I am Now Full-Time!

It is official starting today! I am a full-time court clerk and am ecstatic. We had a courthouse meeting (I was given the heads up before hand) and due to some staffing changes, I am now full-time permanent! It has been a frustrating last few months but I am so relieved to know I don't have to worry about being sent home at noon anymore or seeing that dreaded FTE sheet being dragged out every week anymore. Plus I'm now being trained in Supreme Court which is very interesting as well. Where my career is headed? I still have no clue. Right now I'm just happy to have a guaranteed paycheque and hopefully we can start having date nights again.

Kaitlyn went to her first Canucks game last week and had a blast. Too bad she didn't last the entire game - she was happy just to run the corridors and have everyone compliment her on her jersey. It was too cute though when she decided to wave at the players as they skated by our seats. We were given tickets to a Chilliwack Bruins game in a few weeks but I think we'll be leaving Kaitlyn with a sitter that night and enjoy a night out on our own.

Anyways, it is getting late but I hope to post some new pics sometime this week including Kaitlyn's first Canucks game! Stay tuned...

Check this out

I absolutely am in love with this! My friend, Sara, who I met online through babycenter.com when we were pregnant and now both have babies born in May 2006, designed this for me. I just love how it captures Kaitlyn's great big blue eyes. I just had to share!

September 11, 2007

We will never forget ...

On September 10th as I was setting the date stamps in courtroom 205 for the next day, it suddenly hit me that tomorrow was September 11th. We will never forget - where we were, what was going through our minds when we heard the news. And the lives lost. Truly, unbelievable and unforgettable. All the wives, husbands, children, never to hold their loved ones again. And all the brave individuals who have fought and lost their lives for the cause since that day.

We were getting up that morning for a regular day when the usual clock radio (JRFM radio station) was non-stop with news and after hitting snooze a few times, Ryan said something to the effect that there is something serious happening and we need to turn on our tv. Unbelievable what we saw when we did turn on our tv...

Today, this song just hits a cord, thinking about all the spouses that never were able to see their loved ones again and the ones who make that sacrifice every day out in the Middle East and all over the world - THANK YOU!

My Typing Test

Well, I had my typing test today for the full-time position I applied for about a month ago. This is the job I applied for which is exactly what I'm doing now at the same place, only guaranteeing me full-time hours. I really wasn't sure I should even apply for it since I am up against 2 other court clerks which have been court clerking in Chilliwack for a number of years already but have never been able to secure full-time status. My manager kept on telling me to apply anyways since you never know what will happen. So I took my typing test and was disappointed to only get 67 words per minute. We were allowed 3 tries and I asked if I could do it again. My manager said it wouldn't matter since I already passed and it was only a pass/fail test and didn't matter what your overall score was. So I left it. At the end of the day, I found out that the other 2 girls failed the typing test as well as another former court clerk who works in the Registry. I have no idea what this means for the next step of the competition since typing 50 words per minute is a minimum requirement for applying... I will definitely keep you posted!

My Daredevil

Yes, Kaitlyn is quite the daredevil. She will climb up and onto everything. Ryan was surprised the other day when he was in the kitchen, turned around and Kaitlyn was right there looking at him at eye level. She had moved a chair into the kitchen and climbed on top of it. She is constantly climbing on top of the coffee table and since we don't keep anything on it, we find the easiest solution is to just flip it over most of the time. She also likes to climb up on the couches and either jump up and down or hide behind the cushions. Her newest thing which really scares me is climbing onto the baby gate - on the other side of the baby gate is a very steep, very long flight of stairs so we have to be really careful with keeping an eye on her at all times. She hasn't figured out climbing out of the crib yet but I give her a month. According to Ryan's mom, Ryan was a real climber as well at Kaitlyn's age so apparently it's hereditary. I think Mom said Ryan was crawling out of his crib at 18 months already?

Here are some pics of our daredevil daughter. She would go down the waterslide on her own if I let her (not that I would).

Waterslides

Do you think Kaitlyn enjoys the waterslides?? Good excuse to post some new pics. And yes, that's another new swimsuit [$2.99 from Fancy Pants - gotta love Fancy Pants (used consignment store)!].

And Summer Continues...

Well, summer is almost over and we haven't done much this year. Between feeling like an on-call at work and Ryan's injury causing lack of money this year, we haven't been able to have any holidays and mainly are breaking in our new place. I've applied for 2 full-time positions, basically what I'm doing now only guaranteed full-time, but probably won't hear back for a few weeks. I'll keep you posted! It's really frustrating some days to go to work and think you're working 3 full days only to find out you're working 2 half days and that's it. I'm still guaranteed half-time (35 hours every 2 weeks) but I would still love some more hours. I stayed extra hours the other day and finished some online training with no pay to try to show my dedication so we'll see how that goes next week!

Kaitlyn had her one year shots finally today and did really great. The morning was a bit busy for her and we went swimming at the Leisure Centre for Brant's birthday while Ryan worked out, so unfortunately she fell asleep right before her shots were to be administered at 12:35. She started screaming during the 2nd shot, right through the 4th, and then stopped about 30 seconds after the 4th (and final). It was much better than we had prepared for! She had a little diarrhea after and has been fussy/crying off and on since, so we're staying at home and lying low for tonight while Ryan goes over to Brad's to play poker.

So that's it for us right now! Send lots of prayers and well wishes for the jobs I applied for! As well as Ryan who reapplied for the sheriff program after his one-year deferrment from last year. Hopefully he'll be in this January and be a sheriff by March.

Take care everyone!