I LOVE our home here, which was chosen based on the commute time for DH. I do feel like all I do is drive though as it takes us approx. 25-30 mins to get to anywhere from our home. Anywhere being the mall, food other than McDonald's and Subway, the best grocery store in town (Earth Fare), a church we tried and liked, our doctors on post, Skittle's preschool, gymnastics class etc. I'm not sure if we would have stayed in this neighborhood or not had we come out and checked out the town before we moved.
Skittle has had some big changes to deal with since moving here. She's pretty much potty trained (well, pee trained) during the day, sleeps in a "big girl bed" and has almost completely given up napping...almost. We're trying to work through some pretty big fears right now too. Since she was about 6 months old, going to the doctor, according to her, was downright frightening. Getting her to cooperate was and is extremely difficult at the doctors office. The instant she would see the weigh in room, she would cry and scream until we left. We had to do a school screening over the weekend and let me tell you, this child has some deep seeded fear of going to the doctor. No matter how much we talked about it beforehand, there was absolutely NOTHING we could do or say to get her to stand on the scale, measure how tall she was, do an eye sight test, or do a hearing test. She's always been a child that needs time to warm up to people who will be touching her or asking her to do things she does not want to do. We have learned that if she says she won't do something, she won't. I even bribed my child with offering her anything she wanted, including getting her a pony if she would just put those dang headphones on for her hearing test. After 20 minutes of blood curdling screams, she "failed" the test. (uh, really she failed to PREFORM the test, but whatever). Anyone have any advice on how to deal with this? Is it something she will outgrow? I will add that she also had to get a booster shot and that part was easy. She climbed right up on the table, laid down, and they administered the vaccine. Go figure.
She also has a HUGE fear of public restrooms and getting a hair cut...maybe I'll save those for another blog post.
I really don't have many pictures yet of our life here in GA. I will say that I do have a new hobby of selling and buying on eBay. Here's a picture of part of one weeks shipments. (If anyone is interested in any cloth diapers, I'm selling some of our stash on eBay right now.)
And of Skittle doing a handstand against the couch.
And two of her about to sleep in her big bed. She's generally a very good "night time" sleeper (sleeping up to 15 straight hours at a time) but this week has been tough. Last night was the first in several days that she got a great nights sleep. It definitely shows in her attitude and behavior when she's gotten enough rest!
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