Walton family update...

Hi to all my faithful readers! I'm truly sorry that I haven't jumped on here for more than a month now; as you'll see in a minute, there's lots going on in our lives at the moment and, while my own apathy had something to do with my blogging absence, there's no denying that I've been pretty busy, too.

Anyway, time for a quick update on all things Walton. Read on...

--Jacob is growing into a little boy! It's hard to believe that just a few months ago he was just finding his way to crawling around the floor; now he's confidently walking all over the house, and is starting to jog a little, too. The cutest part about this is he accompanies his walking excursions with some pretty entertaining conversation, most of which we have a hard time understanding. I'm certain that it's an engaging, entertaining, and intelligent discussion to him, though! He's learning more and more about the world around him, and is communicating more effectively with us everyday. For instance, he knows several signs (although "milk" has turned into "whatever is in my sippy cup") and shakes his head "no" when we try and give him something he doesn't want. We were blessed, due to a good friend's generosity, to take him on his first trip to Disney World this past Monday and it was a great day. He particularly enjoyed the Tiki bird show and the fireworks, but also seemed to enjoy Small World and Nemo, too. Even though it was a marathon day that left us pretty tired (got there at 9am and didn't leave until almost 11pm), it was really a lot of fun and well worth it.

--Becki and I are doing well. Becki is, besides a few normal pregnancy issues, feeling fine and everything is on track to meet our Emily Faye on May 25. She looks fantastic; I often have a hard time remembering she's pregnant, other than the fact she looks like she swallowed a basketball! The rigors of being a pregnant mother to a 14-month old sometimes frazzle her (heck, me, too!), but she's a fantastic mom and I know we're both really looking forward to having all four of us together soon. As for me, I've just recently been given a raise at work, along with a "redistribution" of responsibilities. While not a promotion, it will allow me to work on some projects and areas I've been wanting to get my hands into for a while now, so I'm very excited about that.

--We're moving. No, not far. But, still...we've been in our house for almost six years and it's been a real blessing to be here, so this is going to be kind of difficult for us. The owners, who have been really gracious to allow us to live here for as long as we have, have decided to put the house up for sale, so we're in the market again. We're looking to stay in the Suntree/Viera/Rockledge area, but are also considering a move south to Melbourne or even Palm Bay. The big advantage there is it would drastically cut my commute down to just a few minutes, as opposed to about an hour round-trip right now. Anyway, we looked at a very promising place this past week, and have a few more to look at this week. We'll make a decision by the end of the week and hopefully be moved by the end of the first weekend in April. We will, of course, keep you all updated.

That's all for our updates right now. I'll make a point of posting another one when we get moved and settled. Until then, please keep checking back here and, hopefully, I'll have slipped another musing or two in for your reading pleasure!!