Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

I can't believe it's 2008. You know what they say....time flies when you are having fun. It's been a while since I posted, and I have vowed that I will be more diligent in posting this year. I'm not promising much, but my goal is to post at least once a month. We'll see how that goes....

Joel is changing as fast as ever. He started crawling in mid-December and now he's pulling up everywhere. He hasn't gotten brave enough to stand on his own yet, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time. He's still battling an upper respiratory infection that he's had since Christmas, but I think we are on the homestretch now. The worst part is that our poor little man has to endure breathing treatments three times a day. It's not fun for him or for us, but they really do help so much.

We had a great Christmas. Joel and I were in Texas for several weeks and loved seeing so many of our friends and family. David joined us about halfway through our stay and boy were we happy to see him. Joel's first Christmas was really amazing minus being sick. He loved the paper and the shiny bows, and we were all completely blessed by the presents we received.

Now, we are back in California and back to work. Life is slowly becoming normal again with routines and responsibilities but I hope that 2008 is anything but mundane. Life was meant to be lived not survived and that's my resolution for 2008....not to just survive 2008 but to really live it.

Blessings to you and yours in this new year!