Hallelujah!!

Our sitter hunt has ended ... we found the perfect babysitter for Ava!! We didn't expect to be this blessed and have our search over in a week, but thankfully we can breathe a sigh of relief now. :) The best part ... we can see her backyard from our house! :) She has two children of her own, 7 & 2, and is a stay at home mom. She watches one other 2 year old during the day, so I'm sure Ava will find entertainment in watching them run around and play all day. Her degree is in early childhood education and she used to run the baby room at the Goddard School here in Columbus. She knows babies. :) She was very easy to talk to and Eric & I feel confident that our families will be a great match! There is one rather large problem that we have had to put a lot of thought into, and that is ... her husband is a die-hard MICHIGAN FAN!!! Y-U-C-K! haha! I suppose we'll look past that ugly blemish and forgive him for having such bad taste in college football teams. :)

So, that's the biggest news of the week. We had a superbowl party here on Sunday. It was so nice to have friends over and just relax and watch some football... a rather good game if I do say so myself. :)

Oh, and work has been going great! Ava has adjusted really well to my being away. :) I get my daily dose of her while I'm at work from faithful picture messaging. :) She's getting to be such a big girl. She grabs at everything now! She'll reach for my glass when I'm taking a drink and she reaches for the food on my plate ... mostly just to make a mess, she's not trying to eat it yet :) Won't be long and she'll be starting on cereal!

Here's some pictures from this week ... Enjoy!

P.S. I'm sooooooooo ready for spring ...




** This picture is basically in real-time ... I took these two pictures literally two minutes before this post :) **








** Such a turkey :) **