Eleven months

This month went so fast!!!! We got settled in to our new place and you've been sickly. You love the new house and having so much room to play, crawl and practicing walking. You have such a personality! And you are not afraid to make your feelings known. You're already a handful. The terrible twos should be interesting!! 😁

You have two teeth now and you love to scrunch up your nose at everything. It's cute. 

You get going pretty fast when you walk with your new walker!! 

I hate when you aren't happy and don't feel good. Brother tries to make you happy!

You and Brother love that we have bathtubs now!!

You like to bite and hit and pinch. Which isn't funny, except it really kind of is. We're not teaching you good habits every time we laugh when you do it though!!! You're pretty strong for being so small! 

You love your Lovey!!

Other than you being sickly, it's been a good month. 

 So sad but so big!!! One month to go to a year!!!

We're (not) lucky

I used to think Davie and I didn't have much in the way of good luck. With the way things ended up working out with immigration, it just seemed like we were fighting uphill battles and losing. However, I would say the last few months / year have changed my view on our luck and now I think we are some of the luckiest people I know.

Little things have happened lately to make me think this. We've "lost" a few things but then found them again later and, while a seemingly small thing, had the items stayed lost it would have been sad and upsetting, frustrating and costly. 

Our amazing new house and view have helped too. We are very lucky to be living this life that we are living. It's beautiful here and we love our mountain. 

One day I'll get the best sunrise shot. This one isn't great, but I do love that sky though!

Kaylynn and Eduardo are healthy and safe and happy. My heart aches for my friends who have not been as lucky lately. Life can be cruel and unfair and there are things I hope I never have to experience. 

These two. 💜💜💜💜

The world is a scary and hard place, but here on our mountain we can just enjoy this fabulous place we get to call home. When the fog rolls in we like to say we're all alone in the world. Nothing can hurt us. 

I worry and stress and feel guilty about so many things. But I am trying to just focus on being grateful for all that we have right now. 

Family time. Kaylynn thinks we're crazy. Little does she know she's got lots of years ahead of her to think that!