WELL HELLO

it has been quite some time since i've updated my little corner of the internet. let's just say, since i last updated 9 months ago, quite a lot has happened. i'll try to go in chronological order since that's the easiest way for me to recount everything.

in july, i began pursuing my oils biz. let me tell you guys, it has been nothing like i imagined, and i say that in the best way. it has greatly and wildly exceeded my expectations. i have joined a community and made real life best friends while educating others on cleaning up their homes and their personal care. emotional health is SO important to me since i've struggled with that in the past, and since i'm a SAHM, it only made sense i turn into a WAHM.

in september, we moved into our own little apartment. living with family was a blessing, but if you've ever been an intruder in someone else's space, you'll understand why we made the decision to move. we had moved in with my aunt and her family to save money to buy a house, but then our hearts shifted to wanting to move back to denver. we put in a request for transfer with aaron's work in june, but hadn't heard anything. with asher getting more mobile and into things, we decided it would be best to have our own little nest. it isn't the most perfect place to live, but it has been good to us. it has been the shortest commute EVER to aaron's work (10 mins or less), so that has been a huge blessing.

in november, something was feeling off with me. i wasn't quite sure what it was, but i decided to take a pregnancy test just to rule out that possibility, because there was no way i was pregnant, right?

WRONG.

i actually forgot about my test and wandered back into the bathroom where the word "Pregnant" was staring back at me. i literally thought i was going to pass out. let's just say a baby wasn't anywhere in our minds as we have been having the best time with our little man. but we are so so excited and nowhere near prepared!

oh, and we're adding another boy to this tribe at the end of july, so i'm officially outnumbered!

in december, we celebrated my baby bear's first birthday (all the crying emojis). seriously looking at that picture is insane because he already looks 5 years older and those pj's don't fit anymore. he eats and poops all. the. freaking. time. and loves to play outside! he actually sleeps through the night 99% of the time now, which has been a good break for my pregnant self.

in february, i travelled to new york for a builders retreat and you guys, i cried buckets of happy tears that weekend. God has seriously been SO good to me through this oils business.

also in february, we found out that aaron was being transferred back to denver!!!!!!

seriously all the !!!!!!

we are moving back in one month (yikes) and decided to buy a house!!!! you guys, we are seriously 3 days away from closing and i want to cry from all the brain space i'll have back! we signed closing docs today and get the keys monday!!! i feel like we've almost completed the adult initiation. actually, i'll probably never feel like an actual adult.

i know there is so much more that i've missed, but that's the gist of life over the last 9 months!