Family Happenings

Greetings!


I know I am very past due for a post. So here it goes.


December was a whirlwind!


December 8, we moved out of our house. December 10 we celebrated Ryan's birthday. December 14 was my last day of work in San Diego. December 23 we left for Bakersfield.


December 25...Olivia's First Christmas!!!







December 26 - 30 spent time in Vacaville with Grammie and Papa - my mom and stepdad.



January found us rooting for the Chargers and looking for jobs. No luck with either endeavor. It's discouraging and does a number on the self esteem to be a willing employee who is unable to find employment. Until we can find employment, we cannot get our own place. We are blessed to have such giving parents (thanks Mom and Dad M.) who are willing to open their home.



Prayer requests right now mainly revolve around jobs and keeping us healthy as we do not have health insurance. A scary prospect with a little one.



Olivia's birthday is right around the corner. Hard to believe, isn't it? Will try and post more and more often!

Thanksgiving

You see things through different eyes when you celebrate your first holidays as a family. We spend Thanksgiving with family and friend's on Lori's side of the family. Here's some pictures from the day.


Thanksgiving morning, playing with daddy's shoes...
GG...aka Great Grandma Bobbie
Introduced to another tradition...the post Thanksgiving dinner NAP!

October In Pictures

She's getting ready to crawl in this picture, just before Halloween. About two weeks later she was crawling! The same weekend she crawled, she got her first tooth, too!

That same weekend, we went to Disneyland as a family for the first time. We had a lot of fun watching Olivia look around and take in all she saw. We even took her on a couple of rides.

...first parade

Watching the Playhouse Disney show at California Adventure....It was a big day...

Here's pictures from her first Halloween. During the day, she was a cowgirl for school. Their theme at the preschool was "Wild, Wild, West". That night for "Trunk or Treat" at church, she was a pumpkin.

And last but not least, we went to Sea World and she met her first dolphin!