Belated 13 Month Update

So much has been happening since I last wrote I forgot to update. Since Rachel's birthday Josh and I had to move into another house. The one we were living in before the lease was up and the landlords didn't want to work with us on letting us stay longer. Where we are now is a whole lot smaller than what I am used to living in but it is cozy and my home. The landlords are great and very easy to work with. Just this last week they came over and replaced our oven because we could smell gas and then they also worked on the wiring in the living room because some of the plugs weren't working. Even though this house isn't the house that I dreamt about living in, I am glad that we are here. We will be able to catch up financially and be able to save up so that we can build our own house later. Thank you all for praying for us during the last month, I know that your prayers were heard.

Rachel is just growing and growing. I have all her pictures on my computer and the screen saver is a slide show of them. Watching them go back to when she was born up to now is amazing. I can't believe how much she has changed in such a short time. I am really hoping that she will start walking soon. I know I say that now and I will be wishing she was crawling again but she is cruising all over the place. I have a feeling that by the end of the year she will be.

I have a prayer request for all you prayer warriors out there. A week before Rachel's one year appointment I noticed a bump on Rachel's left palm under her joint of her ring finger. I thought that maybe her joint was abnormal in some way and her doctor didn't know what it was so she scheduled Rachel for an appointment with an Orthopedic doctor at Children's. Rachel had her appointment last week. We went from one waiting room to another only to go to another room just to get an x-ray before her appointment. It wasn't until an hour and a half later that she was finally seen. Her x-rays were clean, nothing wrong with her bones. The doctor said that it was a mass that had grown and suggested that we either schedule surgery to remove it or just keep an eye on it. Josh and I talked about it and decided that we would rather just get it removed and taken care of now instead of worry about it later. My prayer request is for Rachel on her surgery day. It's October 14th, I believe it's going to be bright and early in the morning but I'm not sure yet, we'll know the day before. The actual surgery should only be about 15 minutes but they are going to have to put her under for it since she is so little. It's the first time anything like this is happening to her so we don't know how she is going to react to it.

I guess the move and Rachel's doctor appointment made it seem like so much has happened this month but really that was it. I will let you all know how her surgery goes. Thank you all.

Here are some cute pictures of my little girl for you.

Playing at our friend's house on the porch.
Just being pretty.
My friend, Kristi, her dad made this one for her son. I thought it was too cute so I used it for my little one year old.