I keep meaning to update this thing... but I guess good intentions just don't get it done! I seem to always be on the wrong computer (the ones w/o the downloaded pictures on them)... but anyway...
We are all alive and well. I continue to work. November and December were crazy busy with most of the time having one of the three midwives gone for this or that... leaving two of us to man the birth center. At one point we had 11 babies in 14 days! Such crazy fun!
January has been MUCH slower, so much so that I actually have had some free time! (I'm not sure what to do with myself when I have free time!) By March it will pick back up to craziness again... we have like 6 women due on the same day the first week of March!
God has been doing so much I wish I had the words to describe... but amazing healing has been taking place and we feel like we are finally to the 'other side' of our grief. It's nice when you can get to the point where you can see God's hand at work, even through all the tough times. Sometimes you can even catch a glimpse as to the why's of it all (though just a glimpse!) We are excited to be it His will... wherever that may lead us.
On the home front... the kids started public school back in early November... it was just too much to try to homeschool all of them and work full time. They have for the most part enjoyed it, though we are hoping to transfer to a charter school next year as I firmly believe that boys need more time to MOVE during the day... one 30 min recess just doesn't cut it for my boys!
Joe continues to work his own business... he stays pretty busy and it's certainly nice to have the flexibility of staying home w/ the baby while I do births (she's getting too big and busy to bring to births!)
Adara seems bound and determined to grow up waaay to fast! I can't complain about the sleeping a 6-8 hr stretch at night, but she seems to think she would like to be mobile already! Thankfully she's not quite yet! She's in this taste everything stage... anything that comes w/in grasp of her little fists goes straight to the mouth!
Well, sorry for the no picture thing... eventually I'll get on the right computer and post pictures!