Good things come to those who wait.

  A lot of good things have happened to our family the past couple of months. I finally have a couple minutes to sit down and tell you all about them.
  First, Paul got a new job. This week was his 4th week. He works for a company called Nackard. They distribute Pepsi products along with wine and beer. Paul is a salesman for the wine and beer side of the company. This was a pretty huge promotion for him so we were very excited. He is a little overwhelmed by all of the new things he has to learn but he is doing great. This job opportunity is something we have been praying for for a couple years.
  Next on our list is we moved. We are renting a condo and we love it. Its so much bigger than our apartment was and SO much nicer. We are really fortunate the people who lived here before us thought of us when they were moving out. We moved about 3 weeks ago now and we have loved every minute of it. We are completely done unpacking and decorating. Its so nice to come home from a long day of work to such a nice place. We feel really lucky to live here.
  Ivan is growing and talking and doing great. He is a little gremlin of course. He is 20 months now and I cant keep up with him most of the time. He is a lot of fun though. He LOVES anything that has to do with Elmo. He is a little parate. He tries to say everything that we say. I have taught him that girls have cooties so dont kiss them unless its me. Tonight when Paul gave him a kiss he said, "Icky Kaka". So it looks like I will have to help him with the different between daddy and girls. He is a little ball of energy but we love him. And this now leads to our last piece of news. Ivan is soon to be a big brother! We are going on 14 weeks pregnant on Sunday. I cant tell you how excited we are. Our due date is April 17. Some of you know that we actually miscarried Easter weekend this year which was of course devistating. So we feel so blessed and excited to be at 14 weeks and doing so well. I feel aweful on a daily basis which is good because that means hormones are doing what they should but bad because I have no energy. But in the end it will all be worth it.
  So that is all there is. Lots of good stuff. For those of you who continue to pray for us thanks so much and for all of you Oregonians we miss you!!!!!