Last day

Today was my last day at Providence... needless to say, it was a very emotional day. It's just so hard for me to grasp that I won't be working with and seeing these people everyday! They've been a big part of my life for the last three and a half years, and have taught me everything I know about the career that I love. I managed to hold it together throughout the day with only minor breakdowns, but I still can't wrap my head around the fact that I don't work there anymore. It probably won't really hit me until I walk into Albany General and they slap a badge on me and ask me to scan. I am starting an exciting new chapter, but that doesn't make it any easier to close the old one. Payton's last day at Wee Care was also hard for me; those women are so amazing at what they do and the program they run, and I'm going to miss seeing them and all the little ones everyday!

My teachers and classmates made this for me, aren't they sweet?!?!

Payton is doing amazing, we say this all the time but every day she is more and more fun. She can now push herself up into the sitting position from the floor, and is even pulling herself to her knees by herself when she grabs onto something (see video below). She will put her foot under her like she wants to stand, but can't quite get her weight on it, her foot just slips everywhere :) She was a little cranky over the weekend, but I think we figured out why; her two front teeth on the top have popped through. She now has two teeth on the bottom, and four on the top. We're working on teaching her "gentle" (she likes to swat at people's faces when they get close) and also the concept of an "inside voice". I finally ordered her a new carseat, she is waaaay too big for her infant one. This one will go up to 70 pounds and can be both rear facing and front facing, so we should get several years worth of use out of it. She's slowly transitioning into 18 months sizes for clothes, one of her notes from Wee Care the other day said that she's starting to look like a toddler in her clothes, not just a baby. Weird to think February is just a few short weeks away...



The rest of the week Kyle and I are going to be getting organized, packing stuff up into boxes and getting ready to move the essential stuff. I also have to go shopping for work clothes, at my new job they don't wear scrubs, it's business casual with a lab coat. I don't have a lot of that stuff, and I don't think they want me to show up in my jeans and Ugg boots :) It's definitely a good excuse to go shopping!

I'll keep everyone updated on the move!