I am married to Andy and we will be celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary on March 14th (Today was the 13 year anniversary of when we met). I can't wait because we are actually getting to go somewhere overnight! Wow, that has only happened once since we have had kids and it was 3 or 4 years ago. Needless to say, we can't wait to get away. We aren't going too far from home and we will be bringing our 10 month old with us because I am still nursing. I'm pretty attached to my kids anyway. Not sure when I would feel comfortable going too far away for very long. This will be our 2 year old sons first time away from us overnight. His Grandma from MN and his two big sisters will be home taking care of him though, so he should be fine.
We have 4 kids - Savannah Hope is 6 (11/16/01), Amaris Love is 4.5 (6/25/03), Jadon Andrew - our only boy - is 2 (1/4/06), and Bethany Joy is 10 months (4/27/07). Where is Faith you might ask? Well that's me, April Faith and my birthday is 4/28 hence the user name faith0428 - I'm not that creative, sorry.
We live on 7 acres in Texas about 45 miles north of Austin. We are in a rural area which is nice. Sometimes the drive into town is long, but overall I love the country. I also grew up in the country on 3 acres and always knew I wanted my kids to live in the country and experience all the fun I had. That's why our goals when moving here were to have animals (chickens, horses, goats), a garden, and build a larger home (our current home is a 1400 sq. ft. mobile home). Well, so far the only animals we have are the ones that came with the place (birds, raccoons, armadillos, etc.), our two dogs, and our four fish. We've had a garden two out of the five years we've lived here and are planning on having one again this year - I better get busy on that. Not sure when the new house will come. We've been so busy growing our family that we haven't followed through on many of our initial goals yet. Also, my husband quit his full time job 5 years ago and started a plumbing company out of our home and that has taken up a ton of his time.
I absolutely love being a mom. I have always loved babies. As a child I always said I was going to be a baby sitter when I grew up. Not sure why I didn't say mommy. My sweet Amaris says all the time she's going to be a mommy when she grows up. She is definitely the little mommy. I always say she loves all things domestic - dusting, washing dishes, cooking. Savannah is our oldest and she is growing so fast I can't believe it. She's drawn towards art and music. Jadon is a sweetie and is all boy. Right now he is all about tractors, Diego, and Dora the Explorer. He just finally started talking and he really likes interacting with the Dora and Diego cartoons. Bethany has just started crawling and is exploring EVERYTHING. She has many characteristics and mannerisms of her big brother.
I will be starting LHFHG (and maybe BLHFHG too - still trying to decide) in the fall with my daughters who will be in Kindergarten and First Grade. I've always loved learning and really enjoy teaching my children.
Well, that's me. Probably way more than you needed to know. I tend to be an open book. Looking forward to getting to know some of you.
Needless to say, we are anxiously awaiting the building of our house as well! We moved here 2 years ago to raise our kids in the country.
) I am married to my best friend Scott. We just celebrated our 20th anniversary on February 13th!
