Hello! Just a quick update! Elphie is now taking steps by herself! She is also cutting new teeth on top (did I already tell you about those)? She took her first steps on Friday. I'm so proud! Well, that's it. xoxoxo

     Hello, everyone! What is up? Not a whole lot here, I got my girlbaby in my lap, and I'm waiting for Rick to get home from school. I feel like this is going to be a slow week. Not sure yet, but we'll see.

     Rick and I are going back to Granite Falls today to see about the apartment. The lady wanted me to call her Friday, but I couldn't get ahold of her so we're just going to go there. They are only open 3 hours a day (wtf?), so it's a small window to get things accomplished.

     So I was thinking. I have been thinking. About another baby. Right now, I am not on depo, because the doctor wanted me to take some hormone pills so I'd get my period, and then start depo, so that I'd start out "at zero hormones". And what I've been thinking is that maybe I don't want to go back on depo, since it can take up to 18 months for it to get out of your system and be able to conceive again. I'm thinking of using that Nuva (spelling?) Ring, since that doesn't stay in your system. I'm not wanting to get pregnant NOW but I really want Elphie and our next baby to only be about 2 years apart, so I'm thinking about starting to try again this Winter or next Spring.

     What do you think? Bad idea? Rick will have graduated from college by then, and we'll have our own place, and should be doing alright. Of course, if something happens and we end up not being able to afford a second one, we wouldn't try. But if things are going the way we think they will, I think I'd like to try for another girl.

     Speaking of whom, I'm already ahead of my own game. I've found this new crib-thing called the Amby Baby Motion Bed. It is kind of like a baby hammock. It is expensive on the website, but there are cheaper, used ones on ebay. I've heard a lot of good things about it. I dunno. Still gotta wait a while for it.

     I found a glider in the Iwanna that Rick and I are going to look at today. It'll go in Elphie's bedroom, of course. I hope it is decently nice. We'll see. We also  will have a crib for her --elphie is biting my arm, lol-- once we get into the apartment. This means she wont have to sleep in a play pen anymore, lol. Elphie is kissing her reflection in a small handheld mirror over and over.

     I am still only working 4 days a week (Thursday-Sunday), so I'm going to go to the mall this week and start looking for another (second) job. Well, Rick's here now and I've written enough, so goodbye!

FINALLY!

     Okidoke. So. Long time, no posty-posty.

     Why the "FINALLY!"? Well, it is because Ricky and I are finally getting an apartment! We've signed all the papers, we are just waiting for the OK to move our stuff. I am very glad to finally have our own space, our own place, but it feels kind of overwhelming.

     It also means that we have to start packing. I'm supposed to be doing just that right now. I've been wrapping Elphie's porcelin things up with old Times magazine pages and bubble wrap. From our room, it is mostly clothes, clothes, and more clothes that need to be moved. As for big things, we have the huge computer desk, two dressers, the bed, and the nightstand. As of late, we've spent as much as we could bare on things we'd need once on our own: towels, dishes, shower curtains, pans, trash cans, this and that, etc etc. All of that is already packed up.

     All we need now is a microwave, toaster, and tupperware. At least, that's all I can think of. I'm sure that once we're on our own, and not using my dad's stuff, we'll think of more. I really really need to go through all of our clothes and get rid of what we don't need/can't use. Especially Elphie's clothes. I'm not sure what to do with my maternity stuff yet, because Ricky and I will probably start working on another baby next Summer, since he'll be graduated and all. I dunno.

     Anyway, the best part of moving is that Elphie will have HER OWN ROOM! This means that Rick and I won't be so crowded! It's hard to fit all of our stuff AND her stuff into the same room. I'm sure I've said all that before.

     Well, I guess I should get back to wrapping and packing. See you guys around.