2009. A New Year.

Wow I cannot believe it is 2009 already. This year has flown by. Just a little recap of what we have been doing all year. We started our new year in a new place on Custer St. We thought it was the best place for us at the time and enjoyed living there. In May we were able to see Michael graduate with two Bachelors from the University of Wyoming. We are so proud of him and are looking forward to the next stages of life. In June we found out we were expecting our second baby in February, we were very excited to be expanding our family and were looking forward to meeting that little baby. In the middle of June the three of us packed up the car and drove 19 hours to the Oregon coast. It is so beautiful there, thank you Todd and Maxine for inviting us to meet you there. I cannot wait for this years trip. At the end of June we experianced our first miscarriage, and pray that will be the last. I think it was the hardest thing for Michael and I to experience at just 4 years of marriage.

August found us moving to a new apartment on Palmer, we love the place we are in now and are very glad to be here. Joshua and I also went to Texas to visit friends and family. The rest of my mother's side of the family live down there so it was wonderful to see them all again. Michael started school in September for his Masters and has been very busy with that and work. He works very hard for our family and we are very proud of his hard work and accomplishments. He should be graduating with his Masters in May 2010. On May 5 we found out we are expecting another baby, and later found out it is a boy. We are so happy that God blessed us so soon after loosing our second baby. We are so excited for May to come but don't want to rush it too much. I want to enjoy the last 4 1/2 months I have with Joshua before another baby comes into the equation. I have been very busy at home being a stay at home mother, wife and house keeper. I have been getting our boy's room ready for the arrival of our new boy.

Joshua is as cute as ever. He makes the silliest of all silly faces, and loves to make us laugh. He has such character and I hope he will be able to use his abilities for God's work later. Joshua loves to pretend play. For some reason I am 'mommy ghost' and he is 'Joshua baby' or 'Joshua pirate' depending on the day. He loves cooking on his play kitchen and playing with his tools his Grammy and Papa gave him for Christmas. He is talking all the time and at times I'll have to ask him to be quiet for just a minute so I have time to think. Joshua is very excited for his baby brother to come and talks about him a lot. Since I am showing now he likes to come up to me and give my belly a hug and kiss. Every now and then he will point at it and talk about the baby. I love watching him experience this with us too.

That about sums up our year. It has been a very busy one. I hope you all have a great 2009. May God bless you all.