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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Long time no see...seriously!

I am so sorry that it has been so dang long! I am so bad at updating this thing but I do have a couple of good excuses for it. This year has been really busy and very crazy. Not only are we expecting our second baby but we have just bought our first house. And between the two it has taken a ton of time and energy! :)
First the baby! We are expecting a little girl on or around the 9th of November and we are super excited for her to arrive. Andrew wasn't so sure about the girl thing at first but I am proud to say he has come around and is looking forward to having a little princess. Aydan is also excited for his little sis and frequently is trying to talk to her through the face on belly technique. Which is sometimes startling to her since he likes to pretend he is a dog on occasion and barks at my belly.
Speaking of Aydan the little tyke has grown into quite the big boy this year. He is loving his ABC's, numbers, shapes, and colors. He is also trying very hard to learn to read and is writing a few of his letters and numbers. He is finally starting to talk up a storm which has made us very happy since last summer he wasn't speaking at all. He has also lost all his baby fat and is looking like a big boy which kinda makes me a little sad. :(
After a whole year of searching and a lot of coaching from Andrew we have finally made the big step of purchasing our first home. I say coaching because I so did not want to buy a house here because I had gotten quite used to all the nice things in SLC . I did not liking living without a Costco or Cafe Rio but Andrew won out. He loves his job and feels like he is learning a lot and that we would most likely be here in Elko for another 5 to 7 years. Well that did it for me! I did not want to rent a dumpy apartment for that long!! So off we went looking at houses. After seeing around 30 or so we finally found one be both loved and we put in an offer that very day. After a very hairy closing process, in which we had to live in a hotel for 4 days!, we finally moved in. We have been here almost 6 weeks and it is really starting to feel like home. We are loving our new ward and have already made some really great friends. We were recently called to team teach the 12 yr olds and we are really enjoying it so far.
Well folks that is it for now until I can get Andrew to set up my scanner so I can post some pics of the house. Love you all and hope everything is well with you!