The Bullock Clan

I'm surrounded by so many grown-up things here lately, but somehow I still don't feel quite grown.  I mean, I've been in college for almost 8 years now, so it's hard to feel like a 'real' grown up since I don't have a big person job.  But, it seems as though I've definitely taken the major steps to grown-uphood already.  Marriage and becoming a mother being top on the list :) It all seems so surreal.  It's hard to believe in just 4 short months that we'll be moving away from Conway - embarking on a brand new adventure.  This is the only house Kylie has ever known, so it's just a little sad thinking about leaving, but at the same time it's exciting to know that we're starting a new stage in life.  I'm just torn I guess. I was thinking on the way to clinic the other morning about all these things, and I realized something.  This is our beginning.  When Toby and I are 70 and we're asked how our first few years of marriage was...

Sitting here looking out the window at my snow blanketed back yard, it's hard not to think about my summer in Colorado.  In 2006, I had the amazing opportunity to live in Summit County with some of the most awesome people I've ever known.  That summer helped me to see what all I had been missing. Through a program called Kaleo, Student Mobilization gives college students the opportunity to be completely sold out for Christ with no hinderances.  I remember as a kid leaving church camp, I always wished that church camp could be year round.  Well, I got part of that wish when I went to Kaleo.  I was surrounded by people with a common purpose and immersed in His word for a whole summer! At the time when I went to Colorado, I had not even begun to date Toby.  In fact, I told everybody that Jesus was my boyfriend, and we were doing just fine :).  But, you know?  I prayed for my husband even then.  I didn't know it would be Toby, but I praye...

I must say that being a Mommy is one of the greatest blessings I have ever received.  Even when my little woman is crying and whining about wanting "more", I am still in awe that this precious little thing is mine. We have begun introducing the concept of potty training to Kylie recently.  She sorta, kinda gets it.  She is definitely not consistent with it, but I don't expect her to be right now.  I just want her to get comfortable with the idea of using the potty.  Having said that, let me tell you a little story of why I would LOVE to have her potty trained by age two.  That way, things like this wouldn't happen. This past Sunday night we went bowling with our church family after evening services.  Toby was super excited because he loves obliterating me in any type of competition, and since I'm not too great at bowling, he was sure to have fun.  Kylie had never been bowling, so she was bound to have a blast as well.  While we were all bow...

Well, a new year certainly deserves a new blog post, right?  Life has been a whirlwind since our last post in July.  We no longer are doing our out-of-state clinical in Ruston, LA.  It was switched to Springfield, MO. But, other than that, things will stay the same.  We will still be in Conway until the end of May.  I cannot believe that I am through with school work.  I still find it surreal.  I know that I will start my clinical at Baptist in a little over a week instead of going back to UCA, but it just will not feel real until it happens.  It's definitely a great joy to say that I will be graduating this year :-D Kylie is growing in leaps and bounds, and getting funnier each day.  She is such a delightful child.  God has truly blessed us with a wonderful little girl.  She has the most expressive face and is beginning to talk a lot more.  Her favorite words as of lately include: puppies, sweet tea, more, mine, book, please...