For Real??

October 21st! OCTOBER 21st was my last post. That means that the entire month of November went by without one post documenting the goings on in our lives! I hate that! Between working, traveling, having a 4/5 month old, looking for houses and trying to live the time for sitting down to blog has been used up! I have so many times thought about just deleting this blog and being done with it so the silent pressure of "you need to blog" is no longer on me, but I WANT to have this "family journal" of sorts in the future. So, I press on. And, it's okay if a month passes before I blog again. I'll catch up. I am going to try and make a goal of at least once a week...we shall see!

November: November was a good month. Millie celebrated her 4th month of life and is doing fantastic! She went to the Doctor for her 4 month check up and weighed in at a whopping 15 lbs 8 oz and was 25 1/2 inches long! She is right on target! We started cereal at 4 months which helped very much with her sleeping through the night. She will still wake up and want her passie, but she does very well! She also started rolling over in November too! She is a rolling machine! Thanksgiving was great! We were able to visit family in Tifton and Warner Robins. It was a small taste of what Christmas will be like! Clint finished up the busy football season and I checked a bunch of things off the list at work. We also went several times looking for houses and finally decided to build. The plans have been in the works for a while and we are hitting road bumps left and right but hope to be in by April of 2011! We are so thankful for this opportunity!

Currently I am on Christmas break. That would explain the available time to blog! Clint has 3 more days of work and will be off until Jan 4th! As much as I hate that he has to work nights and we don't see him much, I am more and more thankful for his type of work. It is because of his job that Millie doesn't have to be in fulltime daycare or a daycare center at that. And also, he gets most of his time off at Christmas and Summer which is the same for me making it really special!

We had Clint's parents over this past Sunday night for supper. We enjoyed it very much and love them tons! Millie was great and even helped her Daddy while playing spades. He still lost though! Mommy and Papa won! Woohoo!

The house situation is moving slowly! As much as I am excited about finally being out of this apartment, I am also very thankful that we aren't rushing around during the holidays trying to get stuff done. I am confident that things are going just like they need to be at this point!

Millie is 5 months old now and is SO MUCH FUN! I adore her! She is eating baby food and is an absolute champ at it! She has loved Green Beans, Peas and Sweet potatoes so far. Carrots are next so we shall see. We plan to introduced bananas on Christmas morning! She is SO happy and talks and smiles all the time! Sometimes her happy face just overwhelms me with love and joy that I just can't take it and I cry. I thank the Lord for giving her to us and pray that we do the best job we can...with His help of course!

Christmas is just a few days away! This time last year I was so SICK and really had to strive to enjoy the season. I remember not even being able to decorate the tree last year. I just had to lay flat on the couch and watch Clint do it...i could barely unwrap the ornaments for him. This year was a whole different story. We had Millie in her seat and she watched us decorate the tree. What a special time!

My sister Katy is due any day now with my nephew Wesley! I am so excited I can hardly stand it! My other sister Elizabeth, unfortnately just miscarried her 2nd baby. My heart breaks for her and I so wish she weren't so far away! My other sister Danielle should be flying in tomorrow from Denver! I know I am THRILLED to see her! She is going to be AMAZED at how big Millie is compared to the last time she saw her! I can't wait to see their interaction!

I believe that is all! We are truly loving life and enjoying each day more than the last! God is SO faithful and SO incredibly loving that it blows my mind most of the time!

Here's to ONE more post before 2011!

Until next time,
Sam