Life has been insanely busy and it doesn't look like that is going to change as long as I am trying to run our home and work full time. Our babysitter moved to Maricopa, so my day is a little longer than it was already. I leave the house at 7:00AM and don't get home until about 5:45PM if I don't have to stop anywhere. However, I have to go the grocery store, bank, etc. The economy has hit Chad's practice hard, but he got several leads on new projects this week and he is currently up in Parker, AZ. He and Mark Ryan got short listed to do a building on the Indian reservation up there. The short list is only four architects, so we are hopeful about that. They interview for it tomorrow morning. I have to continue working full time until things stabilize with the economy and his practice. I do have some good news; I received my ATR (Art Therapy Registration) on Friday. I have been working on it for the past two years. I mailed in my application about a month ago and was pleasantly surprised that not only did they give it to me quickly, but they didn't ask for any additional documentation or require additional supervision. This has happened to many of my friends. My bad news is that I also applied for my independent counseling license (currently I have an associate license) and it got torn up in the mail. There were approximately 12 enclosures in the envelope in addition to my application and the post office lost all of them. So far I have recovered all but five. My application is on hold until I get everything again. My money order was recovered, but it was ripped into three pieces.
Charlotte had her six month well baby visit last Friday and she is now 27.5" long (above 95%), 16.0 lbs (55%) and 17" head circumference (75%). She has started sitting up and can scoot a short distance on her tummy. We have also been starting her on cereal. She started rice cereal about a month ago and we started oatmeal this weekend. I am planning on giving her peas this coming weekend and if that goes well we will start introducing a food every week.
I am going through the process of becoming a human milk donor. The milk is given to critically ill premature babies. It is a great program for anyone who is nursing and has some extra milk. The minimum initial donation is 150 oz. They provide you with everything you need and give you a blood test and create a DNA profile. The whole process takes about two months before you can start donating, so it will be about another 4-5 weeks before I send in my first donation, but I am pumping away and stashing it in the freezer until I can send it in. My goal is to donate at least 300 oz.
I am going to try and get around to posting pictures soon because I haven't put up pictures in forever. It is a pain because I have to get them from Chad's computer.
