It's been a busy two weeks!

My, my, how time does fly!
Two weeks have passed and I haven't had a single moment to write. I am full time teaching now and Kindergarten is A LOT of work. They should get paid more. More than anyone else. I'm not sure doctors do this much work. I'm sure I work close to 70hrs a week. So the time spent is also comparable. $30,000 a year? To start? I am laughing. I applaud you people who stick with it. As for me, I am quickly realizing that I don't think I'm cut out for this age group. I just don't get them. I try very hard, but I just stink at teaching kindergarten. Sixth grade, I was awesome! Kids loved and respected me. Kindergarten? I'm either making them cry or they're running all over me. Argh! But I will do my best. I may be an awful kindergarten teacher, but they still deserve to learn something...
Anyway. Enough of my pouting and onto the baby!
Daddy was sick this past Monday. So I was home with the two of them all day. Daddy is still recovering but doing better and Aidie hasn't caught what it is/was. Thank GOD!
We have been having lots of fun. We have recently been doing lots more "big girl" things. We had applesauce the other day (home made from orchard apples!). Aidie ate SO MUCH! We probably pureed a third of an apple and she ate the whole thing! And they were BIG apples. Dan has apparently been sneaking her tastes of things. such as orange juice and pear juice... She is really wanting food food. I believe it is time!
She has also been showing quite the aptitude for music over the past couple of weeks. Which we are SUPER excited about. She loves listening to anything with strings as compared to horns (we are NOT a fan) and we are still loving to dance to loud music. She had a dance party with Grammy and Grampy King the other day. I got over to pick her up and the music was blaring and she was happy as a clam :-) She is also super interested in the keyboard. I don't have a piano. So when I want to play, I use my keyboard and she has been playing with me. We sing a song every night before bed and the funniest thing happened today: I was singing and playing and she was "playing" too. Well, I stopped to let her play by herself, but then she stopped too. So I started back up again and so did she. We did this a couple of times until I decided I would stop playing and just sing. Well, as long as I kept singing, she kept playing! It was hysterical! I wish I'd had a video camera recording!
Other big thing is that she is now book obsessive. She loves to hold books and turn the pages for me when we have story time. She is particularly fond of texture books and is REALLY enjoying A Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein. Guess all that reading when I was pregnant paid off!
I just pulled out all of her 6-9 month clothes today. She is getting so big! I can't believe she is fitting into them. I have to stop myself from crying every time I look at an outfit she can't fit into anymore. It's not that I'm sad she's getting bigger, I don't know what it is... Just the realization that she is growing up already! Part of it too is that my milk supply is quickly on its way out the door. I have enough for maybe a couple snacks a day and that's about it. That has also been making me super emotional (as I always had a rough time). So I think it is all just coming together at once.
We have Aidie signed up for daycare too. She is probably going to start here within a few weeks we think. Poor Daddy has had more than he could handle for a while. This will give him a bit of a break to move onto a new job possibly!
Anyway. Pretty good couple of weeks. We are growing, teething (still none yet!), and charming.

5 MONTHS!!!

Wow! How time flies! Five months ago from this very moment, I was in labor and had just received my epidural (after dilating 3cm in two hours!) not very long ago. In fact, I think my friend Lilly had shown up at about this time and we were chatting and watching a movie. LOL. And people said I wouldn't watch it. HA! Aidie would be born six hours from now. Wow!
Now she is rolling, scooting, sitting supported, attempting to push out teeth, growing like a weed, chattering, squealing, laughing, and charming the socks off every person she comes in contact with. So much in so little time. I can't believe it! She is so big already.
She is in six month clothes now and can finally wear her size two shoes. So we have her in full outfits now.
We had my friend Bridget over last night to visit, who just loved her. But she refused to be photographed (typical). She claimed it was due to her "grease fest" as she called it. Oh well... she promised photo ops for October meeting. I'm holding her to it!
Aidie and Daddy have been having busy days while I've been at school for my 12hr. days. They took Grandpa Wisley to physical therapy. The nurses were apparently in LOVE with her. She is quite the distraction and gave Mark a bit of break so they could play and chat with little Aidie Ryelle. So funny.
Daddy, Aidie and Cainy all took a hike one day. They explored some back area of McCormick's Creek. This pictures are pretty and Aidie loves her stroller and Caina loves to go for walks too :-) Daddy got photo time. Everyone was happy!
We also got to introduce Aidie to cousin Patrick this past Sunday and visit with auntie Pam and the Rust bunch. Lots of fun pictures! We had a fun time and can't wait to hear the news about little fetus Rust :-)
We took Aidie to the zoo after daddy's birthday on Sunday for a family togetherness day. First day we've had together in a while. Memorial day was a great day. The zoo was more packed then I've ever seen it, but we still had fun. Plus it was way easier using the stroller than putting her in the sling. She is getting so heavy these days and it's too hot for that much contact!
Other than that. She is growing SO fast. I can't believe that in a month she will be half a year old. Ahhhh! Where does the time go?

Week 20

Aidie always has this super intense look on her face of: "Yes. Can I help you with something? Oh... these? They are toes and are quite fascinating. Now if you wouldn't mind, I would like to return to my previous dilemma of attempting to fit them in my mouth. Thank you." She's quite the little proper lady in my head. LOL.

I think that at some point in every blog I have exciting news, but Aidie's little life has just been one excitement after another. So, surprise, surprise, we have another exciting news flash: Aidie is now rolling over back to front AND front to back! Yippee! So exciting. She rolled over back to front for the first time yesterday evening. She was playing under her play gym rolling side to side and just went over. I think it kind of surprised her, and no wonder as she got stuck on the side of the play gym. When I moved it, she went all the way on her tummy and she had this look on her face:

I feel like it says "What the heck just happened!?!" Super exciting!

On other news. We are happy and healthy. She and daddy are still having some issues getting used to one another. I think it may be better when we send her to daycare and there aren't mommy smells about all the time. She is just particularly fussy for daddy and super excited and happy for me, which makes daddy feel bad... I just keep telling him that while she may want me more now, his time is coming. Most girls are daddy's girls at some point ;-)