Stay-at-Home Mom

As of last Monday, I am officially a stay-at-home mom. My maternity leave ran out on Friday (the 13th), so I resigned from my position on Monday, April 16th. Even though I haven 't been working for the last three months, it still feels a little strange to not have a job anymore. I am very excited though. Ava and I are very fortunate that Kurt's job allows me to stay home. I realize that staying home with your children is a personal decision and is not right for everyone, but I couldn't imagine taking Ava to daycare every day. I think it would be the hardest thing I would ever have to do.

I wrote the paragraph above last week and never got around to publishing it, so that's why it sounds so weird with the dates. I had to make a few modifications. :)

Ava is now 3 months old. Can you believe it??? The time has really flown by. She is close to 10 pounds now and really starting to act grown up. She is getting so strong now too. She is holding her head up most of the time on her own, smiling like crazy, has laughed a couple of times, tries to stand up in my lap, and is starting to grab things. I miss my little baby!

Ava went to our church for the first time yesterday. It was so nice to get out of the house and be back at church. Of course, Ava wanted to eat right in the middle of church, so I missed most of it. It was still nice though. It was so good to see everyone and feel like a normal person again.

We are very fortunate that Ava sleeps all night, but she definitely keeps me on my toes during the day. She has days (like today) where she doesn't want to sleep at all. She is not in a bad mood, but she wants mommy to entertain her all day long. It is days like today that Kurt comes home from work and it looks like I just rolled out of bed. Today he said, "I'm glad you got dressed up for me." We just didn't make it that far today. Oh well!

I am amazed every day by how much I love this little girl. I loved her from the beginning, but I think I love her more each day. She is so sweet and is developing such a cute little personality. I really don't think you can understand how much parents love their children until you have one of your own. She better watch out because I can already tell that I am going to be just a tad overprotective! :)

I need to post new pictures of Ava. I will try to upload some new ones later today or tomorrow. I really need to post Easter pics. She looked so cute!

Quick Update

I don't have much time before Ava needs to eat again, but I wanted to post a quick update and some new pictures. Ava is doing really well. We weighed her last night and she weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz. Our pediatrician does not seem to think this is very good progress, but that is another story. I think she's doing great.

She is really developing a little personality. Morning is her favorite time of day. She is in such a good mood and smiles at everything. She also loves her Baby Einstein play gym. She loves to look at herself in the mirror. We may be in trouble. :)

Here are some pictures we took this weekend...

Ava smiling at Boompa (her great-grandfather)

Ava and Aunt Kirby