I feel like maybe updating every few months is my new thing. Hehe.
Things have been going pretty good! Sean is great. He is loving daycare still. He is learning so much everyday. He got grounded for the first time on Monday. He has been having a pretty hard time going to sleep at nights (staying up as late as 11:30pm some nights). Well Monday night was one of these nights, and when I walked by his door and saw his light still on at 11:00pm, I opened his door to find him standing on his bed drawing all over his wall. Oh boy was I fuming. We removed his tv and art desk from his room that night and told him no tv for five days. He seems to understand that coloring is only for paper because I would re-explain to him everyday that coloring is for paper and not walls, and he would apologize for coloring on his walls. I hope that it worked. Today we went to a kid's fun day at our local park. It was tons of fun. They had a bounce house and a bounce slide and tons of free booths set up, giving away items to the kids. Sean had popcorn, an ice cream sandwich, and half a waffle. He loved it. We waited in line (the only place that had a line) for the balloon man, and he made Sean a green monkey (that mommy accidentally popped the body to on the way to the car later).
We are still living in the apartments, and getting a house in November, when our lease is up, isn't looking very feasible at the moment. The place Derek would like to move to, we would have to contact them with a month or two in order to get our house in the building process. I mean, it's not because it is expensive, our credit is still not that wonderful We are working on it now though. We are doing a lot better financially and are really understanding how to pay stuff. We still don't have savings, but we aren't struggling anymore. We may have found a place to rent-to-own if they haven't sold their house by November. Derek talked to them and they said they would do that for us. And it is right next door to some of our friends.
Derek is still working for my Dad, but is going to go to school this Fall. At least that is what I am hoping he is going to do. I would really like for him to get out of manual labor so he doesn't work himself into the ground like my Dad is doing. Plus I would love to see Derek doing something he loves doing; drafting/architecture. But for him to go back to school, I would need to get this new job I applied for. I still work at TJ Maxx part-time, but I had a friend refer me to Moore Orthapedic because they were looking to hire. I am not sure what to call the position they are hiring for, but I would be doing a little bit of everything; clinical, desk work, and managing phones. I don't have any experience, but told her I was willing to learn! And she said that I didn't necesarily need experienc just the drive to work and learn. I would be full-time, 8am to 5pm (later somedays if they need me) and every other Saturday. I am kind of excited, but at the same time very nervous. I have never had a full-time job, but I am really hoping I can handle the hours. I won't know until I try though, that is what I keep telling myself. Plus I will be able to get me and Sean under health insurance. The pay raise is what I am looking forward to, and is the top reason I am looking into it. I already told Derek not to get too pissy towards me when I get grouchy for working so much. Haha.
Me and Derek have been doing great! I have been slowly learning who I really am and Derek is learning to make me happier. We are definitely a weird couple, and a little more out there than some. Hehe. I'll leave it at that.
Oh we got a puppy too! His name is Mojito. :)

He is the perfect puppy for our family, I think. He has energy, loves to play, and was potty trained! Lol. He is also in the process of being trained, which he is taking to all the commands pretty quickly. We just have to keep working on them, because he will have days where he won't listen at all.
Oh and last night our apartments caught on fire. Well it wasn't our building, but it was two buildings away from ours, and scared me to bits on my way home. I had a knot in my stomach and was snappy towards everyone who tried to talk to me. I have some photos on my Facebook of the fire. I donated to them this morning at our kid's fun day (the Waffle House booth had a donation box set up for them). I feel so horrible that everyone in that building lost everything. Here are two links from two different stations on what happened:
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12366814
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=86633&catid=2
And since this has happened, we are definitely looking into renter's insurance. The amusing thing is, we had talked about getting right after we got our tv, but Derek said it seems our apartments are pretty safe and we shouldn't need it... ha, I guess he was thinking in case of a break-in. Now we have more reasons to get it.
I hope everyone is having a safe and sound Saturday night. Especially to all the Prom-goers (Prom is tonight for some of the high schools in our city).