Last Day of 2007

2007 wasn't a jammed packed year.  It had its ups and downs.  Its happy moments and its sad moments.

Kent got a promotion at work.  His GS-8.  He was also named "Officer of the Year".  A high honor.  He started working on the computer side of the prison system and even as this goes to "press" he is typing up his resume for a large promotion within the computer side.  Let's hope he gets it!  Kent and I celebrated 5 years of marriage this year.  We also celebrated the creation of another life inside of me.  We found out July 27th that we would be expecting our third and certainly last child.  We soon found out that our last baby would be a boy, Nathan Tyler.  He will be the last piece of our family puzzle. 

Jon Kent has done a lot of growing this year.  Not so much height and weight wise as he has only gained 2 pounds and grown an inch.  But intellectually he has taken leaps and bounds.  He loves to do "school" every morning after breakfast.  He knows how to count to twenty now.  He knows his ABC's.  Can recognize all his letters and numbers and even knows some simple addition.  He can remember so much and recalls most stories we tell him.  He also was potties trained in two days this past October.  He stills sleeps with his pappy (paci) but we are hoping that will disappear sometime in 2008.  I'm looking forward to seeing how much more he grows and learns in the coming year. 

Zoey has grown a lot this year as well.  She is talking like a 3 year old or better.  She has tried the potty a few times but for now she is content to still use her diaper.  She can count to about 12 and she can say her whole alphabet.  Most of her days are spent following her brother around and playing with her dolls.  She isn't *as into school type things has Jon Kent is, but she will tolerate it as long as she is getting some attention from it.  Zoey loves to color and draw.  She loves all things princess and Elmo.  She is still a momma's girl but in the recent days/weeks she has come to call for her daddy more.  She still loves to drink her "baba" and play with my ear.  It's something she has done practically her whole life.  I guess I'm her comfort blankie.  Zoey had her first hair cut this year and her first dentist appointment.  Both went well. 

As for our family as a whole we are doing well.  We are still learning and growing as we go.  In the past year we have enjoy two vacations with family.  One in June to the beach with my family and then another in September to the mountains with Kent's family.  Both were enjoyable and full of memories.  Memories that Jon Kent will still bring up on any random day.  I'm thankful for the blessings God has given us.  We haven't had any *bad health problems and we have been blessed with a nice home and loving family.  I'm thankful for all I have been given and all that I have been saved from.  God has been good to our family even though we don't deserve it.  I was blessed with a whole year to be with my family and to fall more in love with my husband.  So 2007 may not have been jammed packed with activities but it has been full of growth and learning and love.