Our Oerman Clan

Our daughter, Ryan, is currently 9 months old now. Where have the months gone?? I feel like I just had her yesterday. I already find myself looking back at her newborn pictures and videos and can't believe how much she has changed in this short amount of time. Last week she started crawling for the first time and now she's so fast! She has started pulling up to stand now and since she can't 'stay' standing up she has been taking quite a few tumbles. Today she took a pretty hard fall and her little forehead must have taken most of the impact. She's probably going to grow up being just like me....plain clumsy!

On another note....school is going okay. I did a year of college at a local University and then did 2 years of x-ray school. After deciding that x-ray was just not the right fit for me, I decided to go back and pursue something else. I started at the University of Phoenix Online in February of 2007 and finished my Associate degree in December 2008. I started my Bachelor's program for elementary education in January of 2009 and won't finish until the fall of 2011. Needless to say, I'm pretty burnt out! I just want to be finished and I feel like it's so far away. The good news is that since I'm still in school I get to stay home with Ryan. I love being able to spend all day everyday with her. She truely is a miracle baby :)

Lately Jarrod and I have been going back and forth on whether or not to have another child. I flip flopped on the subject numerous times. For one, Ryan is such an easy baby. She's always so happy. I worried that if we had another baby that we might not get as lucky as we did with Ryan. On the flip side, I wanted Ryan to grow up with a sibling. I have a brother and sister, not to mention 3 step-sisters, and I love it. I can't imagine being an only child.

We discussed it for a while and have finally come to the conclusion to try for another one. We're going to give it one year and if it doesn't happen then we're just going to be a happy family of 3. I do not want a big age gap between Ryan and another baby, so that's why we have set a deadline. I guess we'll see what happens...