Life Moves On...

We are continuing to settle in well - Jonathan's orientation with the school district is done and he should be fully in the system at the beginning of next week, so he'll be in the classroom soon. In the meantime, he's happily working his other job - working for our grandparents on the farm. They were down this week and we had a great time, and man, they have a lot of projects! It's been a couple of years since someone has done a big clean-up on the farm, so right now Jonathan is doing lots of cleaning; once it's cleaned up and thus, easily maintainable. the projects can begin!

In the meantime, I'm continuing to job hunt. There's one in Waynesboro that I really, really would love to have: it's a site coordinator position with Burke Community Partnership, whose mission is "to champion the collaboration of resources to improve results for children, families, and the community." It's right up my alley; I have all the qualifications, yet am not over-qualified for it, which is one area I'm struggling with right now as I job shop. Yes, I'm going to have to work, and I've gone round and this round this with various family and friends. It was always my hope and dream and goal to stay home with my kids; however, until we get our debt off of our backs, we can't afford for me not to work. One of the pluses of this position - it has flexible hours. The other position I'd love to be in is at the American Cancer Society in Augusta. If you don't remember, I worked at the Columbia ACS office right after Jonathan and I got married. The Augusta office has an opening and I have a good shot at it, but they are in a hiring freeze right now - non-profit organizations across the board right now are struggling. In the meantime, I've loved the time at home right now, and Emily has enjoyed it, too! She likes to help bring the laundry in off the clothes line:

And of course, has plenty of playtime:

Chillin' out at The Pond for a family picnic:

Exploring the farm with Mommy & Daddy:

In fact, it makes her so tuckered out she fell asleep halfway through her last feeding:

Hmm... I love our life...

:-)

In the meantime, I'm stretching her schedule. She'll go a solid ten hours at night now, so I'm trying to stretch her 2 1/2 - 3 hour feeding schedule to a 3 1/2 hour schedule, with the hope that she'll go four hours by the time she's four months old. She's doing good with the 3 1/2 hours - she'll be up for an hour and a half to two hours, then will nap until the next feeding time. I've also started backing her bedtime up, so by the time she's four months, she'll be going down for bed around eight. So far, she's adjusting like a champ! And speaking of which, it's time for her to have lunch, so I must adieu!