Well Rhowan is officially 11 months old and is full on walking. Can you believe our princess will be one next month. I got her invites yesterday, handmade with love from Steph, and will be mailing them this weekend. Rhowan has become more and more confident in walking, letting go of things to hold on, and just going for it. She walks from one room to another now all on her own. She is walking outside with all the other kids at daycare, loving every minute of it and wants to be more independent. I am so happy that she is a go getter and has taken on to each milestone so fast, however it is a bitter sweet. This time last year, I was over being pregnant, teaching full time and anxiously awaiting our baby girl to arrive. It feels like that was all just yesterday.
My sister and Lexi stopped by the other day to say hi, Rhowan was sick over the weekend and they hadn't seen her in a few days, and my sister was freaking out at how much Rhowan was walking and how weird it was to see her just go. It is weird. I can set her down now after getting her out of the car seat and she holds my hand and walks up to the house with me. No more carrier, no more carrying, just walking all on her own! She will be running in no time I am sure of it. :)
I am finally adjusting to being a stay at home mommy with a good routine. I pretty much just mimicked, for the most part, the routine she does at daycare two days a week, which she has taken to so well. She even naps and falls asleep on her own there! I know, a lot of you are like, why day care when you aren't working?
Well I signed a contract in hopes that I would be working full time by Sept. But things with the district got worse and I didn't think I would be out of subbing and teaching all together. I have come to terms with it and lets just say, am walking away from the bs of all of it right now, a little bitter, but trying to see that this is what God has planned for me right now is to stay home with my kids, which I do love and am finding balance to, however, it's just hard when you have worked your absolute butt off for something with all the state tests, student teaching, schooling, etc. to have your credential just sit there.
Anyway, yes, daycare 2 days a week from 9-3 has become a nice cleaning day, laundry day, errands for mommy and a good socialization and structure time for Rhowan. She has adjusted so well and I feel that is so important. It is hard for some kids to transition well to pre school and kinder when all they've been home with forever is their mommy 24/7. So its been working out for now and worth the $30 a day. We'll re evaluate once the new year comes and baseball season starts. For now its working for us and its been a good thing.
So I bought her some soft sole shoes type things, Robeez, you may have heard of them and with our princess' fat feet, its been hard to have her fit into a pair. So needless to say, Target was the winner and we found a pair for her. They are like leather socks pretty much that are soft sole, but so she won't be barefoot on cement walking. So I bought her some pretty purple ones, I know, purple are you surprised?! And lets just say, they come home black and purple! LOL. Rhowan plays so hard and is so busy, walking and crawling that she is an absolute rag muffin when she gets home! I think its cute, it shows she is having fun and happy. They play outside and aren't cooped in a house all day, which I really like. So my $12.99 was spent well, most the dirt came off with a baby wipe and they are ready for day 2 of daycare! Needless to say, I wasn't exactly the cleanest kid on the block either. I always played hard, never brushed my hair, hated baths and well just rode my big wheels all day! I am sure most of you are beside yourself reading that, but its the truth and I hear stories often to this day about how dirty I was. Well at least I was active! That will be Rhowan, I can see it already. All those fights I had with my dad of not wanting to come in when the street lights came on to take a bath, that will be me and Rhowan! LOL. I know my family is just cracking up at this right now because how did such a filthy kid become such a neat freak adult that hated to see my daughter get one spot on her outfit and then would change her! hmmmm...still trying to figure that one out everybody!
Anyway, all is good. Rhowan is doing great and we are still in bday planning mode as October is just around the corner, literally, next week!
Talk to you all soon.
Hugs and kisses
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