Ok, two teeth!

Well, Shelby actually has two teeth coming in! Can you see them? :) She is five months old today and is such a big girl! Her spirit continues to be sweet and I am really enjoying that.

Just two weeks until we head to NM for Josh's graduation from the Academy!! We are very excited for graduation, but not looking forward to the eight weeks of Spanish. God has brought us this far and He is in control, so we keep pressing on. We still aren't sure what we'll be doing for Christmas and New Years but we have some time to plan that.

Our condo is staged and our Realtor held an Open House today so we are praying that something will come from it. Please pray with us that our condo will sell this month...closing before 11/19 would be great!

Keep serving Jesus!

Less than 5 months old...

Can you believe that Shelby got her first tooth!?!?!? Monday, November 2nd Shelby Elaine cut a tooth on the bottom. I could hardly believe it as she bit down on my finger as she usually does and this time it hurt!

Shelby has been in 5 states already...Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. Colorado is obviously where we live. Nebraska - we took her there back in July to see Josh's grandma and extended family. New Mexico - where we got to see Josh while he is in training, as well as a visit to Los Alamos to see my grandparents on the way to and from seeing Josh. Texas - we visited Sanderson, then we visited Luke and Alexa in Lubbock (and we hope to go to Dallas soon!). Oklahoma - we just drove through Oklahoma as we went from Lubbock to Eaton but that still counts!

And she loves to watch other kids play. I have noticed it on Sundays when she watches Aislyn, Keziah and Rizpah. As we packed the condo she loved watching Vivian dance around.

At the Howard's she loved watching Emmalyn and Oliver jump from the couch to the Love Sac. Such sweet laughter! And then we found out that she'll laugh at anyone who is being silly. Luke kept making a funny noise and then danced around a bit and she giggled and giggled and giggled. It was so precious! Another funny thing was that I would say to the kids that Shelby really liked them and Emmalyn would say "But she likes me more than Oliver, right?" So cute!!!
(I can't figure out how to load the video onto my parents Mac, so here is just a picture of Shelby with the Howard's for now.)

Oliver, Luke, Shelby, Alexa & Emmalyn

We're back :(

Well...the trip down on Saturday was great! And we had a wonderful time with Josh on Saturday evening and Sunday. We went to church with Josh on Sunday morning which was fun. Shelby and I left for Lubbock around 3.

Then...I talked with Kim and found out that her kids have been sick with some sort of flu bug. So we continued on to Lubbock to stay with Luke and Alexa. Monday morning we talked with doctors and determined that it would be best for us to come back to Colorado instead of going to Dallas. We are so sad to not be with the Bonuses right now!!!

We left Lubbock Tuesday morning and made it home in 9.5 hours - Shelby is such an amazing traveler!!! And she is such a sweetheart!!! She slept all night last night and after a bath this morning she is taking her morning nap.

So...we'll head down to Artesia for graduation and Thanksgiving, then head to Dallas for the month of December as originally planned. We continue to pray about Kim's job and where the Lord might be leading. And we are so thankful for a wonderful time with Daddy and with the Howards...more to come on that later. For now we'll enjoy the Fall in Colorado and finish packing up the condo.

Thank you Luke and Alexa and family for letting us stay with you for two nights! It was wonderful!!!

Crazy change in plans...

I was planning on spending the month of December with the Bonus's in Dallas, but it turns out that Kim may be working full time for a few weeks in December at a new job so we switched things up! We will be in Dallas from 11/1 through 11/20. Then we'll be with Josh from 11/20 through 11/30 for graduation and Thanksgiving. Then we'll be back in CO around December 1st. Whew!

We did get a lot of snow over the past two days...so much fun! I do hope that the roads dry up for our drive to New Mexico on Saturday. We'll be able to spend a little bit of time with Josh, then stay the night with Luke & Alexa Sunday night and finish the drive to Dallas on Monday. Pray for Shelby as she'll have a LOT of car seat time over the three days. :( She is a trooper, though, and I am sure it will be great! But still pray for me...that I won't go insane listening to crying in the car.

Thank you to Pam and Vivian for the help in packing up the kitchen today. And to Gregg & Catie for all of your help packing as well. And mostly to my parents...what would I do without you?!?!? THANK YOU for letting us live with you, and for helping so much at the condo, and for loving Shelby and Josh and I, and...and...and... the list goes on and on.

We are so excited to see Josh this weekend as we weren't planning on seeing him until late November. And it will be great to spend so much time with the Bonus's!!!

Last blog (with pics) for a while...

I am working on packing up the condo and I have moved in with my parents. Shelby slept good last night at my parents and I am soooo glad!!! I may not be putting up too many pictures for the next three months, but we'll see how it goes.

Here is a picture from our walk the other day...it was cold out so I got her bundled up and we went! Her poor cheeks were bright red, so we made it a short walk, but she was asleep when we got home. Sweet girl!

A wonderful weekend with daddy

We had such a wonderful weekend with daddy! Shelby was a very good girl in the car. We left Friday morning at 5:40 and made it to Artesia by 4:15. Then the three of us headed to Carlsbad, NM for the night. Late Saturday morning we headed to Sanderson, TX to check out the town. We found out that they don't have much for visitors. Saturday was our 6th wedding anniversary and we had a LOT of laughs...we stayed in a dumpy motel, we ate at a gas station for dinner (I really wish we had taken a picture of our "delicious" meal - corn dog for me and chicken finger things for Josh), and Shelby slept in our bed with us.

Sanderson is a town that used to be much larger because the train stopped there, but years ago there was an accident and it was determined that that stop was dangerous so instead of fixing it they took it out. Many people left the town and there are now lots of abandoned houses too far gone to renovate. Still not sure what we are going to do for a house once January comes. For now we just keep praying.

Late Sunday morning we headed out of town and made it (an hour away) to Ft. Stockton for breakfast at IHOP. Then we went back to Carlsbad for Sunday night and Monday. Tuesday Shelby and I made it back safely to Greeley by 6:15 pm. What a weekend!

We found a pumpkin patch in Carlsbad so we stopped to take some pictures. It was a lot of fun!

Sunday night we had a much better anniversary dinner at Chili's. Shelby got all dressed up and looked so sweet!

Monday we enjoyed the Carlsbad Caverns. What an amazing place!!!

4 months old today!

Shelby is 4 months old today! She is just as sweet as ever. She is playing with her toes and her toys and will probably be rolling over soon.

We'll be going to see Josh this weekend and I am very excited! We'll spend Saturday and Sunday in Sanderson, TX checking out the town. Should be fun!