Walking Through Open Doors

Greetings and salutations from the land of breast milk and dirty diapers!  We are now well into Anna Grace's third week of life.  Things are settling in and Mom and Dad have had some opportunity to settle into a routine.  We also have been able to work on establishing routines for Anna Grace.  She gets fed at certain intervals and she sleeps for certain intervals.  Those are easy to figure out, but the diaper schedule is quite fascinating. 

How something so small produces so much waste is a true feat.  The best part of it is when you get a diaper changed and as soon as you have the new diaper, the 54 buttons on the outfit, and the swaddle blanket all in place the blow out occurs.  And I do mean blow out!  Rinse and repeat.

We have also discovered something out of all the books we have read and professional advice we have received; little of it matters.  We just function through instinct and have managed to keep her alive this long.  But the books are entertaining, I read one article that recommends breast feeding until they naturally wean themselves; 4.5 years is the average!  You should have seen the look on Emilee's face.

I wish I had seen the look on Emilee's face when our little princess shot poop through the air during a diaper change and all over momma!  Oh, the small pleasures.

I have heard many times that God opens the doors you are to pass through and will close those doors that he deems unnecessary to our lives.  The key to this is recognizing when the door has been opened.  Well, I had one opened this past week.  I am going to be leaving the field on a full time basis to teach full time.

It will be a small reduction in income, but I will not have to work weekends anymore!  We go from having to find some type of child care 10 -12 days a month for our little moppet to 3-4!  Any of you that have dealt with the cost of this know what a savings this will be.  Even with family and friends kicking in it gets obnoxious.  So any of you looking for me can find me playing Mr. Mom on the weekends!

I hope everyone is doing well.  We are all healthy and enjoying the weather change.  After all it is much easier to talk the wife into going for walks when it is 60+ degrees outside, and spring is always so beautiful here in North Georgia.  By the way, who has the best ideas for landscaping a hill if grass is out?

Keep Smiling,

Rob