Well, today celebrates Americas independence so I hope everyone had a great day and was able to get out and enjoy themselves. Allie and I were on our own because Bill had to work and we had a very low key day. We woke up and played, had lunch, took a nap, played some more down at the pool, had dinner, played some more, and now she's in bed. So as you can see, our days are pretty hectic! Haha. But really, being home with her is great and as much as I want to go back to work because I want a paycheck to be able to support and provide for my family, I am really going to hate putting her back in daycare and leaving her. She cracks me up all day and sometimes she does things that I can't believe and that I just don't know where she got it from. She's talking a lot now and says a lot of words. The clearest words she says are "hi, bye, Elmo, all done, up, peeze (please), allright, no, Ernie, Flops (for our bunny Flopsy), night night, baby, and my favorite is when she goes OH NO!" She says it with such feeling and it's so funny. She's great at mimicking too so she will try to say anything and repeat it a few times. I wish my family was here to see her because everyday she does something else new and it's amazing watching her grow. She's really into her books lately and when she's really quiet I worry she's getting into something but most of the time I go into her room and she's just sitting on her floor flipping through a book and babbling away to herself as she flips the pages. She also loves to follow our bunny Flopsy around when I let him out to get some "rec time" and she just chases him and tries so hard to catch him to pet him. It's like everytime I let Flopsy out she gets so excited like it's the first time it's happened. Flopsy will sometimes lay down and Allie does go over and sit next to him and go "niiice" as she pets him so I'm glad Flopsy is so gentle and lets her. He's never once tried to nip or bite at her. She's doing great here and I must say, she's quite popular at the pool. Other little kids love her and Allie just loves to sit on the top step and play with her bucket and shovel while the other kids come to her and hang out. We've started to talk to more people and try to make friends but it's going slow. I guess I never really thought about making friends because I've had the same group of friends for years and years so I haven't been in the "get out there and make friends" mode since middle school it seems! But I met another SAHM today with two little boys and I got her phone number so hopefully we can take our little ones out soon together!
Bills job is going well. He's still training with a partner when they go out on the road and he leaves for the academy on July 31st and it goes for 12 weeks. He will be gone for that Monday thru Friday and home on weekends. It will be hard again with him gone but we've come this far and made the major step, which was obviously the move so we will get through this too. My biggest fear now is that he just stays safe while out on patrol and comes home to us safely each night. I keep applying for jobs that seem to peak my interest and hopefully I will hear from one soon. Allie and I are going to Disney as originally planned with Bills parents and Uncle Jeff next week for a week which is going to be HOT, but I'm excited to see Allie have fun on some rides and hopefully enjoy the characters. I know she's a little young to remember but it will be enjoyable nonetheless.
As far as us getting settled here though it's coming slowly but surely. I found Allie a Pediatrician and she has her first appointment Wednesday which will be for her 15 month wellness check even though she is almost 16 months. I'm sure she will do fine and they will say she's doing great, except that she's a little short! I also found Bill and I a Primary Care Doctor and set us up appointments. I am waiting on my license and I got us new car insurance so we can register the cars soon. We have a bank account here so we are pretty close to being real residents. It's weird to think that because today is supposedly the busiest day of the year in Myrtle Beach because of all the tourists coming into town and this time, I'm the "local", not the tourist. I hear the traffic from now until September is going to be a nightmare so that's a main reason why we stayed in tonight and didn't bother going out for fireworks. But since we're tight on money, the traffic just gives us another reason to stay home and not go out and spend unnecessarilly. But other than that, we're doing great and hopefully we can get some family or friends to come visit with us soon! :)
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