TODAY is my audrey girl's birthday! i cannot believe she is one. i love this age. she is into everything, but is still a baby. she loves to snuggle. she eats like a champ. she is FINALLY sleeping great! from 6:30pm-7:30 am every night. and is taking one nap a day. some days she'll take a short morning nap, but it just depends on her mood. and she is just a light. she brings me so much joy. we are having a real birthday party for her at the park on monday, but tonight we did an itty bitty family party here, just the 4 of us. i can tell you, she LOVED that birthday cake! no surprise, but it was so fun to see her enjoy it! finley loved it too. although, he mostly just stuck his fingers all over the whole cake to eat the frosting. cutie. happy birthday, my audrey girl. we love you so much.
i realized i never really told you guys about the time we had with jake's mom and sister and then my brother danny. it was great to have visitors! so fun to have people in our home that we know and know us. i mean, we don't have any friends here yet, so people being here was extra nice. me and jenny had some good time together and she is always an encouragement to me. we get along so well and she really is a sister to me. jake's mom had sprained her ankle a couple days before they came, so she was on crutches! she was a trooper though, and still got to play with fin and aud a fair amount.
danny! my little brother danny.... you know what he did!?! you don't, but i'll tell you. he came from portland.... the west coast one, the one above california, very very far from here... well he brought me the BEST gift............ my all time, hands down, above all, favorite tortillas from there! i have searched all the grocery stores here, with no luck so far, to find them. he knew this devastating truth because i kinda talk about it all the time... how i can't find "tortilla land" tortillas, you know, the one's that you cook yourself. that make all forms of mexican food better. you know, my favorite food burritos. it makes them amazing. sigh.
anyhow, he brought me some all the way from portland. two packs to be exact. we've eaten a whole pack already and opened the other last night. i'm trying to ration them out... but you guys, they're my all time favorite! and i can't find them anywhere in this silly city. and right now they're in my fridge. thank you, danny. thank you.
we had a wonderful time with danny here. we went to some different parks. hit up chick fil a, cici's pizza, chili's... and just spent so much time together. him and jake got to play disc golf together a couple times. finley woke him up every morning... it was just wonderful to have his companionship here for a whole week. thanks for coming, danny. we loved having you and finley still calls it, "dammy's woom" (for your room:)) love you like crazy.
you guys, i need to bust out my sewing machine! i know, i know! i want to so bad. and i was even able to get some cute fabric and stuffing for a pillow. i'm kinda hoping to do it this saturday night when jake's at a wedding and the kids are in bed.
guess what i did today... ran 30 minutes without stopping! it was not quite 3 miles... but i'm working on my endurance and that is improvement. it's taken me long enough, geesh. i have a renewal of hope, though. and i know i can do it and run better, longer, and faster. i should be a football coach or something, i'm very motivational.
speaking of football coaches.... what have jake and i been doing during our evenings together you ask? well... we are new converts to the wonder and amazement that is the show "friday night lights". have you seen this tv show? it is completely amazing. and we have been watching multiple episodes every night! totally addicted, but it's the best show either of us have ever seen. if you have not seen it, get netflix. right now. and start watching. man, we love it.
well, that seems like a good update. hmm... i'm tired. the Lord is taking care of us, here. i couldn't be more thankful.
love.
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