11 months

katniss lives again!

MOCKINGJAY!

I finally started the book. So far its great. It's Josh's day off though so I probably won't get much reading done today because I'm sure he wants to spend it with me....or is it me who wants to spend it with him. Regardless, we'll be together today--with Avery of course. Who, by the way, celebrated her 11 month birthday yesterday! Where has the time gone? Naturally, we had to celebrate so we went to Red Robin. It was delicious!

Josh started his online classes yesterday. 5 of them to be exact. He received another "congrats your gpa was great" email for summer semester so he is apparently thriving in his online school. Way to go Josh! He LOVES his new job!

Avery is as cute as ever. She is getting very brave and is starting to let go of the furniture as she cruises around. I think her max is like 8 or 10 steps.

As for me...well, there isn't much. You know its bad when you start to lose track of what day it is. Thank goodness for cell phones so I can check to see if its Wednesday or Thursday. Its because of Josh's schedule. He works Saturday-Wednesday and has Thursday and Friday off, so it just gets me all confused. I'll get used to it eventually, I'm sure.

Well, Josh keeps coming in to check if I'm done, so I'll post pictures soon!

avery's new nickname: katniss

it seems i'm always behind in reading popular books. i think i read most of the harry potter books in one summer and then had to wait till i got home from my mission to read the 7th book. the twilight series was no exception. i read them after i saw the first movie.

and just recently i finished the first two books in the hunger games trilogy. now i can't wait for the third book to come out. Mockingjay, which comes out in 8 days, is now on the top of my list of books to read. its currently the only one on the list, but that doesn't take away from it being on the top.

i'm sure josh is glad i have nothing to read at the moment. i've always enjoyed reading, but i guess i just don't do it as much as i'd like. but, when i do read...i read, and read, and read, and read, and read...until the book is complete. I have a really hard time doing anything else and thinking of anything else until i've finished the book, so i'm sure this short break has come as a relief to him. my requests for "twenty more minutes" of him watching avery while i read turn into hours sometimes. what a great husband he is for letting me indulge in those books for the last few days. but, its all over....

at least for 8 more days...

poor avery

what do you get when you mix a cough, a runny nose, and a fever?

an EAR INFECTION!

Avery has been coughing for a few weeks and I just assumed it was related to teething from the extra mucus and drainage.  It, however, has worsened over the past couple days and she felt a little warm today so we decided to take her to the dr just to be safe. 

And, yes, she has another ear infection. She is on an antibiotic so hopefully she'll start being herself again in a few days. And let's be honest--I hope it helps her sleep better. She wakes up every night coughing and her naps have been practically non-existent. 

I hope she feels better soon!

It's almost Friday! Okay, I really don't know why I'm excited because everyday is pretty much the same for me regardless if its the weekend or not. I guess I'm excited for Josh to be home with me on Saturday, but other than that all the days seem the same.

I went for a little drive tonight to pick up some things from my sister (tylenol and a vaporizer). It was rather refreshing to be all by myself in the car. I of course picked a few of my favorite songs on josh's ipod and sang at the top of my lungs. Everyone needs that once in awhile I think. I'm going to make a habit of it--at least once a week.

Cooking update: I've been in a cooking mood still. We celebrated my sister's birthday last Sunday so I made her a cake (upon her request). It was a german chocolate cake with a marshmallow coconut mixture filling and topped with a chocolate frosting. It was delicious. Monday I made hawaiian ham and swiss sandwiches. Tuesday I made sausage and spinach lasagna with white sauce. Wednesday I made chicken stir fry with rice. Tonight I made sweet pork salads--costa vida/cafe rio style. Tomorrow I get a break  because its pizza night! Oh, and I made frosted sugar cookies yesterday. Yummy!

I'm in need of some more good recipes so send any of your favorites my way!

 

dear droid x,

can you please hurry up and get here? i can't wait to meet you.

(and, of course, use you for business purposes.)


sincerely,

your new owner 




 

josh completed his first week of work successfully. he loves it so far. he has just been doing classroom training. he'll be in a classroom for another week and then he'll go to the airport for training. oh, i guess i should mention--he is working for the TSA as a security officer at the airport. so if you are flying to/from sky harbor then keep your eye out for him. ninety percent of TSA employees are security officers so more than likely you won't see him because there are so many of them at the airport. so for one more week he'll be working from 7 to 330pm. then he moves to an earlier shift--445am to 115pm. at least he'll have no traffic at those times. after two weeks of that shift he'll go to part time from 5am to 10am.

i successfully completed my first week of being a lonely stay at home mom. the days went pretty fast, but i just need to think of more things to do. im stuck at home without a car so we can't go anywhere, and it is way too hot to walk anywhere...so avery and i get a little bored. we sing and read and play, but it would be so nice if we could just go somewhere (like the mall--our favorite place to stroll around). by the time josh gets home i am ready for a little break. BUT, so is he. i've been home all day inside so i just want to get out of the house as a family. he, however, has been gone all day so he just wants to stay home and rest. its been rather frustrating. either i just have to face reality and get used to staying home for the rest of my life, or he needs to suck it up and spend some time with us outside of the house. haha...that's pretty dramatic, i know. so i'm sure there is something in the middle that we will settle on so we are both satisfied...until then with me luck!

i tried to upload a video of avery, but it was having issues, so check facebook to view it.

it's here!

Avery's first tooth finally came in! She has been a little cranky for a month now so we knew it was going to be anyday. I felt it poking out a little yesterday and today it is noticeably out. It is her bottom left tooth.

Usually I sort through the pictures I take and only post the ones that I think are cute, but since her last few photo sessions weren't very good I've just posted ALL of the pictures, regardless of if she is smiling or giving me a crusty face.

ENJOY!

Lola, don't look!

Avery loves to be thrown.

Grandpa and cousin Kage. She must think his head is an arm rest.

Well, today was Josh's first day of work. He woke up at 530 to get ready. I slept right through it. haha. I can't wait for him to get home so I can hear all about his new job!