I am on a roll with blog posts. Now that I'll be a stay-at-home mom I thought I'd try my hand at making our own baby food (not that you have to be a stay-at-home mom to do this). I found a website with pretty simple ways of making food. So far I've tried peaches, peas, and sweet potatoes. The peach was by far the hardest to make. I steamed a whole peach and then peeled it. The peeling part was not easy. The easiest was the sweet potatoes. Plus, out of only two sweet potatoes I was able to make 4 cups of baby food. Crazy! Here is a picture of Abigail after eating homemade peas (you would never guess she ate any because there is so much on her bib!)
Abigail is seven months old now! I can't believe how quickly time is flying by (do I say this every time a month goes by???). Abigail is changing constantly. Two posts ago I mentioned that she can sit up. Well, yesterday and today she has been quite steady sitting by herself. Also, we decided that we weren't going to hand her her toys that are just out of reach. We want to encourage her to be more mobile. In the past few days we have seen Abigail start to scoot a bit!
This month's pictures are not of Abigail in a cute dress. We got to the end of the day before we got around to taking any. Instead, here are some in her cute feetsie pajamas.
As you may know, Jonathan has been out of full-time work since last November. For the past month and a half he has played the role of part-time stay-at-home dad and freelance web/graphic designer. Things changed as of this past Friday. On Friday Jonathan was offered a position with Phillips Academy-Andover as a web designer. He starts his new job on November 10. I was excited to hear the news, knowing I could now be a full-time stay-at-home mom. On Monday morning I submitted my two weeks' notice. My last day is Thursday, November 6.
God has taken care of us these past two years in amazing ways. In late Spring 2007 we sat down to figure out when we could be out of debt. The answer: February/March 2008. In July 2007 we found out we were expecting. In November 2007 Jonathan was laid off. In February 2008 we paid our last installment on our last debt - even with our change in employment circumstances. Abigail came at the end of March. I got to spend five and a half months with her before heading back to work part-time. And now I get to go back to spending all of my time with her.
I didn't expect Jonathan's job search to take as long as it did. But, looking back, I can see why it took so long. God knew I would need him around during Abigail's first six months of life. I felt overwhelmed and had a wide range of emotions. Jonathan was there to encourage me, calm me down, and take Abigail when things got especially stressful. I am so amazingly blessed to have him. He is such a wonderful husband and an incredible father. I am so proud of him and am excited for this next step in his career!
Abigail played a bit today sitting up, without any assistance. She still slouches a bit and gets off balance a bit. I snapped a few pictures of her sitting up like a big girl.
I love this first one...it's like we caught her with her hand in the cookie jar:
And here is another:
Abigail had her six month appointment. She got her measurements and more shots. Abigail weighs 16 pounds, 10 ounces and is 2 foot 2 (26 inches long ;-) As with the other shots, Abigail cried, but noticeably less than the last two times.
So, all is well with our baby girl.
How about a cute picture of Abby sporting a hoodie?
Almost a week ago Abigail met her newest cousin Constance (my cousin Veronica's newest daughter). You wouldn't guess it from the pictures I took, but Constance is almost two months younger than Abigail. They are practically the same size!
Abigail was very interested in grabbing at Constance while Constance leaned right into her reach.
Her Halloween ended with a party with her cousins. She experienced her first trick-or-treat outing. I was going to buy her a costume, but then I remembered the outfit one of our family friends got us. Abigail dressed up as a Virginia Tech cheerleader! Abigail's baby cousin dressed up as a bat and her older cousin dressed up as a robot.
