It's late at night and once again, I find that I can't sleep.  For anyone who still reads xanga, welcome back (I've taken a long break from it too...).

So much has happened in the six months that we have been in Florida.  It's so crazy to think that it has been six months since we moved - where has the time gone?  What's even more mind blowing is the fact that in a week from Sunday, Avalyn will be a month old!  God has truly blessed Amy and I with a beautiful little girl.  One of our friends said about their daughter that she makes their life more complete.  At the time I couldn't understand, but now more then ever I truly understand that having a child makes life so much more complete and so much more enjoyable.  Funny thing about that too is that in Sunday School we were talking about the things in life that bring joy and pleasure and the things of this world are don't even come close to what Heaven will be like.  The joy and pleasures we have on earth are just a tease of what we will experience in Heaven; such a mind blowing concept, because the joy of my family is so fulfilling that I can't imagine at all what Heaven holds!

In other news, I find it hard to believe that I keep falling in love with my new job everyday.  Even when days are stressful and I want to pull my hair out (like today), I come home grateful for the opportunities to grow and learn.  My desire to have my own store keeps intensifying that I keep dreaming about what it will be like when Lord willing I will become a Chick-fil-A Operator.  Call me crazy, but I can't wait!

As I sit here looking toward the future, again my mind drifts to the past, I was just looking at pictures of Avalyn when she was just born, heres a then and now picture for anyone interested:

  Avie at 1 day old  Avie at SeaWorld (7 mo)

 Avie chill'n (11 mo)

Time flies, but we are looking forward to what God has in store for all of us...

There has been a lot going on just like in everyone’s life.  But here’s the scoop of the last several weeks with us…

We have totally moved out of our apartment in NY.  All of our stuff (after a big ordeal) is now in FL!!! We are thankful that WOL let us send our stuff down on the semi for free!  It’s funny that whenever we seem to doubt that moving is what God wants us to do, He proves it by opening doors and just confirming that moving to FL is what He wants us to do.  That happened with how we got our apartment too.

Amy’s parents visit Merritt Island with the list of places that we had checked out online.  But after looking at them (at some places they didn’t even get out) they drove my an apartment complex that they really like.  They sent us info and we pursued it; just trusting that God would provide a place for us.  Well apparently we fall short of the monthly income by just a few hundred dollars, but the management knows Chick-fil-A and is going to trust us to pay our bills on time!  Never even talking to us or anything.  And the apartment that we are getting is bigger then Amy’s parents house!  Truly it’s a God thing and we are really excited about moving.

Now we are involved in camp.  STC is much different the SIC.  But it’s been really good for us as a family.  We both miss counseling, but we are thankful for the team that God has brought together.

There is so much more to say, but I ran out of time.  Till next time (and enjoy the pictures!).  Avalyn is starting to show her personality and can eat rice cereal and roll over onto her side!

This week has been very busy getting ready for Father/Son which is this weekend.  There's  a ton of other stuff going on that I don't have time to write about now, but will post again soon and with more pictures...