I want to blog again . . . pray for me!

Its only been . . . 4 months . . . since my last post. Much has happened, sigh. All of summer, actually. Friends came in town, we went out of town several times, lots of fun memories . . . all un-blogged. Oh well. I want to start blogging again, and maybe I will get around to retro-blogging at some point. But, the best way to get back in the saddle, I think, is just to start where things are at right now. And right now, it is fall, we are back in the swing of David's law school life and Sarah is getting crazy big. So I'll just post some pictures of our normal life, and we will see where blogging goes from here!

This photo happened right at the beginning of September. After a pretty scorching Missouri summer, we finally got some "cool" weather, like in the 80's. I told Sarah that Fall was coming and the weather was going to start getting cooler. She is just beginning to grasp the idea of seasons. We were out on the deck, but suddenly she yelled excited, "Its going to snow soon!" Then she ran back inside, and re-emerged on the deck in this get-up. I love it--sooo Sarah!

Sarah has also discovered that she really likes the jacuzzi function of our bathtub, especially in combination with bubble bath. Its actually pretty amazing. A tiny little capful of bubble bath that makes a really pathetic amount of bubbles when simply poured under the bathtub faucet turns into a whole bathtub of thick foamy bubbles when you turn the jacuzzi jets on. Lots of bath time fun happening this way these days!

Sarah also still loves books, thankfully. At 18 months she would only fall asleep in her crib if we put 2-3 books in there with her for her to look at as she drifted off. She still loves to just sit and look at a book. I have aspirations to start some simple reading stuff with her this year--she is definitely interested! But the main reason I took this picture is she just looks so darn grown up!! I want it to stop, I tell you! And yet, I am so proud. I am just crazy about this girl, I tell ya!

Finally, this is from Sarah's first day of "school" a few weeks ago. Actually, she is just going to a parents' day out one day a week. But she LOVES it! She is just so active and curious and social, and since she is not napping anymore (for like 8 months now!) I finally broke down and said--I need a few hours each week to do things that are difficult to get done when you are your non-napping super-social child's only social and entertainment outlet. Praise the Lord, he provided some super sweet ladies at a church not too far from where we live who intentionally keep the PDO prices low so that it is affordable for families like ours. Seriously, such a provision! Sarah really likes it, and I think she is really growing and benefiting from the social and structure aspects, and I have aspirations to actually organize my house and possibly do a little more blogging . . . So thankful!!