Michala Says GO VANDALS!

The times they are a changin’

That’s right my friends, Michala’s officially walking! 

She has been mobile for some time now, but now she’s more independent than ever.  It’s fun and exciting to watch, and yet saddens me too to see my baby growing up.  I’m guessing that in the next week or so we will literally be running after her trying to keep up. 

Michala is also very mischievous.  She is testing her boundaries-much to our dismay.  Her favorite thing to do is bite the leather seam on the front of the couch cushions.  Right as she’s bending over to do it she turns to slyly look at you as if to say “ha ha look at me!”… and when you tell her “no”, she giggles and thinks it’s hilarious.  Good times…  While this is very frustrating I keep telling myself that this too shall pass.  Whenever we look back at one of Michala’s more trying phases we realize that they really didn’t last too long… so hopefully this one won’t either. 

In other news, Tim is still unemployed.  However, he’s been kept very busy remodeling Debbie’s kitchen.  I haven’t seen the final product, but I hear it’s beautiful.  I don’t see a job realistically popping up any time soon, but that is just fine by me.  I’m glad that Tim and Michala are getting this time together.  I know that God will provide a job at the right time. 

I am actually starting a new job tomorrow.  I’ll be doing similar work as what I do now, but will be working for Albertsons, LLC instead of SuperValu.  On pretty much all levels, this is a great thing.  The medical benefits are probably going to cost more, but that appears to be the only downfall so far.  I am super excited for this change!

We are celebrating Michala’s FIRST birthday next Sunday.  We’re just going to get the family together and let her eat cake… lots and lots of cake :)  It should be fun and I’ll do my best to post pics soon after for those of you out of town. 

The next weekend (Michala’s actual birthday weekend) we’re starting our trek to Billings to visit Jeff & LeeAnn (JeffAnn as Tim refers to them).  We can’t wait to see them and their sweet little addition Maddie Mae.  It is sure to be a crazy Thanksgiving.  One baby, one naughty toddler who is already getting into EVERYTHING, 4 dogs, 1 cat, 1 bird, and 6 adults trying to take it all in.  Good times to be had :)

Here are videos of Michala’s development of mobility over the past couple of months: