Lydia's 9 month stats

Miss Lydia is over 9 months old now. She went to the doctor last week and is doing great! She weighs 21lbs 90z and is 28 1/2 inches long. Crawling is now a piece of cake and I don't think it'll be long before she starts walking! It's been great to be able to get outside with her and she loves it!

She's also been doing a ton of talking. I just think it is so amazing to see them form those first words and sentences! So far she can say: hi, daddy, mommy, what's that, sister, and done. She's also waving and clapping. I can't believe she is doing all of this stuff already. Things are just happening too fast!

1st Anniversary, today!

I welcomed my first daycare family into our home on this date last year. My business has slowly been growing and is doing quite well on it's 1 year anniversary. I love the balance I get from working from home. Watching babies grow and pre-schoolers learn is so much fun! Having 7 kids in my house can get crazy at times, but I wouldn't trade this job for any other. Two of my families are part-time, so that helps. I only have the full boat 1-2 days/week.

Tax season was awesome this year, thanks to the write-offs!

Hopefully things will continue to go well until I win the lottery;-)

Lemonade Day and Home Improvement Updates....

Yesterday was National Lemonade Day. Did you have your 2 glasses of Lemonade?!?

I heard about this on the news and thought it sounded like a great thing for Caitlyn to do. I'm all about teaching my kid the entrepreneur spirit! Eric helped her bring the lemonade stand design to life and it turned out awesome! I have a feeling this lemonade stand will be getting a ton of use this summer.



Caitlyn has also been busy decorating her new room. All of the sheet rocking is done and we've been having fun making it pretty!

Eric and I also started what will some day be a kitchenette in our lower level. We tiled this area in a weekend!

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After:

The home improvement projects are slowly but surely getting done. The new carpet goes in on Saturday. I am SO excited! This stuff is a lot of work, but it's fun to make our house a home.