What a day!

Or rather what a whirlwind of the past two weeks!!

Here is what has happened recently:
-I turned a year older...YEAH! ;)
-My darling hubby had 2 weeks of super cram time before his final boards :(
-Matt got a 3.4 on his final oral board and a 3.0 on his final watch board!
-Alan is teething...what else is new???
-Alan had his 15 month check up and is doing GREAT!
-Shots are no fun....no matter what age your baby is
-Alan just learned the "L" sound and the "guh" sound.. sounds like he is saying Gullah Gullah some times :)
-We took a mini vacation! We went to see our friends David and Jill and their 2 boys up near Clemson, SC.
-Most necessary vacation I have ever taken in my life!!!
-Alan was a pill the whole time and was up at 6-7am every morning and didn't nap all day...2 cups of coffee was necessary each morning.
-We baby proofed Alan's bedroom because he is Houdini.
-Alan has a referral in to see a pediatric ophthalmologist because his left eye is starting to wander just like his mommy's. I know that I was really hoping that I was just seeing things but then Matt told me that Alan's eyes were doing funny things so I knew then that it was legit. But at least we are at one of the best eye institutes in the nation and they did a great job on my eye. I have complete confidence that they can get things figured out for Alan. :)
-We are heading out to NM on October 9th to see our friends from Mesa Baptist!!! I will never admit that I miss NM under any circumstances....but I will say that I miss our church and the people there. I know we will never be at a church like that again unless the Lord puts us back there!! :)
-WE HAVE ORDERS!!!! We are going to Bangor, WA on the USS Nebraska! We will be moving there at the end of January.
-Matt leaves for CT at the end of this month until we move to WA. "Lord, please give me the grace and strength I need to be strong while he is gone." I may have to set up a separate private blog so I can vent my frustrations when he is gone.

So that is really it in a quick nutshell. But I can't leave you with just info and no pictures!!! So here you go! :)
Alan finally got the fork thing down....took long enough!! But he doesn't do it all the time. :(
Daddy and Alan reading Goodnight MoonAlan giving Mommy her birthday present :)Alan after his last big boy haircut. Much better looking!!
Alan and his piggy bank from "Auntie" Erinn...He LOVES this thing!!!