Trying to keep up... it's challenging!

A lot has happened since I last posted something about AJ. She's now 1 year old and is the sweetest, most loving and curious child.

We celebrated her birthday on Saturday, August 30th. About 20 of our friends showed up, I was amazed because it was a holiday weekend and I never thought that all of them would show up. We had requested to get gift certificates from Target and were thrilled that we were able to buy the stroller that we really wanted with those, it's a bycicle stroller that also works as a jogging stroller.

She started daycare on September 2, (Tuesday), I found a great Montessori school close to where I work and she's loving it. I'm thankful for the care that the teachers are giving her and I'm starting to see the benefits of her being able to make new friends and socialize with children her own age and some of them who are older than she is.

On Tuesday when I dropped her off, there was a little red-head boy sitting next to her eating breakfast. I said bye AJ and blew her a kiss, she looked at me and waved bye, bye. She's never had that separation anxiety that other children go through, I think it's one of the benefits of having her at work with me, she's used to other people and since I've had the babysitters from the church watch her on occasion, she's very used to me not being around for a few hours. The little boy sitting next to her, also waved bye, bye at me and blew me a kiss, which was completely adorable.

Wednesday, September 3, we got home at our new schedule. She pointed at Nena and clearly said "Cat", in his excitement, Joseph started to go around the house pointing at Sabrina and Sapphire and saying "cat" but she refused to say it again, she just kept looking at him and smiling.

Thursday, September 4, I came to pick her up. I didn't see her in her classroom so I was a little confused as to where she could be. I found her in the indoor playground that they have. She was with her teachers, sitting on the ground, playing a little musical instrument. When I told her "hi honey", she started giving me the sign to come and sit next to her (I've been teaching her sign-language). I was thrilled to see that she didn't want to leave, she wanted me to go play with her.

It's been challenging to keep up with everything, work, school and parenting. But I'm trying to make it a point to write everyday or at least once a week :)