So I've realized it's really easy for me to lose track of time and to keep pushing off updates. Honestly I feel like Melody has been changing so much over the past two months that every time I think about doing an update something new happens and I get so caught up in just enjoying my time with her! She will be 5 months this weekend (5/22) and I can already understand why moms say their babies grow up so fast. Melody is not mobile yet (thank goodness) but she's getting close to rolling from stomach to back and it's only a matter of time before she'll be crawling all over our living room floor. One of her favorite things to do is stand up, look around, and really take in all of her surroundings. Her beautiful big dark blue eyes seem to always be wide and curious, as if she's trying to make sense of the world. She has the most amazing smile and laugh which always brighten my day.her favorite!
loves her teddy :)
showing off her "cheeks" @4 months
my two rockers
playing/eating her toys
This past week Ryan and I felt it was time to start introducing solids, so after reading up I began her on avocado (mixed w/water and formula). She didn't totally reject it so I felt like it was a good start. It was quite the experience watching your daughter spit up green slime all over herself, ha! I've been trying to give her at least a little solid food a day to help her learn how to swallow...it seems like she manages to get a few bites down.
thought she'd share with Bentley!I'm sure there is so much I'm leaving out but you might start to get bored with all the details! One thing I will post, though, is my job update. Over the past two months I've started back to work throwing together a few part time jobs doing serving, nannying, and babysitting. It was not what I hoped to be doing when I started back but no counseling opportunities had really panned out. However, I had been in contact with the director of the Austin Stone's new counseling center off and on since October and was still hoping that I could partner with them. Well as of a few weeks ago I was finally offered a position as an LPC-I and will be able to start seeing clients once the center officially opens in the next month! While I am a bit nervous about having to find some sort of part-time childcare for Melody, I am truly excited about this opportunity to continue to work towards my counseling licensure hours in a Christian setting. God is so good!
