I'm Back!!

Let me just start off by saying that I haven't blogged in about 8 months, because I was originally going to start a new blog. I ended up changing my mind, but when I tried to log into this blog, I couldn't remember my password. Turned out that it wasn't my password I didn't know, but the login. I finally figured it out after messing around with it forever.
I went back and read some of the things I had posted and I was embarassed, shocked, sad, happy...a bunch of emotions came over me. Initally, when things started getting bad with my personal life, I wanted to be able to vent, but because certain people checked up on my blog every now and then, I didn't want to use this one and to start over "fresh" if that makes sense.
I decided that a blog is a way to vent, and although looking back at some of the stuff posted on it made me feel all these different emotions, it is a part of my life, a part of my past. When you make a blog, it's like you're writing an autobiography. So with that said, I think it's nice to see how much I've changed and grew through out all of my experiences.

I do NOT have enough hours in the day to sit here and catch up with everything that has happened since I last blogged, so I will just blog as if I have been for all of this time to make it easier on everyone, especially myself.

I moved from Tucson to Glendale almost 4 months ago. Not only for the change of scenery, but there are a lot more job opportunities here. I was working at a daycare that was dysfunctional, a far drive and I wasn't getting paid enough when I had to pay for Lily's daycare, gas, etc. Getting a job here was so much easier and they pay better as well.

Some updates on Liliana:

She is such a little diva. I honestly don't know where she got it from, but either way, it's cute (at times). She loves necklaces or anything she "thinks" is a necklace. She loves purses and phones and anything pink. If we are in a store and she sees something bright pink, she will freak out. I am not a fan of the color pink, so it's funny that she's so attracted to the color.
She is also a huge animal lover. We have a dog who she loves to annoy. Recently, she has been trying to climb up on top of him and ride him. She's still too short to do that, but I'll give it a month or two before she is finally able to get up on him. Our neighbor has the prettiest black and white cat. He is always meowing at my door, so sometimes I let him in. Lily will follow him around the house, tackle him and give him a hug. He's not a huge fan of her, but he's gentle.

Lily has a mouth full of teeth now. Which makes me happy because they came in late. I had to keep her on formula longer than I wanted to because she wasn't able to chew alot of adult foods. Now that her teeth are in, she will eat everything and anything. She eats more than I do....literally. I have no idea where the food goes, but I love being able to cook anything and know she will eat it. The ONLY two things that she won't eat/drink are mashed potatoes and milk. I think she might be allergic to milk because when I tried to give her some, she was up that whole night throwing up. I've been subsituting it with soy milk and she absolutely loves that. She drinks about 3-4 sippy cups of it a day. I feel as if she is the only child that will not eat mashed potatoes. I don't know if it's the consistency or what, but I've tried multiple times and it's just not something she's interested in eating.
She is still small for her age. She will be 17 months in a little than two weeks and is wearing 6-9 month clothes. The weather has recently gotten colder, so I went out and bought her a few long sleeved onsies and a couple pairs of pants. Every paycheck I am going to get her something to stock up for the cold weather.

Not too much to update on myself other than me going back to school. I will be going to school full-time in January to get a degree in criminal justice. I'm on the fence about what I want to do with that degree, but at least I have my foot in the door. The school is about 5 minutes away from where I live and they even have a daycare which is a huge plus! I'm anxious and excited to be going back to school. It will be hard jumping back into it, but I know that in the long run, it will all be worth it.

That's all for now. I don't want to blog too much tonight and then not have anything to say for the next blog. Stay tuned :)