Pressing On: Home Sweet Midland

Keeping with tradition, I am again late on posting. This past month has been busy, busy in several ways. We kicked off Avery's 10th month by moving to our new home here in Midland. Zach continues to work in Fort Worth for part of every week so he is busy traveling back and forth. The construction of the his new office in Midland continues- we're told it will be done the end of July. We hope so. I've been trying to get us unpacked and settled in the new house. I've had requests for photos and when it's photo ready I will post some. Right now, it is far, far from it. The busiest of all has been Miss Avery. Shortly after we moved to Midland, she started crawling. I've been a touch anxious about her lack of crawling (the PT side of me...even though I know it's still within a normal time frame).
Once she started though, it hasn't taken her long to get the hang of this whole crawling thing. And she is busy. Now there are all sort of things to get into. All sorts.

Here's what else she's been up to:

20 lbs!

CRAWLING!

Pointing- one hand, both hands, she is constantly pointing at something

Babbling, has just started with mama- at me!- at dogs, at the HEB cashier, at large trucks driving by...

Loves looking at books and turning pages. Favorite books right now are First 100 words, Easter book with flaps, Eric Carle book with sound buttons

We made our first craft together- little water bottles filled with pom poms, large beads and sequins. These have become some of her favorite toys- the more beads, and the louder, the better.

Hugs- Avery is a hugger. She gives us sweet hugs- and also hugs her stuffed animals. Her favorites continue to be Lenny the Lamb and her pink puppy.

SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT 8PM-7:30AM!- Amazing. Now this happens on average 1-2 nights/wk, but it is delightful when it does.

Sippy cup- she's got the hang out it.

Sign language- Avery's definitely got "more" down. I'm fearing this might become an issue in the future. "All done" is coming along.

Midland. As we anticipated- Midland is dusty. And windy. And flat. But it we've also spent the most time outside in the evenings of any place that we've lived. The majority of evenings here are lovely. Little to no humidity, pretty sunsets, light breezes. Zach and I sit out on our front porch, often with a little wine...or ice cream...or both. We've really been enjoying that time. Zach's practice here is going well, considering only being here 2 days a week. We're encouraged by the growth out here and are really looking forward to moving into the new building. We've been visiting churches quite a bit. It's been a little challenging, especially since we moved from a church we really loved. We're excited though to get plugged in and be apart of Christ's body in Midland.