.: October 2007

If anyone ever said marriage was easy, or perfect, or even remotely as such, they were lying. William and I celebrated our one year anniversary on September 30th. I can honestly say that this was one of the hardest, yet most perfect years of my life. I was so happy the day we got married. We welcomed a beautiful baby girl into our world on March 25, 2007. One week and one day later (5 days after we came home from the hospital), my life was almost forever changed when William and Dustin were in the wreck that almost left me husbandless and an only child. God decided to spare their lives for something, some work that he wanted them to do. While that was indeed a blessing, having a newborn and a husband that can't take care of himself all at once is very challenging. We did, however, make it through. I mean who can say that they and their husbands got to stay home for three months with their newborn? It was all for a reason. We got a little rocky there for a little while because we had a serious case of cabin fever. Most couples see each other an hour or so in the morning, 4 or 5 hours at night and on weekends. We saw each other every minute of every day for three months. I love him dearly, but it was very challenging. William finally got to go back to work on July 1st and we gained some normality back in our lives. We got rocky again the last month or so, but we've worked everything out and we made it through our first year. Through babies and car wrecks and cabin fever. We made it. Although, through times this year I have felt alone and unloved among other things, we prayed and worked through it and I can definitely at this very moment say that I am very happy; I feel like a very normal family. Thank you, Jesus. Anywho, here are some updated pics of my 6.5 month old princess. She's sitting up on her own now and she's been holding her own bottle for a little while now (thank goodness!!). NOW, If I can just put her down long enough, she may start to crawl.

God Bless,

Jennifer