Lot's of things going on in the Martin house as we come into fall!1. Caddie is starting preschool! She is sooooo excited! We decided to go with Head Start here in St. John's. It's free, they only take 17-18 kids at a time, it's 4 days a week, and they take her to school and bring her home on the bus everyday. Plus, everyone is really nice and it seems like a great place. The other preschools around here have like 25 kids in one class and I would have to walk her to school and home from school everyday. Not to mention that 4 days a week of preschool is like $600/month. I think she's more excited about riding the bus than anything. I doubt she'll have any separation anxiety, she took a library class all summer and practically kicked Brendan out of the room and told him he must leave the library. But you never know.....
2. Laila is finally starting to walk!! I'm sure you've seen the video on Facebook. She is really a pro now and hardly ever crawls anymore! Finally!
3. Laila is also finally starting to get some teeth! She got six teeth when she was like 7 months old and none since. She just started to get two more on the bottom. She's a little cranky but she's being a good trooper!
4. The Martins are officially baby food free! We are so happy to not have to buy baby food anymore! Laila just eats whatever we eat now and she can finally stay up late enough to eat dinner with the family. The funny thing is, she hates eating dinner with us! She's so used to being the only one eating dinner, she can't stand not getting all of the attention! But she is starting to master the spoon and fork which is good....Caddie had it down at like 9 months! But with Brendan gone all the time at work, I can't stand the mess of letting her eat by herself, so she never learned. But Brendan gave her a little "eating bootcamp" and she's almost a pro!
5. I am totally into sewing now! It's my new favorite hobby! I've made some of my old maternity clothes into cool new stuff that fits ( I made a dress into a shirt and took the sides in a little). I also sewed Caddie a new jacket out of fleece and I'm making a dress out of corduroy to match!
6. I've lost a lot of weight!!! Finally!!! I was like a size 12/14 after having Laila, but I've been working out for like 13 weeks now on "Power 90" and I've just moved up to even harder workouts. Now I am finally back to my old, "when I got married size", which is a size 8! It might not seem so small, but when you're 5'10", a size 8 is pretty good! When I zipped up those pants it was one of the best moments in my life!
7. Last, but not least, Brendan is working at that print shop in St. John's again. He's working a ton of hours now, but at least he's only a mile away!
Anyway, that's about it for now....sorry about the late blog entry......until later....
Cutie Pie Girl!
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