January 17th, 2006

Ileigh starts daycare tomorrow! I am nervous and excited. I plan to stay with her for an hour or so. Then I need to come home and study for my test!
Ileigh is starting to talk! She is definetly trying, anyways. She even said crap yesterday. oops!Today she said Mama, up, uh oh, more, and water. She doesn't annunciate too well, but it is definetely coming.
She is so cute and such a devil at the same time! She is still trying to hurt us when she is mad or sometimes if she gets hurt, she has a temper about it. She also gets pretty angry when daddy or Austin pick her up when she wants me. I feel so sorry for Austin when he is only trying to comfort her and she smacks him! Thank goodness he is old enough to understand.
I am pretty sure we are having a house built instead of buying in our area. It is gorgeous. 3,500 sq ft and 5 bedrooms. It is just a little far away from jobs and family. Still in Phoenix though. We won't be able to move in for 9 mos or so though. Here is a link to the home site. The one we like is the foothills. http://www.hancockcommunities.com/find/homes.php?community=178&home=897#
I was planning and kindof in the process of switching Austin's school anyways. They are going to rebuild the entire school (4-8th grades) and it will take 2 years. Austin will not have a playground again until 7th grade. I am sure classes will be chaotic when the building gets going. I am just so frustrated with the school policies and homework anyways. I have him on the waiting list at a montessori school.
Yesterday we took Ileigh for a bike ride. She actually likes her helmet! The kid won't wear hats but is fine with her big bug eyed ladybug helmet. Go figure. It was all going great until we got out on a busy road. There was a dirt path and it was covered with leaves. The leaves were hiding a 4 foot ditch in the middle of the path. Andy's whole front of the bike went right into it as the back of the bike (e.i. Ileigh) went up into the air over him. He quickly flipped over and tried to catch the bike before her face hit. He did a pretty good job and she just landed on her side and scratched up her arm. She did scream a bit, but it was mostly fear. Can't really blame her. I hope she will get in there again!
One last thing I need to tell you. I was at a baby resale store when I heard a woman calling her daughter ileigh. I asked her about it and she confirmed. It is a family swedish name of theirs. She spells it Aili. After talking a while, I found out I went to school with her husband. We had a playdate at the park Saturday. Here are Ileigh and Aili.

Wish Ileigh and I good luck tomorrow!