Kurkinen Life Lately

LOTS of change in the last 12 months.
--> (Warning: this list is mostly for me to remember what has happened... it may BORE you)

October 2012:

• Tim celebrated his 27th birthday... I love that his birthday is in the Fall

November 2012:

• We added Piper, our sweet Scottie dog to our family :)  He's good entertainment to have around.

December 2012:

• I started researching what it would look like to buy a home

January 2013:

• January 1st I started Day Shift, and Tim ended his "season" with Portland Parks

• January 31st we put money down on a house...

February 2013:

• In February Tim started a new job working with a tree company
• I applied for a part-time position at work

March 2013:

• March 8th I had a surgery in hopes it would help me feel better and help us to (maybe) get me pregnant:)

• March 22, 2013 we got keys!

May 2013:

• In May I celebrated my 26th birthday, under a cloud of sadness and fighting some difficult emotions.

June 2013:

• In June Tim stopped working with the tree company and started working more frequently at the Retreat Center again.  I found out I would go to Part-Time September 22nd.

• June 30th I peed on the 1,000th pregnancy test and God had a surprise up His sleeve! (That was by far the most AMAZING surprise we've had... still can't believe HE gave us a child)

August 2013:

• We celebrated 4 years of marriage in August in LaConner, Wa.  It was a needed weekend away with my love.

• Just before Labor Day Tim heard he would take on the his new position at the Retreat Center... we are OVERJOYED!  I love that he gets to work there.  I do feel like it suits him, and only God could have orchestrated this role.

September 2013:

• Tim began training for his new role at the Retreat Center

• I just started a Prenatal Aquatic Aerobics class... so fun!

• Next week I start Part-Time :) Sounds so beautiful to my ears!

Through all these changes, I know the next year will have an even more significant change as we add a child to our small family.  But I recognize how blessed we are, and that this change is something that will add unending happy memories, little moments of quiet praise and an eternity of gratefulness in the midst of diapers, feedings and learning to be parents and keep our love alive.

I cannot WAIT to meet this little being growing away in my belly.  Tim and I listen to the heartbeat and stand in awe at God's amazing creation- the process of pregnancy, the beauty of carrying life.

I'm almost 4 months in!  Boy or Girl?  Who knows!

Well....here's to the next months!  Cheers!