Fun Times in the Smith Family

We've been up to lots of fun stuff lately!!

First of all, I must say that I'm very excited about my new job as a junior high cheerleading coach for Canyon Creek Christian Academy! I am looking most forward to teaching them Christian character traits and what following Christ as a junior high girl should look like! My prayer is that I will be able to impact these girls lives rather than just coaching them!! If you happen to be praying for me, I would really appreciate a prayer for that.

At our practice on Wednesday, I dropped Shiloh off at the Mother's Day Out program! They said she did wonderfully and went down for her nap very well. She only cried for 10 minutes, which is a huge improvement! They also gave me this really cute caterpillar report card that told me, Shiloh played well, behaved well, ate well, and napped well! Overall she did great! Here is a picture of me dropping her off at Mother's Day out!We hit A MILESTONE yesterday as well!!! She said "Mama," wooo hooo!!!!! Now in her repertoire she can say Hi, Dada, Uh Oh, and Mama!

Last night I got to see one of my best friends from college, the newly married Erin Neely!! Sadly I didn't take a picture with her, but I got a cute one of Shiloh and Marc whie we were waiting to see Erin and her husband Brandon, who are in town for the weekend for her birthday!! Here is a picture of Daddy and Daughter both NOT looking at the camera!

We went to the park today, and that will be our last trip for a while! Whew, it was hot outside!!

Two of my other hobbies are sewing and monogramming!! I'm very encouraged because I finally feel like I'm getting better at sewing! Here is a little onesie that I decorated for Shiloh!!

Here is a closer view of the pumpkin! (I know it's not perfect, but I'm getting better!! AKA don't look too closely)

Shiloh and I went to Becca's house today!! Here's a cute picture of Shiloh and Fun Aunt Becca!
Lastly, a sleep training update!! Shiloh has been improving dramatically each day and night!! She's still crying when I put her down, but overall she's doing much better!!! These past few nights putting Shiloh down has gone so much more smoothly that I can't even express my relief about that! She is also sleeping about 6 1/2 to 7 hours consistently! I'd like to add a special thanks to everyone who has encouraged me through this training . . . THANK YOU!! I've felt your prayers and I REALLY REALLY appreciate them!

I feel like I must give credit to the source of my sleep training knowledge, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. I STRONGLY recommend this book to any parent!!