Nick is sitting over my shoulder nagging me to update this blog. I had given up on actually ever doing it again but I was alone in my thought that that would be ok to do. I guess I should recognize that there are people who want to know whats going on in our lives that aren't on facebook :) So here's a hopefully short catch up on life since Owen was born.
Owen! He is 8 months. He is a handful! He demands a lot more effort then Noelle did but isn't an unhappy baby, just not very independent. He's very social so he likes to be interacting with someone all the time. He is crawling and has been for 6 or 7 weeks. As soon as he started crawling he started pulling up and soon after that he was cruising the couch. He will now go from the couch to the rocking chair or to a person sitting on the floor and every once and a while he lets go for a split second and will stand on his own. He will also walk across a room using whatever will move smoothly enough to be a walker. He loves to snuggle and I have really enjoyed the different dynamic with having my mommies boy.
Noelle! Noelle turned three in July. I thought that we really got lucky because we didn't experience the "terrible two's" with her at all but I thought a little too fast. Three has been a challenge. She has decided that pushing boundaries is an excellent game. But despite her eagerness to test defiant waters she is such a joy to have around. She LOVES to sing and I am blessed with everything from rocking out to our new Barlow Girls CD in the car (she knows more words then I do!) to her quietly soothing Owen with a round of twinkle twinkle little star. Our new favorite activity has been AWANA. It's girls night for us since we leave the boys at home and I help lead her cubbies group. Her ability to memorize scripture is amazing and I am happy that she is hiding God's word in her heart at such a young age.
Nick! Nick is working hard at Hardy Diagnostics (http://www.hardydiagnostics.com/). After working there just six months as a maintenance tech he was promoted to head of the plates department. The production of "plates" (petri dishes filled with various medical 'media') is Hardy's main source of production and he is now running the department. It's a steep learning curve and has been a challenge including working a lot more hours and taking some leadership courses but I think that he feels like he is actually making a difference in his department and employees which is a great thing. He has also slowly but surely been learning to play the bass and hopefully soon will join the worship team on Sunday mornings.
As for me, I am just running behind my kids, panting, trying to keep up! Being a housewife and mother has become a whole different story with two. I really have to keep in mind that it's only by God's grace that I keep my sanity and it's only his love working through me that will mold my children into what they need to be. I can only hope that someday I will almost kinda resemble the wife and mother that is described in Proverbs 31.
As a family we have had a lot happen. We have moved to a new apartment, Nick and I celebrated five years, we had an awesome trip to Disney, the kids and I got to go to Oregon, we have lost great friends to far away places and we have made new friends through a new sunday school class and new bible study. We have the privilege of spending Monday night's with my extended family for family dinner ever week, we get to be involved in the planning of my baby sisters wedding to Collin and we discover new ways to be a family every day!
So here are our favorite snapshots since the last blog. Hopefully with Nick's encouragement I might write a blog more often then every 8 months ;)
