It's a small world after all.

Ginny's and my parents chipped in for our birthdays and got us annual passes to Disneyland!  We were so excited to go.  I've only been once a few months ago so it was fun to go again.  Ginny grew up in Cali and has been a ton of times.  We brought Kaylor for the first time too!  She was definitely a trooper.  Here's a few pictures from our trip.  

Kaylor with her Dumbo shirt on.  She looks like a grown up. 

From October-Christmas, the Haunted Mansion is transformed into the Nightmare Before Christmas.  It was really neat to see the difference.  Jack welcomed us to his home. 

Kaylor's and my first time on Dumbo.

Last time I went to Disneyland, we didn't see one character.  This is Ariel (in her human form).  We were lucky to get a picture with her.  There were some crotchety people "in line" to take a picture and I think we unknowingly jumped in front of them.  Sorry for the poor quality; I tried to edit it a bit to make it look better.  Kaylor was not so interested in the mermaid princess. 

And the classic, Splash Mountain.  We used Ginny's dad's "no stairs" pass to get ahead of everyone.  Donnie came with us too.  We are the last three in the log.

Funny story about this.  Ginny and her cousin were talking about how wet we would get during the ride.  Ginny told me it might be a good idea, when I get in the log, to take my socks and shoes off.  So, I kept bumping into the old guy in front of me trying to take my shoes and socks off.  So, I'm holding my shoes in the picture.  I think it's pretty hilarious.  

9 mos.

We love our Kaylor.  She gets more special every time we see her.  We feel like she's getting so big.  Here's a picture we took tonight.  We found these jammies and they are 12 mos!!  

Ok, I know it's a lot late to be posting her 9 mos. picture but here she is, with her beloved Sophie.

And instead of giving you a list of things she does now, I made a video.  There are two parts because it was too big to send from my phone.  

          Part 1

                                                            Part 2

                

1,2,3,4, FIVE GUYS!

I'm certain the only people who read this are looking for an update from Kaylor.  Well, since she doesn't type as fast as I do on the computer then you will just have to settle for an update form me. 

I have a job!  Technically, I've had a job for about 2 weeks but I just started two days ago with Five Guys.  I am helping this franchise open their third store in the area.  Yes, I am 30 years old and a little embarrassed I am working for a burger chain and being managed by several individuals who are younger than I am.  However, it's the first company that has hired me and I am not ashamed to work for this company.  If you haven't looked into this chain, you should.  I feel they have a superior product and a good sense of work.  I also feel it's a great opportunity to work through college, and possibly have a chance of moving into management soon.  

Ginny is still searching.  She has had several leads but no luck.  Matter-of-fact, she's had the opposite of luck, whatever that may be.  She is looking into being a free lance ATC and has an opportunity to work for a contract based company.  

Ok, I'll update a little bit for Kaylor (she is sleeping right now, anyway).  She has 1.5 teeth and doesn't seem to mind biting either of us.  She loves giving raspberries to Ginny and I and even on herself.  She LOVES taking baths.  She loves being in the bathroom for any reason; the mirror, the tub, the toilet, eating toilet paper.  She's not picky as long as we let her go in there.  She gets excited when we even pass by the bathroom.  

All in all, we are in good spirits.  We are looking forward to the cooler fall weather. 

Travelin along

First off, why is there going to be a new Steel Magnolia's movie?  The original movie is a classic.  It does not need to be redone by anyone.  You will never get a cast as amazing as Dolly, Daryl, Julia, Olympia, Sally, and Shirley. 

We've been living in California for a little over a month now.  The weather is vastly improving.  And by improving, I mean getting cooler.  And by cooler I mean being able to open the windows at night.  We are living with Ginny's Aunt and Uncle.  It will be nice to eventually have our own space again but we are so lucky to be able to live here.

One of us finally got a job; me.  I have been accepted for a position at the new Five Guys opening in the next town over.  It's only about 10 minutes from where we live so it'll be super convenient.  For another job at a local hospital, I have had three interviews and a competency test.  Hopefully, I will hear something from them this next week and I can work there instead.  Ginny has gone back and forth with the main two jobs that we were looking for here.  She may be working at Five Guys too.  We have also decided that I will look into getting into college sooner.  I might as well since I am not doing anything else productive right now.  I have looked into the University of Phoenix and will be touring two other campuses this week to decide.  UoP will probably be the best bet because I can start in late October.

Kaylor is amazing us.  She is so close to walking.  She's taken a few shaky steps but nothing to write home about yet.  I feel she will be so much happier when she finally just walks.  She's in a screaming stage right now and I think it's partly to do with her frustrations between not walking, tooth discomfort and these two people who keep telling her, "che, che, no, no, don't do that, that's not yours, that's not for you, stop sticking the cell phone charger in your mouth."  She is also waking up bright and early at 6 am.  We have been giving in and going for a walk as to not wake our roommates up.  Tomorrow, however, we are going to try to give her a bottle if she wakes up and see if she will go back to sleep.  Let's see.

Other than that, we miss our Louisiana family and hope to see them soon. 

8 mos

Here is our precious girl or as her uncle calls her, "My special princess."

She is really starting to walk a lot more...holding on still.  I'm not sure if I'm ready for her to walk yet because I feel she is still so young, but she will walk when she wants to.  I know, however, it will be a lot better for her to get around on her own when she wants to.  Also, she is starting to get a little heavy to carry.  

She has one tooth coming through on the bottom and one next to it that is trying to come up with it.  

7? 7? I'm in Heaven!

Our little one has made it to 7 mos.  She is adorable as ever.  She moves a ton and this is the picture could get of her that was still enough.  We took her to the park today and Ginny caught a few delightful shots of Kaylor on the swing for the first time.  We had her laughing pretty hard but when the camera came out, all went quiet.  How does she know?!  So, Ginny got between Kaylor and the camera so she could try to get her to laugh.  She only gave us a portion of laughter.  

• She is still using anything that will stand still for more than 5 seconds to pull herself up.  
• She crawls with a janky leg.  It's fairly hilarious.  
• She is laughing more.  
• No teeth yet, but she is chewing on everything in sight.  
• She loves dogs and is intrigued by them.  
• She's eating everything we give her and very well.  
• She can feed herself!  She can pick up things with her hand and even has then pincer grasp.  
• She wakes up very happy and likes to babble.
• She loves to play with her baby cousins.  

Our new travels...

An update you say?  For those of you only on here to look at Kaylor, here's your fix.

She is standing any opportunity she gets the chance.  Yes, she's only 6 mos, but almost 7!  We also got a "little" mirror to attach in the car so we can see her in the rear view mirror and so she can see herself.  This is the fourth one we've tried.  The first one only stayed on the window for a few minutes.  The second one was sufficient but we wanted something bigger.  We found another one that was bigger and had music and flashing lights but the batteries were drained very quickly.  So we decided to go with this one.  It works perfectly.  She likes to sleep with her froggie!  She's actually been doing so much better at sleeping through the night.  Hopefully, this will continue!

So, for those of you actually worried about us.  We have been in Arizona for two months now.  After much prayer, we have decided to move to California; the same city Ginny is from.  There is a ton of family there and we will a great support system, plus the weather is a lot better than Arizona and Louisiana.  We will be living with Ginny's uncle and aunt until we get jobs and find a place of our very own.  I've already applied at several locations and Ginny has had an interview and has three other jobs she has applied for.  Things will work out.

We have been so confused as to what's been going on with our lives but we know this; we were supposed to come to Arizona and we are supposed to move to California now.  We also know this has been for our benefit.  We have been stuck together with each other for 2 mos. straight and our relationship is stronger for it.  We know each other better now and are so happy to be together.  Plus, we've seen our creative side in finding things to do on a low budget in a hot area. 

We move to California Tuesday and are way excited.  We feel like it's the best for us all.  Westward Ho!