It's hard to believe it's mid August. Claire and I have had a busy week. Ethan is working 4 10-hour days a week right now. We are looking forward to a three day weekend with him starting tomorrow!
We had a cooking day with some girl friends and their little ones on Wednesday. It was fun and over stimulating all at the same time. The kids all had their melt-downs about 2 hours in but we made it home with two loaves of Focaccia (Olive and Sundried Tomato Parmesean), Banana Cream Cheese Nut Muffins and Pumpkin Apple Muffins.
I've managed to land a couple of really cool freelance opportunities that I've been working on this week. On top of officially being the Graphic Designer for Austin Ridge Productions and my current job with the student ministry ... I've got plenty to keep me creatively satisfied these days. I am thankful every day that I get to do all of this work from home with Claire outside of the occasional meeting from time to time.
Claire has turned into a little girl over night. She so sweet and cuddly - she'll climb up in my lab and just let me hold her. I love that.
She loves to sing songs with me and watches my mouth closely learning how to pronounce the lyrics to her favorite songs. She's started trying to say her name and will sometimes even say "Claire Bear" and pat herself on the head. She still isn't digging the baby sign language - we've been showing her "milk" and "all done" for a few weeks now. Her personality is so laid back I can't say I'm overly surprised she's not frantic to communicate with us.
Here is my recently planted Chinese hibiscus.
We made Apple Tarts this week - so yummy.
Ethan's been asking me what I wanted for my birthday for awhile now. I really haven't been able to think of anything besides a little getaway with E and C. So we are headed to the coast for a few days! Looking forward to some R&R with my two loves.
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