Toddler Bed

Internships

Shaun and I both have internships this semester. While it seems like everyone is enjoying their summer break, Shaun and I are still working hard. I am a housing intern for Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing Corporation and Shaun is a trainer at Thermo Fisher. I work from 9am-2pm and Shaun works from 2:30pm-11:00pm or later. Mostly later.

So far Brooklynn has been sick since Friday evening and today is Tuesday. She seems to be a lot better this evening and might been done throwing up. If she isn't better by Thursday her pediatrician told us to bring her in. Good news is that one of us is always home to take care of her.

Shaun was going to have an internship from 9am-5pmish? But someone else on his shift got an internship and two people down from six is not good for their team. The IT manager was really upset that Shaun wouldn't be working with him. Instead, he took over the position the other guy had and was able to count that as his internship, keeping the same hours he was working before. We also found someone to watch Brooklynn if he got the IT position. She was willing to be paid $50 a week. She also has a little girl a week older than Brooklynn. That would have been really fun for them.

NNHC is were I am working. Thursday, May 13, was my first day. So far, I have been organizing files and updating information for our Shelf Help program. In short, 7 families get together and help each other build homes. Of course there is always someone on site helping them build. This saves a lot of money but is a lot of work. It usually takes 8-12 months to build the homes. Nobody moves in until everyone is finished. Once I get half the hours I need for my internship, they will start paying me. That means that out of the 300 hours I need, I will be their employee for 150 of those hours. If you would like to learn more about the Shelf Help program or other programs available, visit our website at www.nnhc.net.

She's a toddler

Brooklynn has been walking for about 6 or 7 weeks but Sunday March 14th, she decided that it was more fun to walk then crawl. I love how she sucks on her top lip.

Brooklynn is also sporting a new set of teeth. She got her first tooth around 13 months and the second tooth came in shortly after. At 14 and 1/2 months she got all four teeth ontop within two or three days of each other. She has had it rough. So now she has six teeth.

Now that she has her teeth and she can walk, Brooklynn has also decided to start eating table food. She still eats baby food but today she ate ham and beans with me for dinner. Yesterday, she ate paste with her Daddy. We are so excited. One day she's a baby, the next day she's a toddler. I didn't think she'd ever eat table food.

We also decided to go buy a red wagon today. She loves it. We put a teddy bear and her Roxy (a build a bear dog) from her birthday in the wagon with her and pushed her up and down the hallway. Later we went to the park, slide down the slide, played in the woodchips and followed the other kids around. It was such a beautiful day outside.

I had a video to put on the blog. I tried uploading it but it seriously has taken longer the 90 minutes to upload so I canceled it. Maybe my facebook will let me tomorrow. Right now I can't even get pictures up on facebook.

Here is one from saturday morning. I must have left the bathroom door open because Brooklynn got in there and pulled all the toilet paper onto the floor and had her two tiny hands on the seat of the toilet checking out the water.

Spring Break Has Brought Beautiful Weather!

Brooklynn and I have been aching to go outside and play. We went to the park to celebrate the nice weather. If you listen closely, you can hear her laugh in this video when we reach the bottom of the slide.

Squeaky Shoes and Sippy Cup

Update

Shaun and I are both full time students and apartment managers. I stay at home and take care of Brooklynn. Shaun does all the maintenance and works full time. We are only being the managers for a short time until the landlord and the old managers find someone else. It is a little overwhelming but we know it is only temporary.

Brooklynn plays all day except for two naps. One around 9:30am and the other at 2:30pm. She wakes up around 7:30am and goes to bed around 7:30pm. She does have one tooth in the front left but we continue to feed her baby food. She is off the bottle and is loving whole milk. She will only use two sippy cups. One we put milk or juice in for meal times and the other she totes around with her for water. Brooklynn loves to walk with her new car from Grandpa and Grandma Moyes. Shalisa, my sister in law, also bought her squeaky shoes for her birthday. One day I put them on her and she was wondering what the heck is this. She's getting the hang of walking with her toy and I think she'll be walking soon. She also loves to look at books. She's gotten really good at opening each page. Brooklynn loves to flip through the hymn books at church too and sing with everyone. She's becoming such a little lady. We love her.

A Few Pictures