O' Christmas Tree

We are Christmas bums this year. I didn't feel like doing any decorating this year, but finally I went out to storage and got our two foot christmas tree. I also found one box that said, "Christmas Decos." I brought those few things home and only found a string of lights in the box. So we've got a little tree with a string of lights. Not too much fun for Jaida this year - maybe I'll make up for it next year.

This year's Christmas tree

Runaway Jaida

I had just gotten home and was trying to get Jaida in the house. I had Kayla in one hand and coats and diaper bags in the other hand. Jaida would not come in the house. I told her that we would go on a walk if she would come in the house and let me get something to eat first. Plus I really had to go to the bathroom. Leaving Jaida standing there, I ran in the house, set Kayla down, and ran to the bathroom. I was just going to take a minute, but then there was no toilet paper! Well, it took longer than I thought, and when I got outside Jaida was nowhere in sight. I ran down my condos and looked behind them walking behind the next row and out the other side. It was only when I got to the front of the condos that I started to panic a little bit. I had no idea where to look next, and if I went the wrong way that was more time Jaida had to keep going whichever way she had gone. I was also starting to get really mad. Why does she always run off?!

As I got up to the main road leading into the condos I thought, “There is no way she would go down that way.” As I was trying to decide which way I should go a Saturn suv was driving up the road. Looking inside I could see a man driving, a woman in the passenger side, and a little girl sitting on the woman’s lap. That little girl was Jaida!

My panic and anger suddenly turned into relief! It was my visiting teacher and her husband. They were driving down College Way and Allison saw Jaida knocking on the Stuart’s door (they are in Taiwan picking up their son), so she knew I wasn’t there. Then, she watched Jaida run back down the driveway to go who-knows-where. Allison told her husband to stop, got out of the car and yelled, “Jaida.” So Jaida came running to her and they drove her up to the condos where they also live.

Jaida was crying all the way back to our house and all the way up to her room. When she came out of her room I sat down and talked to her about what she did. We both cried a little bit and she kept giving me hugs. Needless to say we did not go for that walk.

The worst thing is that I know that this is not the last time it will happen.

Kayla Smiling

Kayla is starting to smile and it is so cute!! I recorded a little video with my digital camera and then made a small movie with it. It's funny how you think your little baby can't get any cuter, and then the next day she's cuter.
Watch Kayla and her first smiles.

House Problems

We had an inspector come and look at the house yesterday. The roof is leaking, and there needs to be more insulation in the attic. There is vinyl siding on the front of the house, but hard board siding on the rest of the house. The paint on the hard board is peeling which makes the bottom of the board swell and flip up. There are a couple of other things that also need fixing, but those are the main things. If the seller won't fix the roof Monty doesn't want to buy the home. This totally bummed me out! I like the location (in town), the lot is big, the inside is really nice, and the kitchen is new. I guess we will find out in the next few days what will happen. I certainly don't want to be stuck with some of those repairs, but I really don't want to look for another house either.

On another note, we put Dora underwear on Jaida yesterday before going to the house for the inspection. I kept asking her if she had to go and she'd say, "No." Well, she went outside to play and when she came back in she was wet. I asked her if she had peed on Dora, she said, "Yes." Poor Dora. Our potty training isn't going so well.

Homeowners

I guess I shouldn't really say we're homeowners until we close, but it just sounds good! We got the good news on Saturday, December 11, 2004. It's in town and sits on .25 acre. It has two family rooms, five bedrooms, and two bathrooms. We cannot wait to have all that extra space! Plus the backyard is pretty big and the kids and the dogs will have lots of room to play. I put a bunch of picture up so you can go look at them. Thanks to Misty for taking all the pictures!

The house.

Christmas Spirit?

I have yet to feel any of the Christmas spirit going around. Our decorations are packed away at our storage unit and will probably stay there until Monty wants to get them. I don't want to decorate, I don't want to shop, I don't want to go and look at Christmas trees or Christmas lights. I guess there is still time, it's only December 8th.

Squeeze

Two days ago I put in "Thigh's of Steel". I needed to do something besides sit. Jaida started complaining because she didn't want to watch that, she wanted to watch Mickey, Donald, Goofey (The Three Musketeers). Then she came over and wanted me to hold her and was trying to hold onto my legs so that I wouldn't be able to move. I just kept doing the workout and trying to ignore her. Then I started tell her to try the moves. She started crying more and went and sat right in front of the tv. Tami Lee Webb started saying, "Okay, side, front, cross, and squeeze." Jaida turns around and starts crying, "I don't want to squeeze."

The next day Jaida kept wanting to cover up Kayla's face with her hands or the blanket. I just kept saying, "Please stop covering her face." So of course that is exactly what she wanted to keep doing. I started cleaning the bathroom and Jaida came in and found my box of nursing pads. Kayla was laying on the bed, so Jaida went over and started building a fort around Kayla's head with my nursing pads. Oh, I wish I could have had my camera right then.

Kayla, one-month old.
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