Well! Safe to say A LOT has happened since the last post. Here's a quick month-by-month rundown!
July was spent enjoying the fantastic Oregon weather, taking Christian's four wheeler out on some gorgeous trails.
Judah (and Ahh-ahh) broke his wrist in August while we were on a day camping trip. He was riding a bike downhill...a little to fast! But happy to say that his wrist is now perfectly healed, and daddy threw his bike in the garbage (lol!) we haven't gotten him a new one yet, but I think it's time he get one again!
Josiah began 1st grade in September, and we were blessed with a fantastic teacher! He had a great experience at Mulino Elementary and Judah and I (and eventually Elijah too) got to spend lots of time volunteering in his classroom.
In October the boys and I enjoyed our annual trip to the Wooden Shoe Pumpkin Fest, we always have so much fun there!
November brought our third little blessing! Elijah Luke was born and I'm proud to say, I did it med-free! There were a few possible complications and we were going to have to schedule for him to be induced, but then he decided to come on his own. Lots of hours of labor at home, a few quick hours at the hospital, and that was it! Perfectly healthy healthy and we went home the next morning, praise God!! We didn't know if he'd end up looking like Josiah (blonde hair, blue eyes!) or Judah (brown hair, brown/green eyes!) but Josiah was thrilled to discover that Elijah looks much like him! Blondie all the way :) Josiah and Judah were so excited for their brother. Just as I expected, Elijah has become Josiah's little buddy, and Judah is my little helper.
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| Aunt Kristy had a little fun with Elijah on Thanksgiving day! :) |
December was a busy month with a newborn, Christmas, and Judah's 5th birthday!
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| Elijah taking a break in the Christmas aftermath! |
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| Papa and Grandma got Judah his much-wanted remote control helicopter! |
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| family of 5 now! |
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| Judah woke up to a bed full of balloons! |
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| 5 years old already....wow!! |
January was a rather calm month for us. (The calm before the storm!!) Nice to have a month like that once in a while! :)
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celebrating 2013 (Madagascar time!)   
February was a crazy, full of rather unexpected events! Christian was hired at a fantastic hospital in San Antonio, Texas. This meant quickly selling our house, finding a new one (rental), and relocating our family to an unfamiliar town. I spent 8 weeks in San Antonio for Air Force Basic Training...but that was on the OTHER side of the barb wired fence, lol. I hadn't gotten to experience San Antonio as a civilian! I have to say, I never thought I'd be back in San Antonio with a husband and three little boys! It's definitely bittersweet, because we've been praying and searching for the right job for Christian. But it is hard to leave all his family. Thankfully we will see them as often as we can and I have lots of Texas family just a few hours drive away!
We quickly put our house up for sale and prayed that it would sell quickly. And praise God, it did! We had a difficult time securing a home to live in in San Antonio since we couldn't view it first. But at the last minute we were able to get one with a nice quick commute to Christian's job, and in walking distance to Josiah's school.
It was a whirlwind trying to work out all the details, packing up our house, lots of house viewings (meaning keeping the house extremely clean and getting out with all the kids and dog whenever someone wanted to view it! whew!), getting Christian's Texas nursing license, working out job details, etc, etc, etc.
Of course, I don't have many pictures this month due to the craziness! But at least I have one of my lil valentine :)
In March we officially moved to San Antonio. Christian took a moving truck with our van on a trailer behind it. He also took our dog Milo. The boys and I stayed with Christian's parents for a few days before flying down. It was so nice for the boys to have that special time with their grandparents before we left.
Josiah also had to say goodbye to his first grade class. It was hard for him (and me too!). God had really blessed us with great teachers and classmates during our time at Mulino. Josiah made little "goodbye" bags for his classmates, complete with plastic bugs, candy, and he had drawn one particular bug for each classmate that he said would remind him of them every time he saw that bug. (so sweet!)
In the middle of the craziness, I got my braces off (hooray!) I probably would've had them on for a few more months if we hadn't moved, but we didn't want to have to find a new orthodontist and I was so close to being finished anyways. Freedom! :) I don't mind having to wear my clear plastic retainers each night.
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That brings us to the present, and I'll be writing a new post on our San Antonio adventures :)
