Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Stressful Week...Is that an Understatement?

So far, this week has been ANYTHING but relaxing. At work, we started out the week with "New Resident Sign Ups" and BOY were we asking for it! We had lines out the door and down the street full of girls waiting to sign up to live at Liberty Square. And now, I get to try and place all these people while trying to accommodate all their preferences. What a nightmare! And that's only the first part of accepting the application--now our office girls have to check references (slow going so far...) and then all these new residents have to be entered into our system. NOT TO MENTION--this all needs to be done within two weeks! I suppose the good news in all of this is we're already almost full for girls after a day of accepting applications (To give you an idea of how massive yesterday was, we have a total of about 400 girls spots and they're ALMOST full!). Work now and then relax later, i guess.

In other news, Maddie is just as cute as ever. She had her first Cheerio today and LOVED it. :) Mom almost had a heart attack when she gagged for a second at the texture (I thought she was choking!!) We also found out that she absolutely loves peas! Who knew?!? We were a bit surprised and taken aback when she fussed for more. After all, aren't babies supposed to hate vegetables? If so, our baby is going against the grain. She seems to love them--her absolute favorite (so far) is squash and will eat a WHOLE jar with no problem. Funny how babies are so different, eh? She's getting closer to crawling--she's learned to push her back and bottom into the crawling position and rocks back and forth--no motion quite yet, however. We're not complaining though. We hear that once they're mobile there's no stopping them, so we're enjoying the last "hour" of a free baby-proof home. Although...we can tell she's almost there!

If it's even possible, we're becoming more and more excited about our upcoming trip to Disney World! :) Yes, it's 84 days away, but that gives me something to look forward to every day that I have to go to work. It'll be fun to have that week off to spend at the happiest place on earth with my family! I'll spare you the Disney clipart THIS post, but expect to see it more often than not.

2 comments:

Gloria said...

I love your Days to Disney coutdown (btw) :) And I'm sorry about having a stressful week! I think it still surprises me at how quickly those girl slots go! Especially with the price being a bit higher than a lot of other places. But at least you're almost full so you won't have to stress about filling them up :) And yay for Maddie! Maybe by disneyland she'll be able to walk around! haha I don't know if you're ready for her to grow up THAT fast! :) Anyway I hope this week's better!

Cheri said...

Grace absolutely loved squash and now she is NOT a picky eater at all. Her favorite foods include tomatoes, grilled onions, and bread. Of course, she is also crazy for the typical toddler things. Maybe Maddie will just be great at eating a wide variety of foods. I love it because I can cook whatever I want and she'll still eat it!