I've missed you, friend.

Oh man it's been quite a while. Life has been hectic. I stopped working for the baseball team. Ralph is waiting to hear back about a job opportunity in Denver; he flew there last week and they will be making their decision this week. How great that would be. Ralph to have a job and get out of Bakersfield! Score! Keep your fingers crossed.

Hm. April had her nine month doctor's appointment last week. She is 20 lb 3 oz, and 29 inches tall/long. She crawls, pulls up on things, stands briefly, talks, and has still not cut a tooth!

Ralph and I left her with his parents for her first ever overnight trip without us last weekend. We went to Vegas for two nights. It was nice to not be on her time frame all the time, but I missed her like nuts. She's been pretty clingy ever since we came back; I think she's afraid we will leave her again. She had a lot of fun, though. She got to swim and explore their much bigger house, and go book shopping. Way more fun than she ever has with us.

And for the greatest news since I last posted: I finally got Julian's ultrasound pictures from Dr. Fok!!! It's been almost two years, but I finally did it! The cystic hygroma and hydrops are very apparent, even to the untrained eye. But to see his little body, his little head and face....oh it feels so good. My memories of him waving at me during our final ultrasound were starting to get hazy and having these photos has reminded me of his sweet face and cute little hand. God is good.

Also, for those of you who haven't been bombarded on FB with my links, I have started a little website that you all should check out: The Pink Mud Puddle. I am having a 20% off sale on all the name brand clearance section items. Use coupon code 20OFFCLEARANCE.

We're going to Utah tomorrow for a family reunion of Ralph's dad's side of the family. April will get to meet all her cousins and hopefully that will be a lot of fun. Ralph's cousin, Jill, has a baby two months younger than April. The last time we saw them was at Christmas and he was barely 6 lbs and only a couple days old. Rumor has it that he is bigger than April now, so that should be fun!

I hope to keep up better on here from now on!