation.
Our vacation was great. My whole side of the family was able to go up to a house on Lake Mayfield that was made up of three condos. Two of the condos had three bedrooms and one had two bedrooms. Each condo had it’s own washer, dryer, kitchen, bathrooms, living room, and porch. There were doors that close and lock so if somebody only rented out one of the condos, they could be to themselves. Since we rented all three, we left the stairway open! It is wonderful to relax and have a great time with the family. The only downside was the weather. It was hot the week before we went to the lake and extremely hot this week, but the week of our vacation it was cold! The kids were able to go play at the park. My dad got Treven and I addicted to the app game Plants vs. Zombies (so much easier to play on an Ipad versus Treven’s I touch). All in all, it was a nice relaxing time to just be together even though we didn’t really get in the lake at all!
The 4th of July just seemed like a continuation of the lake week with the family that was still around. We had family dinners, which was just all the food left over from the lake since we had A TON! My dad got some fireworks for the grand kids to do on Sunday night and they loved them. We didn’t go to a fireworks show since they are all so late, but we definitely heard a lot of fireworks and saw some in the sky.
Melia and McKenzie are doing great. Melia is thriving being in “school”. She now can write her name with a little help with reminding her the order of the letters. ☺ She loves playing with the sandbox at school and now that it is summer, we have water play outside and she loves that too. She is definitely growing up and starting to help me with getting things for McKenzie, she is a great big sister. She is very obsessed with having her room clean and hates going to bed with it being “dirty”. The obsession has become more and more evident in this last week. I am liking it because she likes to keep her room organized and I don’t have to make them do it.
McKenzie is also thriving being able to go to school. She is doing better when I drop her off at her classroom. She understands that I am still at the same building, just in a different room. She is becoming very social and picking up on words like crazy. She is all about “I do it!” and is wanting to be potty trained so we are going to go for it this weekend. We will see how it goes! She puts on her own clothes and is very adamant about doing it herself. I have a love/hate relationship with her new attitude, haha! I love that she is becoming more self-sufficient, but hate it when I am trying to do something or go somewhere.
Other news is that I now am an aunt of 18 nieces and nephews! Avery Madison Stinchfield was born on June 18th, 2010. She is such a pretty baby and I am so happy for Brent, Buffy and her big brother Noah!
I have a ton of pictures to post so I will do that when I get home. I just wanted to be able to write down an update of what has been going on with us. (There you go Heather! Hopefully this will help me get going!)
I am working full time (9-6 Mon-Fri) at the Daycare. I got a raise to teacher so I get paid more and have more responsibilities, but I love it! I love being able to be a teacher again and work with children to help them learn everything they need to know. They are little sponges soaking up everything that it going on. I am with the Star class, which is like 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 year olds.
Currently, since it is summer, we are low on the amount of children we have at the daycare so I am helping out other classrooms, which is wonderful when I am getting full time hours. I had the whole week off last week so now the girls and I are trying to get back into the "school" mode. The girls started sleeping in until like 9 everyday which is sooo not normal, but I am thankful for it on the weekends and during our vacation.
Our vacation was great. My whole side of the family was able to go up to a house on Lake Mayfield that was made up of three condos. Two of the condos had three bedrooms and one had two bedrooms. Each condo had it’s own washer, dryer, kitchen, bathrooms, living room, and porch. There were doors that close and lock so if somebody only rented out one of the condos, they could be to themselves. Since we rented all three, we left the stairway open! It is wonderful to relax and have a great time with the family. The only downside was the weather. It was hot the week before we went to the lake and extremely hot this week, but the week of our vacation it was cold! The kids were able to go play at the park. My dad got Treven and I addicted to the app game Plants vs. Zombies (so much easier to play on an Ipad versus Treven’s I touch). All in all, it was a nice relaxing time to just be together even though we didn’t really get in the lake at all!
The 4th of July just seemed like a continuation of the lake week with the family that was still around. We had family dinners, which was just all the food left over from the lake since we had A TON! My dad got some fireworks for the grand kids to do on Sunday night and they loved them. We didn’t go to a fireworks show since they are all so late, but we definitely heard a lot of fireworks and saw some in the sky.
Melia and McKenzie are doing great. Melia is thriving being in “school”. She now can write her name with a little help with reminding her the order of the letters. ☺ She loves playing with the sandbox at school and now that it is summer, we have water play outside and she loves that too. She is definitely growing up and starting to help me with getting things for McKenzie, she is a great big sister. She is very obsessed with having her room clean and hates going to bed with it being “dirty”. The obsession has become more and more evident in this last week. I am liking it because she likes to keep her room organized and I don’t have to make them do it.
McKenzie is also thriving being able to go to school. She is doing better when I drop her off at her classroom. She understands that I am still at the same building, just in a different room. She is becoming very social and picking up on words like crazy. She is all about “I do it!” and is wanting to be potty trained so we are going to go for it this weekend. We will see how it goes! She puts on her own clothes and is very adamant about doing it herself. I have a love/hate relationship with her new attitude, haha! I love that she is becoming more self-sufficient, but hate it when I am trying to do something or go somewhere.
Other news is that I now am an aunt of 18 nieces and nephews! Avery Madison Stinchfield was born on June 18th, 2010. She is such a pretty baby and I am so happy for Brent, Buffy and her big brother Noah!
I have a ton of pictures to post so I will do that when I get home. I just wanted to be able to write down an update of what has been going on with us. (There you go Heather! Hopefully this will help me get going!)
Monday, July 5, 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010
Quick update...
I know, I know, I didn't live up to my goal last week, but here I am! I am back!
Last weekend was kind of crazy. I was trying to get a bunch of certification done for my new job. Yup, my new job!
I have been subbing at a daycare that is owned by a family friend and so I was just there to make some money while trying to find something more permanent. Well I got an interview at DICK's Sporting Goods and the interview went great, but they couldn't promise me many hours :(. Our family friend texted me 15 minutes before this interview with DICK's and asked if I would rather work for her or DICK's. Well the position she was offering me is 9 to 5 Monday through Friday and my girls will be going to the daycare. With prayer and a lot of talking with my husband and some family, I came to the decision to go with the daycare job. Last week was my first full week and the first 3 days of "school" for the girls. It has been great and we couldn't be blessed more right now.
So last weekend I was doing STARS training, blood bourne pathogen training, and food handlers permit stuff. I just got my TB test done and all I have left to do is get my finger prints and background check done. More hoops to go through, right? But I am still getting full time hours with them which is wonderful.
I was also told last week that they want to train me to do more at the daycare, become a co-teacher, along with doing the scheduling and such. I am starting off being the break person that goes around to all the classrooms to give people their breaks. I am glad this will be a position I will be in for a while and the girls absolutely love being out and playing with other kids.
That really is our biggest news. We also found out last week that after this Fall semester, Treven only has 16 credits left to take! We really hope everything works out so he can graduate ASAP! He is also started on his development plan at work for him to get on the road to become manager by fall. He is loving it and I am so proud of him for the hard work he is putting in at work.
That's it for now!
Last weekend was kind of crazy. I was trying to get a bunch of certification done for my new job. Yup, my new job!
I have been subbing at a daycare that is owned by a family friend and so I was just there to make some money while trying to find something more permanent. Well I got an interview at DICK's Sporting Goods and the interview went great, but they couldn't promise me many hours :(. Our family friend texted me 15 minutes before this interview with DICK's and asked if I would rather work for her or DICK's. Well the position she was offering me is 9 to 5 Monday through Friday and my girls will be going to the daycare. With prayer and a lot of talking with my husband and some family, I came to the decision to go with the daycare job. Last week was my first full week and the first 3 days of "school" for the girls. It has been great and we couldn't be blessed more right now.
So last weekend I was doing STARS training, blood bourne pathogen training, and food handlers permit stuff. I just got my TB test done and all I have left to do is get my finger prints and background check done. More hoops to go through, right? But I am still getting full time hours with them which is wonderful.
I was also told last week that they want to train me to do more at the daycare, become a co-teacher, along with doing the scheduling and such. I am starting off being the break person that goes around to all the classrooms to give people their breaks. I am glad this will be a position I will be in for a while and the girls absolutely love being out and playing with other kids.
That really is our biggest news. We also found out last week that after this Fall semester, Treven only has 16 credits left to take! We really hope everything works out so he can graduate ASAP! He is also started on his development plan at work for him to get on the road to become manager by fall. He is loving it and I am so proud of him for the hard work he is putting in at work.
That's it for now!
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