Okay Okay Okay I know that I have really really really sucked at this whole blogging thing and it is something that i am beating myself up for, I am so far behind that I have really been putting off even doing the blog which as everyone knows makes me even more behind!!! SOOOOO here we go! There will be a couple posts coming your way!
First and for more California is amazing and I am so thankful for the chance to be here and being able to see how much I am learning and growing! I wake up everyday and have something new to appreciate and lay my head down ever night going, "yes i did this today, or i learned this. Or even I can do this and I am doing this!" Best feelings in the world! I cant even begin to believe how much I have learned since I have been here!!!!
New Years was a good start, i cant believe it is 2012. I remember 1995 and riding my bike and being 7 years old and here I am going on 23 and wishing i could ride my bike everyday just for the heck of it! yes please! :D It was a quiet evening for me at home, I dont know anyone here and I am not the type of person to just go hang out with a bunch of random people so instead i watched tv and came up with a cute text to send out to all my loved ones, and I have to say that I was pretty proud of myself. I was in bed I think right after the clock struck 12 and I was perfectly fine with that! :D
On the 11th of January we made our way up the coast to Santa Barbara and man was that trip amazing, the babies were angels, we ate some great food and I got to see and experience yet another beautiful city. By the time we came home i was then torn between if i wanted to live in Santa Barbara or Dana Point! It was just so beautiful and relaxing and wow the life style there was so relaxed and just walking down the street was such a joy! We got to go shopping at the cute little shops there, I soaked up the sun everyday I was there while i laid by the pool and sipped on some champagne.... nummy is all I can say and yet again I was quickly reminded why i am in school for my degree cause this is the life style that I wanted to provide for not only me but my future husband and my kids. Cameron and Amy have yet again allowed me to see another beautiful part of life and what there is out there for me and for that I will forever be grateful. They have really shown my so much about life and who I can and want to be as a person! It is such a joy to sit down around a table with them or on the couches and just talk, i feel like I learn something new every time!
The babies turned 6 months old on January 19th and it is so strange to see how much they had grown! about a week before we left for Santa Barbara we decided to sleep train the babies and get them out of the habit of waking up every 2 hr or sleeping in swings or having to be swaddled. Let me tell you it was a couple rough days hearing them cry during nap time or bed time but was so worth it in the end for everyone involved, the babies have learned the tools to sooth themselves and mom, dad, and nanny are getting more sleep which makes for happy individuals! Cameron & Amy did amazing during it all and were very consistant and really pushed hard to do what was best for the babies and for that I commend them! It was such a growing and eye opening experience for me. Amy then came up with a great business idea for me when I come home and that Is to go into the homes of newer parents, esp twin mom and dads and provide them with the tools to effectively sleep train their babies. Yet again allowing me to do something that I love and something that I am really good at! January flew by just as the rest of the year is going to I have a feeling! I am so thankful and blessed for all that I have been given the oppertunity to do while I am here! I love Cameron and Amy and the babies and it never gets old seeing them everyday!
I guess another very important thing that happened this month is that I tried Sushi and more importantly LOVED sushi!!! Yes I said it, I loved sushi! This is music to one of my best friends back homes ears and I really cant wait to get back to SLC so we can go on a sushi date together!!!
Also I did want to say I have one thing I want to clear up, in my previous posts I talk about how I always wanted 5 kids and now that I have nannied for the twins I no longer want 5. I want to make sure everyone knows that it is not because the twins make me hate kids or that they are hard babies or that I hate my job cause it is so far from the truth. I have changed my view on kids because I am able to see the life style that is provided for the twins and all the things that I so badly want to give to my kids... I love the twins more then i ever imagined I would and they bring such a light to my life and I am thankful for them everyday! I am blessed to get to be part of their life as well as their mom and dads life, I learn so much from Cameron and Amy anything from how to cook chicken to how to raise kids or have an affective conversation with your spouse! I am so thankful for all they teach me everyday and all I get to learn!
