update time.

today is a beautiful day. the sky thunders and pours down upon us. i just love stormy days.

the past few days have been pretty round.. ava and i wake up, feed, play and she sleeps. and the routine continues throughought the day... with a few obstacles in ava's development i must work on training, i have been very busy as a mommy.. see, ava has decided that she likes to scream. not the regular scream a child does when trying to get his/her way, but a high-pitched blood curdling scream. she does it either when she is wanting attention, hungry, or tired... so basically all the time (haha)... she is also starting to try to stay awake more throughout the day.. and it is working. she is really learning how to manipulate and i have to turn the table quickly or i am in for a series of long, hard years ahead! i am getting better at telling her "no," but it is so hard being a first time mommy to tell my little one who i adore so much! i am beginning to understand why so many children are so unruly - because [some of] their parents found it hard to not let them have what they want! oh, how incredibly easy it can be to spoil a child rotten! but i must stand up against these feelings. i refuse to ruin ava by letting her have everything she wants.. it will hurt her in the long run more than i (or anyone else).. i can only do this with our preeminent Lord's help.

somewhere in the middle i have been able to work out with mom. we both feel much more energized lately from pumping all that oxygen throughought our body.. it is so refreshing! we have started to eat healthy again, too. we are trying to care for our temples more than we had been and it can make one feel so good for doing it!

yesterday was a busy day, too. i will not elaborate on it as my mother has posted on the happenings so i will refer you to her page to read up (if you haven't already!).. however, i will say one thing... i LOVE spending time with my mother and sisters (and miss ava, of course).. they are my best friends and i love them all.

i also am still seeking out work that i can either do from home or work that will not keep me away for more than a few hours at a time (as ava will not take the bottle so i must come home to feed her).. (i think) i have an interview with an online company called 1st advantage solutions.. the ceo has contacted me several times but has yet to finalize our interview process. i also have hope that i may be offered a job from a gold buyer from wabash who is looking for an administrative assistant from home.. i really think i am supposed to be home for work now. i just must continue to pray about it. i am still working for a lady who runs the cleaning side of the YMCA. i just have not been called in for two weeks. she did call me yesterday to say she would be needing me soon, so praise Him for providing that opportunity!

ava is asleep so i must move on to some cleaning and bread baking (my new hobby - that i must admit i am very good at - if given the right recipe :) )! thank you for reading.

<3 courtney