A new post!

I have been very neglectful of this space for that past 3 months--mainly because I update my facebook page with pictures and am too lazy to actually write a real post. Well, an old friend with two kids and a full time job who still has the energy to update HER blog has inspired me to try updating more with the actual goings on in our lives.

So, as far as goings on go, it's really the same ol', same ol'. Amelia is growing--still skinny, but doing all the impressive things six month olds do, like starting to sit up and generally being more aware of the world around her. She's becoming so much fun. I have thought many times that I would do anything just to hear her laugh. It is so great.

We're starting solids sometime soon. I think the poor kid is ready for them. We were at Chick-fil-a the other day and she was watching us eat like a hawk. It was like eating with Lily, except without the overt attempts to grab the food. She was sucking on her hand, drooling, reaching--everything they say to look for. Her pediatrician gave us the go-ahead the other day, so now it's just a matter of buying the cereal and figuring out where she's going to be, because we still don't have a highchair. The pediatrician also told us we can speed through the cereal, which is good, because I didn't really want to do cereal at all (I wanted to start with sweet potatoes so she could feed herself). I'm sure I'll be posting pictures soon of this new foray!

I am still staying home with her. I haven't found any jobs I'm totally interested in pursuing yet, and I promised myself I wouldn't do anything I didn't want to. I am planning on applying for a Masters in History starting this Fall, so that may be my job for the rest of our time here. It's hard and semi-stressful living on just Ben's paycheck, and I would love to be able to pay down all our seminary debt, but I know God is in control and everything will work out, even if we're still paying down credit card debt from 2005 in 2030. :) And besides, I really do love being with her everyday. I miss a lot of my old working life, and I still think working would be a nice way to make some friends here, but we'll just see what happens.

I'm really looking forward to the next few weeks. My birthday is 2 weeks from yesterday, and then my grandmother's is the next day. Amelia and I are planning on going down to Tallahassee to meet Momma and Sarah for a birthday dinner for her (Ben can't go because it's Maundy Thursday), then Momma and Sarah will be here for Sarah to visit VSU and to attend Ben's first Easter service. And then, Ben gets some days off! Yay! Those have been a real rarity in this house during Lent. We're going to Columbus to hopefully buy a highchair and hang out with the Liles Family and an old friend of Ben's who will be visiting Atlanta. THEN, Loren comes for a few days! Then the next week we'll be going to the G-Day game in Athens (sooo excited about this!!!) and will get to see Annie for a little while, as she is generously allowing us to stay in her apartment. And then that next week, Ben and I get to be extremely grown-up and go to the Masters by ourselves. We haven't been since 2002 or 2003, I think, so we're really excited! Anyway, all this to say that I'll have some cool updates soon. In the meantime, here's my beautiful girl! Ben was doing laundry and she was helping. She looks kind of freaked out here, but there are more where she's laughing, so I think it was just the camera!