Evaluation

We went to Amy's evaluation this morning, and I don't really know how it went. They sent me home with a lot of questionnaires to fill out, and once they score them, Amy might have to go to another evaluation. I'm not really sure how I do or should feel about that. I mean, I know her speech is behind, but what else do they think is wrong with her that I need to do all of this?
I don't know, I guess I just have to do it and see what happens.

Tomorrow is the big day

Amy has her evaluation for preschool tomorrow, and I really hope it goes well. If she qualifies, she probably start in October, right after she turns three. She is currently in speech therapy, which has been great, she's made a lot of progress, but I think it will be even better if she can go to preschool. I won't find out if she does qualify until late September though. Our next appointment is a month after this one. So it's going to be tough waiting that long.

On Saturday, I will be flying to Texas to go to my cousin, Lacey's, wedding. I'm super excited for it! Her fiance, Bryan, is a really great guy and they are perfect for each other. And next Wednesday is her bachelorette party. I decided that I didn't want to do the typical kind, so I made a whole day and night out of it and we are gonna do several different fun things. I can't mention them here in case by chance she reads this, because its all gonna be a surprise to her. But I will do my best to post pictures afterward  :)

This trip, I will be travelling alone. Amy is staying home with Brandon. I almost don't remember what it's like to fly without a young child. I'm looking forward to it :)
As much as I will miss Brandon and Amy, a vacation will be nice

One person dance party

Listening to music, dancing around my kitchen and baking, all in pajamas. Yep. Brandon must be working late tonight.

Fitness and other happenings in life

So I have made several attempts at getting in shape, but they've all slowly stopped for one reason or another. Hopefully this time is different. I decided to post it on here in hopes that I can feel more accountable. (Does that actually work?)
I've been trying to eat heathier foods for a couple weeks now and joined a gym just over a week ago. It has childcare, so I don't have to worry about waking up to go super early before Brandon has to leave for work or anything, which helps a lot. Several of my past attempts at getting in shape meant I had to wake up really early and either go running or go to the 'gym' at our old apartment. Those failed because for one reason or another, I didn't want to wake up that early. Now, I can start our day out normally and go when I want to. Amy gets to play in a room with a bunch of toys and other kids, so she enjoys it a lot. It's an all around win!
So I've gone almost every day so far and I'm actually starting to feel the effects of it. Not the soreness, that came pretty quickly, though not near as bad as I thought it would be. I feel better about myself. I know I don't look any different, but the number on the scale went down a little bit and I just feel good. The first couple of days were really difficult, but it's already getting easier and I can actually push myself to do more challenging workouts. I also feel like I am bursting with energy today. I always thought that was a myth before because my 3x a week workouts for 3 weeks never changed the way I felt, but it has now, even in a shorter period of time. I think the fact that I have been going more and pushing myself more have helped.
I just hope I can keep this up. I don't know if I will continue to go everyday in the future, but I like doing so now, so we will see. I also hope to get Brandon to go with me sometimes!
Oh, and another cool thing is that this gym has two locations in San Antonio that I can also use, so it will be nice to continue to exercise when I go down there in a few weeks!

Speaking of Texas, I am so excited for that trip. It's for my cousin Lacey's wedding. I am her matron of honor and couldn't be more thrilled to stand up there with her. Seeing all of my family for a happier occasion than the last one will be really nice too. And, this trip, I am going all alone. Amy and Brandon are staying home, so its like a vacation :)  I will miss them a lot of course and would love if they could both come with me, but they can't. So Brandon is staying home with Amy all week, which I think both of them will really enjoy. And I get a childfree week. I am really looking forward to a plane ride without a 2 year old next to me. It's gonna be so relaxing :)

And at the end of this trip, Brandon's mom Amy is gonna come visit us! We're really happy about that too. There has been so much going on with her, she needs a vacation, so hopefully we can make this one good! And now that we have a second car, we can go do fun things during the day.

So the next month has a lot in store for us, and I think it will be great!

I never knew having a real yard was such a luxary

Since we had our house built, it didn't come with a landscaped yard, only some dirt behind the house with weeds in it. It wasn't even supposed to come with this retaining wall, but we made the builders add it in because our yard was such a steep hill that it was pretty much unusable. The wall isn't very pretty, but it does the job.

Before picture:

During:

 And after!:

Such a transformation!

So now we have a completely landscaped back yard that I think looks really nice (at least compared to the dirt we had back there before.) And now Amy has a place to play. The only tough thing is that we can't use it for two weeks because we have to let the grass root on its own without us stomping all over it. I'm counting down the days!
I'll probably take more pictures in the distant future when the trees and bushes all start growing in (2 trees and 6 bushes total)

Btw, isn't it perfect for a slip n' slide! I can't wait until next summer :)