Almost 2 weeks of being 2

On July 30th, Audrey went to her first tea party. Audrey was the last girl in our Girly Girlz playgroup to turn 2. The oldest turned 2 exactly 6 months before Audrey on January 29, and guess what? She is also named Audrey! The only other one we've met! In celebration of all our Girlz being 2, we had "Tea for Twos" at the appropriately named Girly Girlz Boutique at Dana Park. Here is a quick, digital scrapbook of Audrey's first tea party.

Her 2 year well check was a week after her birthday on August 5th. Here is where she's at now:

Weight: 26.4 pounds in 45%tile -- moving up, she's been in 20th for long time.

Height: 33 inches in 24%tile -- will probably be taller than Mama, not more than Papa, so a good average "girl" height.


Our next big task...Potty Training! Yep, on Friday, August 15th I will be dead to the outside world for at least 3 days and then on limited availability for a while after that. I am attempting a method that gets the training done in a few days. It's basically clearing your schedule for those days and all you do is eat/sleep/breathe potty training because that is what you want your kid to do too. No phone, Internet, visitors, trips, etc for the 3 days. Then you just go back into your routine slowly, since there will obviously be changes. Of all the different methods I've read, at least I'm confident that Audrey definitely is ready, the hard part is when certain methods contradict each other. I decided I'm just going to pull what I feel Audrey is going to grasp onto, and also what I am willing to do. I'll be sure to report how things go, as it will be the sole part of my life for a while!

In other news, Paul's official last day at SECON was this past Friday, the 8th. He is now only self-employed. He can devote all his time to Victory Electric, LLC and not have to worry about his job at SECON anymore. The last couple months have been really busy because they were working on a school, he worked most Saturdays and sometimes Sundays too. So that amount of overtime is nice for these past couple months as we knew this day of him quitting was coming closer. He also has two weeks of vacation that he didn't use so that is an extra two weeks of pay for our bank account, yea!!! I'm not quite sure how things are going to go and not being able to count on a regular paycheck from either of us is pretty scary right now. However, I know that this is the step we need to take for Victory Electric to have a fair chance of being where Paul and his partner want it to go. They have a couple jobs lined up and a lot of contacts, so now Paul has all the time to spend on getting all that worked out. I'll be trying to substitute a lot more whenever I can to help out as things get moving. What is nice is that Paul can make is own schedule so he can be home with Audrey if his sister is working on a day I get an offer. There is no use paying for childcare so that I can sub, so that is a perk. She'll be able to spend some days just with Papa too! If you know anyone that needs an electrician, PLEASE send them our way! They do both residential and commercial, so pretty much anything. Just ask! Also, any thoughts and prayers would be appreciated too. Thanks!