Walkie-walkerson

Oh my goodness the past 2 days Tegan has decided she no longer wants to crawl. Okay, actually she still crawls a lot, but she can walk across the entire room now! BY HERSELF and I don't even have to lure her anymore. She just does it. Tonight, Charles walked away while she was standing in the kitchen and he went into the living room. Well, here she comes. Walked from the middle of the kitchen to the middle of the living room. Tomorrow marks 2 weeks until her 1st birthday. Which reminds me...good news and bad news.

The good news...I got a job. A crappy one, but hey, can't really complain since a lot of people don't have one at all. I start Jan. 26 and I work Mon-Fri 3:30pm to 12:05 am. The hours really suck, but they should get better. I do 5 weeks of that schedule, for training, then I am not sure of my hours, but it will be daytime. It's with a company called Convergys who does customer service contracting with AT&T. Specifically, I'll be on a headset all day answering calls from people complaining about AT&T wireless problems. Fun fun fun. Not nearly enough money to hear people complain all day, but I'm just hoping to suck it up long enough to find something else. Tegan will be going to daycare across the street (literally) from 3:00-5:30 when Charles gets off work. And this brings me to the bad news...

We won't be able to have Tegan's birthday party in AL like we planned. I work until 12:05am Friday night and would have to leave early Saturday just to make it down there on time for her planned noon Saturday party. Then leave the next day to come back so Charles can be at work Monday. So, I think it will just be Tegan, Charles, my mom and I here for the weekend having a small family party. Some cupcakes and such. It really breaks my heart that this job is the reason Tegan won't have a big 1st birthday, but there really is no other way around it. :( I really need this job and I am not allowed any days off from training. If anyone wants to come visit sometime in February just let us know and we'll figure out a weekend. I wish I could just tell everyone to come up here but we just don't have room to host many people. I will take lots of pictures and video so everyone can see though, and hopefully that will make up for it.

Here are some recent videos of her walking and clapping!

Charles swears she's going to be a breakdancer...which is why she is donning the outfit...