Today is Murad's 28th birthday, as well as Sam & Maya's first birthday. So hard to believe they're a year old. Actually it's not hard to understand especially since they are HUGE. Sam is 70 lbs. and Maya is a bit over 50 lbs. Crazy! I started running with them (not far so don't get your hopes up) Sam is not much of a runner. He tries to attack Maya the whole time. So now, I walk them both then I drop Sam off at home and Maya and I go run. I love running with her. She loves to run and she's so energetic. It's like our mother/daughter bonding time...cheesy, I know!
Today I talked to Abby and I was so proud. Today was her first day of school (1st grade). She is growing up so fast. I miss her so much. She sounded so mature on the phone. She sounded so different than the little girl who spent the last month with us. I've only known Abby for a year and a half, but I still feel like my baby is growing up. I guess all my babies are growing. I remember when Sam was just a little tyke and I could cradle him in my arms. Now he is a big lug. I love my family. I'm so blessed to have them all.
Speaking of family. I was able to reconnect with some of my cousins and one of my uncles. It's hard when people divorce and life drifts you away from the people who share your history. I found my cousin on facebook and we exchanged phone numbers. On Saturday we talked on the phone for four hours. It was so good to hear their voices, catch up and see how similar we are despite our different upbringings. I know growing up I felt a lot of anger towards my parents and uncles for not keeping us connected, but I see that my parents wanted to shield us from a lot of things and allow us to develop our own opinions once we got older. However, it still hurts to know that all this time passed without talking. Hopefully now the younger generation can pick up the pieces and bring our family back together. I've never been more proud and blessed to be a member of the Woodard family.
Tonight is my last night before returning to work. I'm did a lot of cleaning this weekend, so today was just chill. I'm enjoying a glass of wine, watching TV and working on wedding stuff. My two dogs are passed out and my fiance is at work (I know crappy that he's working on his birthday). I got my hair done today and I got bangs. I thought I needed something fresh and funky for the new school year.
We are nearing the 7 month mark until the wedding. I can not wait for this day to come. I keep thinking about our future as a couple and I can not wait for it. I can't wait for the wedding, honeymoon (hopefully*), buying a home, continuing our education, growing in our careers, getting more dogs and of course having BABIES. I can't wait for the ups and downs of marriage and how we'll get through it.
Hopefully, after Murad graduates next fall we will know if we are staying in Dallas or not. He's applying all over for his master's/Ph.D, but will do his best to stay here. If we stay in Dallas we're definitely buying a home here in North Dallas. We decided we're not ready for the suburbs. His job is in North Dallas, my job is here (Richardson). Plus since we're not having kids anytime soon we can stay in a house for a while, build some equity and then move to the suburbs. We're just so young and we love Dallas. Suburbs make us feel old. I'm not looking forward to packing our stuff and repairing the damage our dogs have done...eek! Oh well, we have a year and a half to do all that stuff! We'll see where life takes us!
So, I have to brag on my fiance! He was nominated for employee of the month! I think he really enjoys his job. He has only worked there for a while, and he's been promoted and all the staff love him. He can also change positions (tech to social worker) while he's in grad school! He also received a tuition grant from UNT this fall for having a 3.5 GPA! This couldn't have come at a better time because we were worried about buying our plane tickets for New Jersey. Now we can definitely go there for Thanksgiving! YEAH! I can not wait for another PHILLY CHEESESTEAK! I've been craving one...
On that note, I'm off to get ready for bed! Say good-bye to Ashlea because tomorrow I'm back to Ms. Woodard!
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3 comments:
@Wow, lots of good news. Happy birthday to all. You'll have to make sure your human babies are born around your birthday, that way you can share in the fun too:)
Good luck with another year of school. Sounds like it'll keep you plenty busy!
I can kind of relate to this entry because I recently started paying attention to Facebook and have started reconnecting with some old friends from high school. It's been years since I've talked to them (on purpose) and I'm not sure why. I just had such bad memories from my childhood, and I think I wanted to put the whole damned town behind me. I guess I'm in a healthier place now.
Your hair is adorable, by the way.
welcome back ms woodard : )
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