A quick catch-up of the last 8 months ... biggest news at the end :D

Here's what we've been up to over the past while.

We celebrated a big-deal birthday (in fact, we celebrated it 3 times)!  This is what was left of her cake:

After a long, long search, we found a lovely house in Katy and bought it.  Felt like home from the moment we drove up!

We celebrated Halloween ...

Thanksgiving (not sure if we actually took pictures!) ...

and Christmas.  (Notice Steven's bandage in the second pic; it came completely off shortly after that, so we really had a reason to celebrate!)

We spent time together ...

and with family and friends.

Sometimes we were adorable ...

and sometimes we were trouble ...

and sometimes we were a major ham.

And then a little over 12 weeks ago, unbeknownst to us until a couple of weeks later, we had a HUGE SURPRISE BLESSING!  We are due at the end of October, and couldn't be more thrilled.  

Shame on Me

Seriously, I haven't posted since late last summer?!  That's just sad.  To be fair, we've been incredibly busy.  I'll update in a separate post ... it's a LOT!

Sometimes I seriously consider getting back on Facebook, just because it's so much easier to post pictures, etc. there than to create a new blog post.  And it's not that I'm ruling it out forever, but I have to say I'm loving the (mostly) drama-free life and friendships, and I've found out how much I really do value my privacy.  But I miss connecting with extended family and friends at the drop of a hat.  So we'll see what the future holds.  :)