4 Months in One Post!!

Halloween

Ella with her birthday crown from school

At the beach

At the dentist

School play

First week of school

So much has happened in these last four months!! I can't believe I never even got on here even just for a little update!! I successfully passed my first semester of nursing school!! It was very challenging for me, but was able to get through it. I have a harder time with the pharmacology than anything and thankfully I only have one more semester of that left. I still have a couple more weeks on my break in between semesters. I have enjoyed this time off being with family and trying to rest up for next semester. I have had a lot of fun with Ella. I've also been trying to catch up with some of my friends over the break. I feel like I have so much free time on my hands. I even have begged co-workers for some more hours. I feel so useless having 4 whole days off in a row. Soon enough it will be 0, so I better enjoy it while it lasts.

I'll try to go in order of these past few months with what I remember:

Halloween: Ella was Cinderella and was very excited this year to go trick or treating. We went over to Auntie's house and she went around the neighbor's houses with her cousins.

Christmas: We had my family over for Christmas Eve and Ella went to bed about 2 am. We woke up on Christmas day at 8 am and Ella was so excited to open all of her presents. Then I had to work from 10-2 and met them at my in-laws for dinner. This was Ella's favorite Christmas yet because she finally could understand what was going on.

This week Ella had her 3rd dentist appointment. The last few times we went, she screamed and cried and wouldn't let them clean her teeth. We prepped her as good as we could for this visit. I even wore a mask when I brushed her teeth a few days before, read her a visiting the dentist book, and bribed her like no tomorrow. It ended up working! She was so good the whole time. I think just the age difference of being 6 months older really helped. She got all kinds of prizes and then I took her to lunch, ice cream, and the beach.

Her 4 year birthday is this Sunday. I'm really glad she is a part of my life and I get to spend at least part of my day with her everyday. She gives my life much more purpose.