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So much to write about and so little time.

I think I am in a season of falling in love; in love with my family, my God, my community, and my hobbies.

I still find that having a child is a tab bit weird. I mean I still catch myself thinking, I can’t believe I am a mom and we are a family and this is my life. Not a bad life by any means, just my life. Matilda is perfect! Michael is an amazing husband and father. Matilda is just in love with him. I love to see the father/daughter thing unfold right before my eyes. Some of the things I love are:
1. When Matilda wakes up in the morning, she is just so happy to see you next to her in bed (we co-sleep) She just smiles and smiles.
2. I love her messy messy kisses! She has started to grab my lips and go in for an open mouth kiss, then she wants to eat my nose with her two sharp teeth.
3. I love how she plays peek a boo, we did not do this with her all that much but she loves to play it. She will just tuck her head down and wait till we say “where is Tilda?” and then she lifts up with a big smile on her face. If she has a piece of cloth then she will use that.
4. I love our bath time, she loves the water and her ducks!
5. I love to watching her sleep, she has her arms all spread out and her legs all over the place and she does this breathing thing every once in a while that she has done since she was born that Michael and I just love.

Some other things I love about my family:
1. Michael coming home at the end of the day and he is happy to see us and tells me everyday that he misses us and that he loves us so much.
2. Michaels family, they are amazing and they love us so so much, we miss living with them and we miss all the extra hands. But I miss long talks with Carol and laughs and cooking with Gary.

Now onto how I am falling in love with my God all over again:
God has brought us just where he wants us to be in this season of our lives. I mean we still very much miss Africa and we feel guilty some times for not being there when they are going though all that they are going though. We miss the kids a lot and we feel like we let them down by not staying the year we said we would be there and the lifetime we said we would be their to ourselves. But none-the-less God knew what he was doing by bring us home and by placing us here at London Belle apartments. He has blessed us with a great area director and a beautiful staff that are such hard workers, but I will get more into that when I talk about my love for my community. Anyhow I am seeing and feeling God all over the place. He is so good and faithful, more than I will ever deserve.

Now on to my community:
I have two beautiful communities, my apartment community, that I love serving thought Apartment life, and then there is my church community, Basilica, they are so amazing and they are coming along side us and walking with us and serving beside us at London Belle. So here is my list:
1. All the residents that we have been able to serve. There is a nice group of elderly people that are so sassy and so sweet, they love Matilda as a grandchild and that is so refreshing.
2. Basilica is so great they are always quick to help and to give of themselves.
3. I love the apartment staff, so friendly and they just love Matilda.

NOW ONTO MY HOBBIES!!!
So of course being a mom is #1 but other things I have been falling in love with are…
1. The organic veggie and fruit co-op that I co-lead with my best friend Heather. I love all the people that come out to buy they’re share and share ideas. I just love eating all the good veggies and fruit. I love that Matilda is seeing me do this, I pray that she will love fresh fruit and veggies, I hope to be growing my own soon!!
2. I love to KNIT!!! I have made all kinds of things!! I love it, I love yarn, learning different patterns and skills. I just love it!!!
3. I want to love to sew, but I have yet to really learn, I have an amazing sewing machine that I got for Christmas from Michael’s family.
4. I started a boot camp fitness program 3 days a week for a hour and I am starting to fall in love with it, while I am working my butt off I am not so much loving it, but what I am feeling in my body I am loving.

Ok so sorry I have just made you read this crazy long update, I hope you made it to the end, if you did then God bless you. We love you.