our monthly update...

I hate that it's come to be a monthly update, but it has. Our computer is still very dead...more for lack of time to pay attention to it than lack of options to fix it. Work has kept us busy and worn out and I feel like we've spent most of our off times recently just recuperating from one shift until another. If you think of it, please pray for our boys they seem to each be going through their own sort of tough time at the moment. Last shift was a little more spiritually and emotionally draining and we're just hoping this next shift will be a smooth one. We all could use that!

Sydney is doing fantastic though. She could not be any busier. She is into everything and such a little explorer and climber. She just started to communicate more in ways that we can understand. She's doing the baby sign for "more" whenever she's hungry (which is super helpful!) and saying mama, dada, uh-oh, tickle, doggy, and baby...most of which no one but us can understand, but she's getting there :) Her personality seems to come out more each day and she is just hilarious and sweet as can be. She's recently started to get separation anxiety...we knew that had to come sometime but hopefully it won't last long ;) She's been interacting with people and things a lot more lately. It's been fun watching her enjoy playing, whether it's outside or in her room or just listening to music and dancing. She's a lot of fun right now :)

Below our some recent pictures. First are some with Sydney's new friend Josiah. He's the son of another couple of Family Teachers here, Don and Karen. Josiah is just a couple months older than Syd. It's been fun to have someone around that's her age!! Then there are some fun pictures of when Tim, Amber, and the kids visited last time we were off. It was a short visit but SO nice to see and spend time with family!!