Where has the time gone?!
Raelyn Marie is six months old already!
Obviously, I haven't been the greatest at posting her monthly updates on here....
At six months, Raelyn is eighteen pounds 3 ounces (she's already going into 12 month clothes!). She rolls over like a pro, and is able to sit up for brief periods of time.
Aaaand.....she just got her first tooth this week! Between teething and her six month immunizations this morning, she's not feeling the greatest.
However, she's such a trooper. Raelyn is such a happy girl, and almost always has a smile for everyone, even when she's not feeling great. But when she's grumpy, she will let you know!
It's been so long since I last posted, and pretty much everything has changed:
We have made a HUGE move, from Mason City, IA to Nevis, MN.
Dan was offered a job "back home" and we jumped all over it. We were in a really weird place in Iowa, job-wise, and we got out of there at the right time. The company we worked for was right in the middle of falling apart.
It was a good move for us. For now, I'm staying at home with the girls while working on my blog. We're staying at Dan's grandpa's cabin (right on the lake!) so we're basically on an extended holiday. The only drawback? He works 2nd shift and has an hour and a half drive (each way) to work every day. We are looking at closer housing, but we want this to be our last move, so it's going to take some time.
And we're still trying to sell our home in Iowa. It's a little disheartening that we haven't gotten any offers yet, since we were definitely expecting to have heard SOMETHING by now. But we dropped the price so it's in a slightly lower bracket, which I'm hoping will help appeal to a new market. Also, we have been struggling to get the lawncare service out there so the yard wasn't looking very pretty...apparently they went out there today and got there right after an awesome neighbor had already taken care of the mowing. :/ Anyway, hopefully that will help buyers get a better look at the amazing yard!
Fingers crossed....
I'm not sure where we'll be six months from now, when we're celebrating Raelyn's first birthday, much less a year from now. Maybe we'll still be here, just hanging out. Maybe we'll be in a new "forever" home.... For now, I'm perfectly content where we're at. We get to see our families a LOT more often now!
Kenna's going to be three soon! She's getting to be such a big girl...somehow, she's not a toddler anymore. She my feisty little girl with a big heart--and so, so smart! Her vocabulary absolutely stuns us.
We girls spent part of this week with Karissa, Tyler, and their girls (and Grandpa Hillukka!) in Crookston, and Kenna had a BLAST. She got to feed the chickens, collect eggs.... She pretty much lived outside there!
❤️
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