Spring!

Last weekend in Santa Maria was the Strawberry Festival. It was alot like the Magnolia Festival in Durant, just with lots of strawberries! Michael and I did a strawberry tasting where we tried 4 and rated them for the growers. It was nice just to get out and walk around outside. Hannah fell asleep on the way there and slept the whole time we were there! I got her out of her stroller long enough to take a picture with the strawberries for the scrap book! This week has been the best week since we have been here for me with Hannah! Since my mom and Kathy left I have really been trying to get Hannah back on a schedule and get her to take her naps in her crib. She was doing great until I went back to work after maternity leave. Since she was with me at work, the goal was just to keep her quiet, at any cost! I got to where if she wouldn't sleep laying down, I would hold her to sleep and if it wasn't time to eat yet, but she was upset, I would feed her early to keep her quiet. With the traveling and moving, she just had never gotten back to eating on time and sleeping in her bed. Well, this week, especially the last two days, she has been fabulous! She is sometimes sleeping so well that I have to wake her up to eat! I took a few pictures of her sleeping today because she looks so cute with her little cheeks all squished up!

Also, I love that we live in a townhome with landscapers so that my yard looks great without me being responsible for the flowers! I do have one potted plant (courtesy of Kathy) that I am in charge of watering and keeping up and that is about my limit! Here is a pic of my plant and some pics of the flowers next to it. I love seeing all the color and variety in the plants around here.

This week on Monday, Hannah and I went to MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) and had a good time. There is only one more meeting before the semester is over, so I hopefully will get some phone numbers from some of the other moms so we can get together over the summer. I am really trying to be patient and wait for God to provide the right friendships, but there are a few ladies from church and a couple from MOPS that I really think that over time I could be close to, it is just now waiting for opportunities to get together to get to know each other. In Utah, I got to know Tonya through work and it took me a few months for us to get close and the same for the friendships that I made through the church. I just have to keep reminding myself that I have only been here a month and it takes at least three months to really connect with someone on a deeper level! Luckily, I keep pretty busy with Hannah and keeping up the house and trying new recipes that I haven't gotten to bored and lonely yet, but I know that if I don't find friends soon, it is going to happen!