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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Happy thoughts
Good things are coming, I can feel it! Chris has a really excellent job prospect that would mean some big changes for us, and I can hardly wait. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but I think it's too late for that....
I am most definitely not superstitious but I'm not taking any chances that I'm going to jinx this so just keep your fingers crossed for a happy update soon!
I am most definitely not superstitious but I'm not taking any chances that I'm going to jinx this so just keep your fingers crossed for a happy update soon!
Playtime!
Today, we went on a little play date with Averie and a couple other kids her age to a new play area called Provo Beach Resort. It's really nothing like a beach :).
The main activities geared toward toddlers were the carousel and a toddler playground. Averie climbs everything in sight lately, so Chris and I thought she would have a blast there.
Not so much. She didn't want to leave our sight and we all but forced her in and out of the tubes and up and down the climbing areas. She sat in this tube without moving for at least 5 minutes (unheard of for a toddler!).
The carousel was only mildly more exciting for her.
We're going to investigate Little Gym classes for her since there's a location right by our house. I am sure she's a little gymnast at heart if the way she leaps and runs about at home is any indication. We just have to get her out of her shell. I think the socialization will be great for her, too.
The main activities geared toward toddlers were the carousel and a toddler playground. Averie climbs everything in sight lately, so Chris and I thought she would have a blast there.
Not so much. She didn't want to leave our sight and we all but forced her in and out of the tubes and up and down the climbing areas. She sat in this tube without moving for at least 5 minutes (unheard of for a toddler!).
The carousel was only mildly more exciting for her.
We're going to investigate Little Gym classes for her since there's a location right by our house. I am sure she's a little gymnast at heart if the way she leaps and runs about at home is any indication. We just have to get her out of her shell. I think the socialization will be great for her, too.
Averie Update and Pictures
A few weeks ago, Averie climbed out of her crib (well, not quite all the way -- fortunately, we were there to stop her from falling out on her head). She's done this before but there was always another notch on the crib to lower the mattress. Not so this time! We were faced with a relatively un-childproofed room (living room = playroom, so her room is really just for sleeping) and I really wanted to make her new bed special, but her safety came first.
Chris, genius that he is, decided to take the mattress off the platform in the crib altogether, put the mattress on the floor and set the crib up around the mattress like a fence. Voila! -- a safe, albeit temporary, solution! I definitely see a big girl bed in her future, once we have some disposable income. And add a video monitor to the list, too, so I can spy on the naughty little munchkin(s)! :D
It's been awhile since I shared some pictures so here are some of my favorites.
Daddy's goatee tickles!
Chris, genius that he is, decided to take the mattress off the platform in the crib altogether, put the mattress on the floor and set the crib up around the mattress like a fence. Voila! -- a safe, albeit temporary, solution! I definitely see a big girl bed in her future, once we have some disposable income. And add a video monitor to the list, too, so I can spy on the naughty little munchkin(s)! :D
It's been awhile since I shared some pictures so here are some of my favorites.
I climb this furniture all day long!
The end result when a 15-month-old feeds herself noodles with red sauce for the first time :)
Mmm, bath water....
Daddy's goatee tickles!
"Moooom, can't you see I'm on the phone??"
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Smart girl
Been meaning to post this for awhile since I think it's so cute :).
When Chris tells Averie it's time to change her diaper, she goes to the gate that blocks off the hallway to the bedrooms and bathrooms and shakes it furiously. When he comes to open it, she takes his hand, drags him down the hallway to her room and looks at the changing table expectantly.
Now, if only she would cooperate for the actual changing part!
When Chris tells Averie it's time to change her diaper, she goes to the gate that blocks off the hallway to the bedrooms and bathrooms and shakes it furiously. When he comes to open it, she takes his hand, drags him down the hallway to her room and looks at the changing table expectantly.
Now, if only she would cooperate for the actual changing part!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
One of those days
It’s been a long week… month… year… 7 months.
Can't believe it's been 7 months since Chris lost his job.
These months have been.........long. Enjoyable. Want-to-pull-my-hair-out. Productive (really, our house has never been so organized!). Frustrating. Filled with blessings. LONG.
100% of the time, I am glad that Chris is no longer at Convergys. He was so unhappy there, and when Chris is sad, I am sad, too. (Corny, maybe, but true, nonetheless). I only wish that the unhappiness of working at a crappy company with a lot of crappy people (there were a few bright spots, but not many, as I recall) hadn't been replaced by the unhappiness that overshadows our lives now.
Most days (almost all the days since this started), I know the job is out there for Chris. Most days, I can be satisfied knowing that the Lord has His reasons for why we haven't found the job (or it hasn't found us) just yet.
Most days, I recall the story of Job that has come to my mind so many times and I'm able to tell myself that surely it must mean that when Chris finds the job, it will be everything the Lord knows we need, everything we have hoped and prayed for and this trial won't be for naught and I will come out a better, more faithful person for it.
But every now and then, in creeps a day where all I can pray for is that life will go back to normal - soon! - because I don't think I can do this much longer. Today is one of those days.
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