A lot has been going on in the Dietzel household in the last few weeks, and as hard as things were before for us, things are definitely 100% better and looking up every day. Allie started at her new daycare yesterday and with her new sitter and she did wonderful! I was so nervous for her and now that she's doing so well, I'm not sure why! She interacted and socialized with the kids, and didn't cry for me at all. The sitter picked her up and she came home and had dinner and went to bed for her no problem. It was such a huge sigh of relief and burden off my shoulders. Obviously, I would love to be home with her but that's not financially feasible right now, so daycare is what we have to do so we can provide for her. Allie also turned 19 months the other day and she is getting bigger and smarter every day! I remember when she was about 10 months old and starting to toddle and pull herself up and I would just lay in bed and wish she was tiny again because I missed nursing her and having that closeness. But at the same time I didn't want her to grow up because she was so much fun with all her smiles and giggles. Now another 9 months have passed and I am doing the same thing. Every little thing she does makes me laugh. She repeats everything and uses some phrases at the most perfect times. She loves to dance and read and I think I could sit and watch her do that for hours. She is just the most perfect little girl and I swear I fall more in love with her every day. But, before I start to cry because she's growing so fast, onto other things...
Bill has only 9 days left in the Police Academy! The 12 weeks of torture are almost over and I won't have to say goodbye to him on Sundays anymore and watch Allies face as he drives away. Next Friday is his graduation up in Columbia SC and it's in the morning so we will head up early and come back in the afternoon and have the weekend off together. It will be so wonderful to not have to do his laundry, spend a few hours together because of my work schedule, and then have him go again. Since we've moved down here, it hasn't been just the 3 of us in the apartment for more than a couple days. We've had visitors and people staying with us pretty steadily for the last 3 months. When my friends left the other day and it was just Allie and I, it felt really weird, but in a good way. We're getting into a good routine of daycare and work and that is what we need to really start our life down here. I am beyond grateful for all the support my family and friends provided to me while we found a daycare and sitter because now we can move on and begin our life here. Work for me is going really well and I'm enjoying my job at Aeropostale. It's definitely different being in the management role now whereas before I was just a sales associate but I love it. I really enjoy being more involved and doing the marketing and the floorsets and more of the operational stuff. The hours are tough at times because I have to do weekends and nights but we have it worked out thankfully!
And the other big news of the day is my sister found out what she is having today and it's a BOY! So sometime in February I will be an aunt again to a nephew and I can't wait. I love my niece Ava so much and can't wait to spoil my nephew. I feel so blessed and am so happy for them. My parents are also getting married again this weekend in Vegas and it's just wonderful. After the years of fighting and hardships they went through, to see them so happy and in love now, makes the hard times worth it because I honestly can't remember the last time I have seen them this happy. We may have had to sell our house that we grew up in, but if doing that brought our family back together, it was well worth it. Now we have the new baby to look forward too and the "new" marriage! Wish I could be in MA to celebrate with my family but I am there in spirit, like always. :)
