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2014 Update

I cannot believe that 2013 has come to an end.  It was a great year.  Our favorite thing, of course, is adding Channing into our lives.  He is now 10 months old.  Crazy!!  Crawling, pulling himself up on everything, pushing trucks, sleeping through the night (5% of the time HAH), and talking up a storm (not real words of course).  So, yup, our baby is cute.  I think we'll keep him. 
Love that smile!

In other news....  Justin graduated with a Bachelors in Computer Information Technology.  Woohoo!!
Channing is very proud of his dad.

He is now working full-time at a company called Netmark which is located in Idaho Falls.  And after searching for a few months and going to see 5 different houses/duplexes we have settled on a house to rent in Idaho Falls.  From the house Justin's work is 2.6 miles away.  6 minutes by car.  14 minutes by bike.  (Thank you google maps.)  I'm looking forward to having him at home for a lunch break every so often.
Here's a google maps view.  Cute, older, single level house.

Moving to a new place scares me!  First of all, Justin and I both hate moving.  Hopefully this time around I will be more help with the whole moving process.  When we moved into our current apartment I was in the early stages of being pregnant with Channing, which means Justin basically moved us by himself.   When it came time to move the heavy items Justin walked around our apartment complex knocking on doors seeing if anyone could help.  The first door he knocked on ended up belonging to a elderly woman.  Who was quick to say, "sure, I'll help!"  Haha.

It will be so strange to move from Rexburg.  April 2009 was when I first moved to Rexburg, and it was September 2009 for Justin.  And now it has become our home.  It will be tough to leave the friends and memories we've made.  Idaho Falls is only 30 minutes away, but still!  We're basically entering major adulthood here.  It will be an adjustment to move to a neighborhood where our neighbors are at completely different phases of their lives than us.  Since Channing has been born I have really relied on awesome neighbors for babysitters or just somewhere to go escape our apartment. 

Anyways...I'm excited to be entering a new phase of our life.  Hope all goes well. 


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