What we've been up to.

It's been a while since I posted last and as you can imagine, a lot has happened. Avery will be 10 months in 2 days and is constantly amazing us. She is a full fledged crawler, pulling herself to standing and cruzing furniture. She started using a walker but isn't a huge fan of it at this point. The past few weeks have been uber fun, waiting to get her first tooth. It finally broke though and she's no longer sporting her gummy smile.
Pretty much since January we've been battling sickness. Once we start to feel better, one of the three of us gets sick again and starts the whole cycle over again. We had about a week reprieve and then I got sick again, got Jason sick and Avery is sporting a cough...again. It's been so frustrating, but hopefully we'll be on the mend soon.
Another adventure we're starting is cloth diapering. At first Jason was totally opposed to it, but once we broke down the cost effectiveness of it with the fact that we could use it with our second kid and never have to buy a diaper again...we were sold. We've slowly been building up our stash and are full time cloth diapering now. Luckily her daycare has been supportive of it as well and have had no complaints.
In mid February I got notice that they needed space in the office to hire some new people and I was just about the only one qualified. It took a while for them to finally ship me out the door, but I've been home for a week and a half now. I LOVE it! I get to spend the mornings with Avery, pick her up earlier than I used to and we had more time to spend during the day. Before it seemed that I would pick her up and we had an hour to play, do dinner and her bedtime routine. Twice last week I took her to the park before we went home and LOVED being able to spend that time with her. I know that we are totally blessed by this opportunity. Not only will it add to time spent with Avery, but it'll add cash to our wallets. I previously would be 1 tank of gas every 4 days. My last tank of gas lasted me 10 days!! Granted I got about 50 less mpg than I usually do, but it was worth it. I'm able to do things around the house more which is nice. I'm still getting my feet wet when it comes to the working from home but it's something I'm looking forward to getting used to :)
It's starting to get warmer down here in San Diego. We're all looking forward spending time at the beach and in the pool. Avery got some pool time last year and loved it. Here's some pics from the past few months :)