Running, New Schools, and Updates

Trying to throw a couple different things into one post here. Sad to admit that I don't have any new pictures, I'm working on that! It's been busy this month. School has started this week for the Tri County area, which means traffic has been/is going to be crap once again. Last night there was a tractor trailer that hit the side of the bridge and then apparently leaked some fluid onto the interstate. So I had to go my alternate route and that just takes a little bit longer BUT I didn't really sit in traffic.

Yesterday Sophie has started a new daycare, The Children's Nook. It's literally 2 minutes away from my office. We had been on the wait list for almost 2 years and finally got a spot. Sophie is in the Frog room :) So far so good, somewhat. She had a decent first day, you could tell she was very much out of here comfort zone and NOT happy about it. Good news is she ate lunch, snacks, and took a nap. This morning seemed to be be worse, for both of us. She buried her head into my shoulder and would NOT let go. I had to set her on the floor, try and bribe her, and then make my escape. She screamed. I do really like her teachers though. I get the warm fuzzy feeling with them that I did not get with some of her teachers at her other school. But I know she misses The Sunshine House and her friends, I miss them too. I knew all their names and watched them grow from baby to toddler. She'll make knew friends, I know this. I keep looking towards the future and hope that she'll come out to be a well adjusted girl, especially when it's time to go off to Kindergarten. But I will admit it's times like these when you feel like a horrible mother and wish that you could spend more time with your child. Unfortunately there's this thing called financial responsibility and I cannot in my right mind put all that stress and burden on Ricky.

But we have a plan! We plan on trying for baby number two around December 2011/January 2012 (before I'm 32) and then by the time baby no. 2 comes, my car will be paid off!! I'm hoping to then be able to stay home (because seriously 2 kids in daycare, I would be working to pay for daycare pretty much). At least when Sophie goes off to Kindergarten I would get a part time job or something that would allow me to take her to school and pick her up, cook a nice dinner for my family, be a real mom, not a working mom.

That's the plan and I will continue to be optimistic about that plan.

So onto something a little more uplifting, for me anyway. I hit 9 miles on Sunday! And boy let me tell you it was tough!! 8 wasn't so bad the week before and maybe I was tired Sunday and I walked twice for a few minutes. But Hal Higdon says that's OK! As long as I cover the distance. My legs felt like jello and were sore yesterday. So I decided to rest today and get the mileage going tomorrow morning. My next goal is 10 miles on Saturday and then I'll run a few miles here and there on vacation next week.

Sophie updates: Her days of crawling are officially over. She's been walking for about a month now and having a blast. We've had a few walking casualties (a busted lip, a bruise on the face) but she gets right back up and continues on. Since her tube surgery last month we've seen a significant change. She seems happier (although she's still trying to cut her upper molars and that's no fun). She can say a few words: Momma, Dadda, dog, duck. She actually pointed to a duck in the bonus room and said duck. She's sleeping better most nights. There's still a night here and there where she'll wake up crying but I think it's that darn molar!

I promise to take and post some pictures soon. Sophie will be getting her first haircut on Friday, it's too long in the back and not very long in the front and on top so yeah, it's a baby mullet.

Check back soon for pictures!