okay okay so after almost a year of disappearing I'm back! This past year has been CRAZY watching our little Haylee grow up! I CANT BELIEVE SHE'S ONE!! walking and repeating we love her dearly, and yes, even her spurts of energy that come and go! She is such a little daredevil! Carsen is getting so big as well! her sentences are becoming longer and her vocabulary has grown enormous. I love each day I have to spend with my girls watching them grow and learn new things. Carsen started pre-school and loves all of her friends and teachers. She looks forward to "high-school" as she calls it each and every chance she gets to go! Next September she will be enrolled in 4-K program and she will love that just as much!
I've started an unofficial business for my photography and I love the chances I get to photograph people and their kids. Its name, From Bumps 2 Tots came about after I figured what I loved to take pictures of for the most part. From the time I was first pregnant with both girls I loved my belly and couldnt get enough of how cool it was that there was someone living in there! My girls have probably had enough but they are my ginnea pigs when it comes to a new background or a new photoshoot location. I have recently just started an interest in portrait shots as well as families. Right now I'm looking to gain experience so that I can make it an official business in the future. I'm pretty excited about where this can take me.
To add to the excitement I have accepted a job offer working as a DSP (direct support professional) for a local home with residents that have developmental disabilities. I have wanted a job in the field since I worked with autistic high school/elementary students while I was a junior/senior in High School. What is a DSP? Per wikipedia the definition:
A direct support professional is a person who assists an individual with a developmental disability to lead a self-directed life and contribute to the community, assists with activities of daily living if needed, and encourages attitudes and behaviors that enhance community inclusion. A DSP may provide supports to a person with a disability at home, work, school, church, and other community places. A DSP also acts as an advocate for the disabled individual, in communicating their needs, self expression and goals.
In simple terms my job will be to go to the house in the mornings, wake up the residents, bathe them,medicate them if needed, cook for them, as well as many other things. Most would say its like being a CNA (certified nursing assistant).
SO as you can tell, there are many things going on I should hopefully have no trouble updating all of you on what is going on in my life!
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