Avi, future 4-H girl?

My mom came to visit this weekend and we are having such a good time. This weekend is the junior livestock auction at the fairgrounds, which just happens to be right behind our house. We took Avi over there to meet the animals. She got to see cows, sheep, pigs, goats, rabbits and chickens. Growing up in south Orange County, raising livestock is a little foreign to me, but it's fun to see all the young kids involved and taking on responsibility. 

What a great time we had yesterday! A BBQ at a friends house was especially fun this year. It was such a joy to be able to get together with other families who also have small children. The family hosting the BBQ has a recent addition,  a 2 day old baby girl named Evie (Eh-vee) Belle.  Evie is Avi's newest best friend and she is soooo beautiful. I love to think of these two girls growing up together in a small town and all the wonderful adventures they will have. 

I went back to work this week and want to thank everyone who prayed for me! It turned out to be so much better than I thought it would be. The first morning I left Avi had just woken up and Erik was feeding her a bottle, she took it right away no problem and I instantly new everything was going to be o.k.  All morning at work I couldn't wait to come home for lunch thinking that my daughter must be missing me terribly and I just kept envisioning how happy should would be to see me. Instead when I got there she was way too interested in looking out the window and couldn't even look at me to say "hi", she acted like she didn't even know that I had been gone. I suppose this is a good thing.