Life is Good

Really, it is good.  Endrit loves his job.  I love being a mom for Marsi.  We don't have another one on the way and we are good with that too.  The kitties are fun.  Marsi is getting tons more words and amazes me all the time.  She started to name more specific characters that she likes on her favorite 2 shows (Princess Pea and Abby).   We are learning more and more about her lactose intolerance.  It is sad, but it is something that we figured we would have to deal with because of Endrit's family history.
I got my first sunburn of the season, and hopefully my last.  Lesson learned, again.  I am trying to learn some Albanian words to teach Marsi.  I am working on body parts right now.  3 down, a few to go.
Marsi got to experience her first Colorado thunderstorm.  She absolutely loved it.  She splashed in the puddles and went "oooh" when she saw lightning and heard thunder.

 

Official Bed

We decided to forego a toddler bed and just got Marsi a twin bed today.  I am so happy that she is so happy to have this bed.  She wanted to go to bed before her bath tonight, even though she was naked.  She wanted to go to bed right after her bath and I had to remind her she needed to drink her bottle.  After her bottle, she ran to her room to get in bed...without Clifford!  Clifford is her lovey, and she forgot him!  Needless to say, she is extremely excited to be a big girl with a big girl bed.

Daddy likes the bed too.

For the hard days

Anyone who has ever been a parent knows that it definitely isn't all cupcakes and sunshine when you have a child.  Today for me was pure exhaustion wrapped up in a migraine.  It was really hard to see the joy in motherhood when Marsi refused to take her nap.  But, when she learns new things, or gives me the most precious smile in the world, I am reminded every second is worth it.

Flash Cards

Marsi is getting so much better at learning her letters.  It is so much fun to watch her learn.  As a teacher, this is fascinating to me.

Big girl

I have been toying with the thought of transferring Marsi into a big girl bed for a while.  She woke up in the middle of the night a couple of nights ago because she had thrown all of her binks out and she was sad.  So, today I did a test run to see if she might be ready for a big girl bed.  She loved it.  She loves to be able to run around the room and jump on the bed I set up.  She even fell asleep on the bed when all was said and done. So, Endrit and I decided that this Saturday, we are heading to Denver and getting her a twin bed with a railing.  She is growing up so fast.

At night, it was a little more of a fight.  She fought sleep for a long time.  But, we survived and she fell asleep.  She will get used to it and it will be perfect.

Debts

Something that both Endrit and I agree on is to get and stay out of debt.  We are very lucky that I was able to pay my student loans of really quickly.  Endrit graduated 1.5 years ago (right before Marsi was born) and today, he called the loan holder, got the payoff amount, and made the final payment on his student loans!

It is so nice to have that debt paid off.  Next debt payoff will be in a few months when we finish paying Endrit's parents for our car.  Then, it will only be our house payments.  It is SO nice!

Now we will be able to pay cash for our iPads at the beginning of next month :)

3T

Marsi now wears 3T clothing for the most part.  She is just a big girl!  This means most of her Sunday dresses do not fit her anymore.  I went shopping this morning and absolutely fell in love with this dress combo!