Jillian is really starting to show her personality. Just in the last week she has started letting us know what she wants. She was playing with a cardboard book and when I took it away to free my hand for a moment, she began fussing. I gave it back to her and she was happy again. We have been using a few signs from the infant sign language and we're hoping she begins using them soon. The daycare also does the signs with her and the rest of the children so she is getting good exposure to it. According to the average child, she may be demonstrating the signs very soon.
Jillian had her 6 month check up last Friday. She is 15 pounds 25 inches long and looking great. She had another round of shots so she was very fussy and unhappy Friday night. She was back to her normal happy self by Sunday. Thank goodness.
She has been helping me pull weeds outside and cut asparagus. She just loves being outside. Soon she'll be crawling through the grass eating everything she gets her hands on. Good thing we take Huntley to take care of business in one far away spot in the yard! We will keep her out of that mess, or do our best! We had 10 cubic yards of mulch delivered last week and have about 2/3 of it spread. We have so many flower beds it takes a lot to cover them. Even then, the weeds are already poking through. Death to the weeds! Since our apple trees produced last season, we are going to grow ingredients for canning salsa. I was thinking we could can pasta sauce as well but I'll need to try a few recipes first. If anyone has good salsa or pasta sauce recipes, I'd love to try them!
We are having a playdate this Friday with my friend Melissa and her daughter Addison. She is in the process of making the cloth diapers for us and we'll be able to get a few on Friday. Melissa also does dress alterations for weddings and dances. She is a very talented person.
My work has continued at a good clip as well as Garrett's. We don't have any major projects going on right now. My company is doing pretty well and we've hired a few more people which is always a good sign. We don't talk about work much anymore because we're so happy to be home and play with Jillian that we don't think much about work. I was sad on Sunday at the thought of having to go to work on Monday and leaving her. I just want to be with her more. My schedule is still working out well though and I'm happy that BASi is being flexible.
The farmers are planting!!! I'm so excited to see the farmers out planting. When Jillian and I got home last night the land directly behind our house was getting planted, hopefully with corn. A farmer diagonally from our house was also planting. I just love seeing the new growth each year. There's something about it that is refreshing, promising. Saturday I was out weeding and Huntley started barking at something so I looked around to see what it was. There was a young deer in the field behind our house leisurly making it's way across the land. I suspect one was in our yard at some point over the winter because there are a few limbs on an apple tree that were chewed.
Until next time,
~Chris
