Time for a quickie update. First of all, my how time flies. I can’t believe its been over three months since I first met this little guy. As you can see, he’s grown so much!
A little about Carter at 3 months…
– He’s holding his head up like a champ! Which may or may not have anything to do with the mini physical therapy sessions his dad submits him to. He just can’t help it…
– He’s an amazing sleeper. Thank goodness! He’s slept “through the night” (7:30pm-5:00am) since about 2 and a half months or so. This week, he started sleeping 12-13 hours at night (7:30pm-8:30am). It’s wonderful, and we’re wishing upon a star that it stays that way!
– He’s very smiley, and LOVES attention. We’ve only gotten him to giggle once, but that doesn’t stop Joe from trying his darndest for a repeat. He loves his daddy and all the fun sounds and faces he can make.
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I’m loving being at home with our baby boy, and have found the transition from the workforce much easier than I anticipated. Of course there are always hard days, but overall I am thoroughly enjoying spending my days with this cute boy:
After lots of prayer and deliberation, Joe took a new job here in Phoenix. The bad news is that he now commutes about 45 minutes each way to work. The good news is that he works one hour less per day, they’re still building his caseload so he has a bit of downtime, and he absolutely LOVES it. Not to mention better pay and benefits. We love where we live, so we’re still debating whether or not we’ll move to cut down his commute. More on that to come, I’m sure.
Thanks to Joe and his green thumb, our first garden was a complete success. We grew carrots, green beans, sugar snap peas, turnips, cucumber, lemon cucumber, three kinds of tomatoes, spaghetti squash, basil, and cilantro. Everything produced at least some, but the cilantro and peas died of heat pretty early on. We now have beans, tomatoes, and basil pesto in the freezer. And we counted 19 spaghetti squashes that we promptly passed out to friends and co-workers. A fun and exciting adventure, which may have gotten us hooked on gardening for many years to come.
Overall we’re doing wonderfully, and can’t wait to spend time with both the Hills and the Nelsons in just a few short weeks! Until then, we try to survive our first full Arizona summer (:
love, the hills
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