Wow. Once again, it's been a long time since I've updated this thing. Myspace has officially taken over! Sorry guys! And thank you for the constant love and support of my older work that is on here =] It encourages me to keep creating, even in my deepest moments of Artist's Block.

So.. What's new with me.. let's see..

My girlfriend, Megan, and I are getting ready to celebrate our 1-year anniversary. That's one year since our first conversation, our first date, since we first kissed, since we moved in together! I don't know many people who can say THAT about their relationship lol

OH! DUH! My "new" job!!
I finally quit the hell-hole of a daycare I worked at for nearly 2 years and am LOVING my new job as a NANNY! I nanny for an adorable, beyond genius little boy, C [22mos] and he's due to have a baby sister, M, on his 2nd birthday! I'm so excited and I'm sure I will get TONS of great photos of her =] I also occassionally nanny for 2 little boys, C[19 mos] & T [7 mos] and I've been doing that since T was born. I absolutely L-O-V-E my job as a nanny. I definitely paid my dues working and volunteering in countless daycares. This job has much bigger perks than being a slave in that place--like driving around a brand new, fully loaded Mercedes SUV and a new BMW car! I'm finally able to focus my attention on a single, or 2 children, and can really work with them to better fit their individual needs.
C[22mos] is already a smart cookie, but just since November, we've got him to an incredible level of smarty-pants-ness hehe. He now has the vocabulary of a 3.5-4 year old [says the doctor], he knows all his letters and what they stand for [G is for Gramps, Gramma, Giraffe, Go, etc.], he can sing a bunch of songs, he can count to 20 in English & 10 in Spanish, he can count objects up to 10, as of Thursday he can spell both "cat" and "dog", he knows all of his colors [including, tan, gray, lime green, light green, dark green, and all the other "in between" colors], and much more. We also do sign language and other fun, educational things. It makes me even more excited to eventually adopt and be a mother, myself. This is definitely my calling in life and I'm soaking it up! Not to mention how wonderful it is to show up to work and be greeted by a grinning toddler in cuddly PJ's screaming in excitement, "KAEKAE!!" =]

I am nearly 20 years old, which is absolutely crazy to me. It feels like I was just signing up for dA when I was 15! I looked in the mirror the other day and did a double-take at myself. I suddenly am starting to appear to be 20, if that's possible. I'm finally losing my babyface and growing into my awkward teenage girl body and starting to look more and more like a woman. I was finally at a great, healthy-looking weight last spring, but soon after falling happily in love with Megan, I put on like 30 frickin pounds! Gr! So now I'm slowly working on getting those pounds to melt back off. I'm excited to be fit again and happy about my body =]

I'm enjoying the simple things in life, healing from my past, and becoming a more outgoing, confident young woman. I truly know that life is beautiful and I'm thankful that I've found art as a medium to express myself, an aid in guiding me to my wonderful place in the world.

I have a headache so I'm going to cut this update short, but I promise to start uploading some new pieces =]

~Kaeli