a few more...

so, i just absolutely love this one. we had just stopped at a target in little rock, arkansas for some leg streching and were playing a bit bit before we buckled up and got going. i love these two people more than words can express... two tired travelers. we were just outside louisville, kentucky and it was about one o'clock in the morning...
can't get enough of these two...and they can't get enough of each other...

PICTURES!!

well, i've got a few to share:

as you can tell, hannah is very excited to be spending so much time in the car. we'd been on the road for about nine hours here... in louisville, kentucky, we visited with our friends the marshmans. hannah and georgia had a blast playing at chick-fil-a after dinner one night. we were so glad to spend time with jeff, rachel, and georgia...
hannah got to visit with her cousin elliot for a while in nashville, tenessee. elliot just turned one and we haven't seen him since last summer. she is trying to give him a kiss here...
the peanut gallery! grandma and grandpa crocker and hannah. we have been having such a great time visiting with them in austin. they just adore hannah and are so glad that we could be here for a while with them. (we feel the same way about them)...
hannah and aunt jill at red lobster, hamming it up...
that's our trip in a nutshell so far. i don't want to spend too much time on-line. i'll post a few more tomorrow. we are having such a good time. God has kept us healthy and safe, which we are very thankful for. we are looking forward to making our way back to california and our friends and family. just a few more days!!

an update...

we made it safely to austin, texas on sunday evening. we are enjoying our time with mike's grandparents and aunt. hopefully i'll be able to get some pictures up before we leave town on friday. if not, i'll do it when we get home next week.

on the road...

well, tomorrow will be one week that we have been away from home. we've been to eight states and have a few more to go...some are doubles that we've already been through...
we visisted with our friends, the marshmans, in louisville, kentucky for a few days. jeff is a student at southern baptist theological seminary. kentucky was beautiful! right now we are in nashville, tenessee visiting justin, mike's brother. he's been here almost a year and we have been missing him heaps. hannah has had so much fun with uncle justin...and he's had just as much fun with her! it's been a great visit and we can't wait to see him again. tomorrow we leave for texas to visist with mike's grandparents and aunt. we always love to spend time with them, and they love to spend time with hannah (and us!) then we'll be on our way back to california, with our last stop in albequerque, new mexico for mike to meet up with some friends who are on the radio...he's really looking forward to that...

i'll post pictures when we get back home. i can't wait. i've got some good ones.

we are so blessed to have this time. God has been so good to us and we are very thankful. (this has been such a great time for our family...it will be nice to look back on when mike jumps back into work.)

i've given in...

i've been holding out. who wants another screen name, another password, another form to fill out... i haven't posted lately because i really didn't want to sign up for google. not the end of the world, but a fair bit of annoying...anyway, i did and here i am.
the days are dwindling, her second birthday is drawing near. i can't believe that she's almost two! i thought that she had changed so much from birth to one, but TWO!, holy cow she is this whole new person who continues to unfold before me every-stinkin'-day.
i am so impressed at who God has designed her to be. i am amazed at how she is developing into that person. i am completely blown away at my role as God's helper in this project. i am so thankful for the blessing that she is, that He has given me. i thought going to school, work, and paying bills on time was a big responsibility...man, i had no idea what real responsibility was...raising a child, being an example, modeling Christ for her. it's so amazing to be a part of this. i look forward to each new day.

how big girls nap...

this is how big girls take a nap. in their big girl toddler beds without guard rails.

it only took her about three and a half weeks to decide, all on her own, that she wanted to sleep there. that was last monday night. i barely slept at all, so blown away by her very big decision and waiting for her to fall out of bed and need me. i finally fell asleep and she did not "fall" out of bed, it was more of a wiggle. daddy found her on the floor at the end of the bean bag, so he gently picked her up and put her back in her bed without waking her up. i found her in the same spot on the floor when i got up a few hours later. we had an adventure at home depot and found the perfect piece of wood to make a guard rail. for under five dollars. (we also looked at succulents and books on how to grow grass.)

...the little girl is almost gone. some day she will decide that she wants to go to the bathroom on the toilet and tie her own shoes. then she will be gone. and i will continue to stare at her when she's not paying attention, amazed at who she is becoming and dreading the day when she catches me and says...all "teenage" and annoyed..."what?! stop looking at me! you're creeping me out!" (sorry mom. i get it now.)

catching up...

so, it's been a few months since christmas, and since we are all still alive, i thought i'd update our blog. lots of things have happened. here are a few of them. more to come... the daddy got some new glasses. it's about time! his old glasses he'd had since he was fifteen. yes. you read that right. fifteen. next order of business - new contacts.


also, our friend georgia (and her parents) moved across the country to kentucky. we miss them very much, but they are doing well, surviving in the snow and cold of the east coast. we are hoping to visit them some time this year, georgia told hannah there are some really cool parks in her town.