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March 28, 2009

Life...

I just felt like blogging, nothing in particular! But since we have lots of out-of-town family that reads our blog, thought I'd just ramble a little about what's been going on here!

Poor Atalie has an ear infection :( but I think she's finally feeling better. We went to the doctor Thursday, so she's on her 3rd day of antibiotic, and she didn't wake up with a fever this morning...it's been running about 102, poor thing! She's saying a lot more words now, seems to pick up almost anything, if we say it enough! She has started saying 'mommy'!! I love it! She's been saying mama for awhile, but there's just something about that "mommy"! We're pretty sure she said chicken for the first time a couple days ago too, that one surprised us....but we do eat chicken a lot! I would say she's saying 1-2 new words a week now, it's great, we love hearing her talk!

Jason's work is going well, they are bidding like crazy, not getting very many of them (there are SO MANY people bidding the same jobs now), so please just keep Jason, and Seminole Civil in your prayers, they need work coming in! He's also started playing for our new church. Of course, as most of you know, he's GREAT, and he's even more great when he uses his talent for the Lord. Last week was his first week playing, and I think he left many people astounded. He's pretty much been asked to play full-time. YAY! He loves that.

I'm back to working from home. We feel so blessed to have that opportunity. Although, we've been throwing around the idea of me getting another part-time job out of the home, just to bring in a little extra, my job is very part-time, and very flexible, and until it really picks up, it may be nice to have another PT job, just to throw some extra $$ in the bank! Plus, my mom will be living with us in just a few short weeks, so we have a built-in babysitter, it won't be so bad if I work a couple days a week....if I can even find something!

One more thing....WHERE IS SPRING?! I want it to be 70s, everyday, and we had 40s this week, what the heck is that about?! Oh, and my birthday is next week, WHAT?! I swear, since having a baby, my birthday seems to come and go, I really don't even notice it anymore! I had to schedule an appointment, and they said "ok, next Thursday, April 2nd"....I was like WAIT? April 2nd, that's my birthday, it's NEXT WEEK ALREADY?!?! I didn't say that, but that's what I was thinking. AND I'm quickly approaching 30....oh Lord! At least Jason turns 30 a month and 10 days before me...that gives me just over a month to rag him about being in his 30s and I'll still be in my 20s, hahahaha!

Love you all!

Just to share the cutest picture (and baby) EVER...

March 14, 2009

Gettin so big

Atalie is now 15 months! We went to her well check on Thursday, and she is doing great! She is 23 lbs 10 oz (70th percentile), 30 1/2 inches (50th percentile). Her speech is a little ahead, which is great! She uses about 15 words consistently, but probably knows 20-25. I can't believe how fast she is growing, I feel like it was just yesterday! Here are a few pics from the last week or so!

She's bound to be a musician!

This was this morning, I have NO IDEA how she got in there!

And just cause I can't believe that she's 15 months, here is one from a year ago today, Atalie 3 months old!

3/14/08

March 8, 2009

What a beautiful weekend!

This weekend was the best! The weather was PERFECT! I have some pics I'll put up tomorrow (hopefully). All 3 of us just absolutely loved it! Yesterday we just hung out as a family and enjoyed the day. Today, of course we went to our awesome church and had a great service, as usual! And this evening, we went to a (new) friends house and had a blast! It was great hanging out with them and their adorable little girl! They all 3 are super sweet and lots of fun! Thanks for having us Bryan, Kelda & Kalleigh!

So, the beautiful weather continues for a few days, I'm excited and love it....pretty weather brightens my mood! Love you all and God bless!

March 2, 2009

The next step

I guess that's what you would call it! But it seems to be that time, the time for me to go back to work. I'm very sad about it. And it's not something we HAVE to do, we are fine on Jason's salary, but we are to the point where we want some extras, different classes for Atalie, vacations, clothes (Jason & I haven't really bought new clothes since I was pregnant!!), and of course, even more stuff for Atalie! So, since it's not a must, I can pretty much do whatever. So I thought the best was to go back to being a hairstylist. I had an interview today, and was somewhat hoping it would work out because they are open until 9pm, so I could work evenings and still be home with Atalie, which is what we are shooting for, finding something in the evenings. One of their requirements are you HAVE to work every other Sunday. Jason and I aren't ok with that, that is church day, God's day, and our family day. So I won't be taking that job, and as we all know, jobs are hard to come by right now, but we will continue praying and seeking God in this situation!

We've also discussed possibly watching a child for someone, since I have MUCH experience and background with children, it makes sense, and I can still be home, but one, how limited will I be? and where in the heck could we find someone we know who needs childcare?! We don't really know many people in the area, so that makes that a little harder!

Anyway, we know God will provide, and we have all our trust in Him!

(Oh, and P.S....I'm secretly happy the job interview didn't work out!)

February 23, 2009

Our little fish....

Atalie started swim classes today...she LOVED it! She did very well with the "exercises", so hopefully by the end of this (8 weeks), she'll be a little swimmer (ok, as much as a 17 month old can be!). We both met some new friends and had a great time! Here are a few pics from the day.