Otherwise, not much is happening. Mark is keeping busy with his work and were looking into moving out of my mother-in-laws- Yay! I am doing well, energy has slowly started coming back so that is well appreciated. AubriLynn is 10 months! I still am in disbelief! She is growing so quickly and getting so big! She is being stubborn with walking and prefers to crawl-- on Sundays she has a 'special' crawl due to her dress getting in the way... It looks like Mogli on Jungle Book when he joins the march with the elephants-- butt in the air, legs straight... so cute! Right now I'm in no rush to have her start walking :) She gets into enough stuff around the house without that freedom, so I'm okay with it! ;)
As far as everything else goes... Its just been amazing to see the Lords hand in our lives as He guides and directs us. This past year has been a year of some hardships but INCREDIBLE learning experiences that I oddly would not trade for anything. We have gained so much through our experiences and come to realize so much about faith, love, sacrifice, patience and spiritual growth. I know we'll always have these times to look back on to help keep our focus in the main purpose of life.
Okay, I just have to add on because apparently I have underestimated the thinking and processing skills of my lil' daughter!!! I should figure her observant skills are on 24/7... OK-incident: When I want her to stay in the living room I block off the exit using the couch which is stationed against the wall, and bringing back the rocking chair to the couch and stuffing a pillow in the gap it makes... And its worked-- but she has obviously observed when people need to get by or out they remove the pillow and squeeze by. So this morning I caught her in the act of pulling out the pillow then making her escape!!! So, looks like I am going to have to try and find another tactic (and she doesn't even walk yet!) yes, I'm still in awe! :)
Congratulations!! That is so exciting to hear and I am very jealous that three months went by without you even knowing!! Well first I wanted to say how cute your family is! I can't believe you have a nine month year old and going to have another. Second, I wanted to let you know about the whole police thing. I wish we had better news, but here in Arizona everywhere went on a hiring freeze as soon as we moved here :( Nate has applied to many departments but they keep pushing back the hiring dates. He has done a lot of research about the departments here and they are relly great. Where are you guys living? As far as being police officers wife, I do not have any experience but I can let you know if it ever happens. Truly I am not too excited about it, but this is what Nate wants to do. Well, sorry for the novel but hopefully I answered your questions! I look forward to more updates and talking to you. :)
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