TOOOO Long!

Wow, it has been too long! First and foremost, our sweet Hannah Lucia was born Nov. 21 at 2:06am, via repeat c-section after laboring for 24 hrs, weighing 10 lbs 7 oz and 21 inches long!!! She was a big girl! :) Life is a little busy, making the adjustment from 1 to 2, but it's not too bad. We're actually handling it great. Zach loves his little sister, says "Sis" and points to her, will rub her head, pat her back like mommy does to burp her, and will give her nice big, wet kisses. He's still young though, so we've caught him trying to climb on her to sit in the bouncy, on top of her. We have to watch him haha!

Other than that, life is well. Jon is now on a normal work schedule, basically working M-F, 8-5. Has its pluses and minuses. We just spent 2 weeks in MO at the beginning of the year for Jon's sister's wedding and seeing everyone. Hannah was baptized the day we got back and she looked beautiful. Soon after that, Zach spilled diet coke all over my laptop and fried it, so we're now sharing a computer. Jon just started back to school after taking a semester off, so between that and work, he's staying busy. We're also super excited that LOST is back on :) We're flying home in May for my sister's graduation, wahoo! I haven't been home in a year and a half, so I've very excited about that. We're also starting to look at little/plan a little for Rome. We're going there in 2 years for Jon's brother's ordination in to the priesthood. We've very excited about that and looking forward to it.

God has been doing a lot in our lives. Jon and I recently began reading "When Couples Pray" by Cheri Fuller. It's been incredible for our spiritual walk together and it's been so touching to hear us pray for each other. I definitely recommend it to other couples! God's also been bringing Eph 5 up to me a lot, and really encouraging me regarding our marriage. I'm also beginning to consider getting up before the kids to shower and do my own devotional now that I"m getting a little more sleep, but that hasn't happened yet. We also just finished reading Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover and are striving to live on a better budget, to pay off debt, and save lots. We just celebrated our 2 year anniversary last week as well. We got a babysitter and went to dinner and a yummy Italian restaurant we'd never been to, and then went and saw Defiance. Sad, but great movie. Based off a true story during the Holocaust.

Anyway, just gives you a small idea of what's been going on in our lives the past 2 months. Sorry it's taken me so long to update. I'm hoping to try to keep up with this about once a week now that things are settling down to our new adjustment. Hope all are doing well!

Much love, Aimee