The big BIG news is that thanks to the unbelievable generosity of family and friends, Luna and I will be coming home for a visit from May 9th to June 8th! We'll be able to attend my mother's graduation, and hopefully see everyone! G will be unable to accompany us for this trip, and its going to be very very difficult for him to be away from the baby. :( But I am ever so grateful to everyone for helping to make this happen. Its been a very difficult year and a visit is just what the doctor ordered. Although traveling alone with a toddler should be interesting!!!

Luna has grown and changed so much in the past few months! She crawls like crazy now, and pulls up on anything that will hold still long enough. She "walks" along furniture, but has not yet dared to take those first steps unaided. She says "Mama" constantly, and occasionally says "Papa," and "No." She also uses the sign for "milk" regularly, and has also signed "more," and "all done" a few times. Despite several intense teething periods, she still has only two teeth, though they are pretty much fully grown in now. She feeds herself 85% of the time, and eats just about everything at this point. She claps and points and waves bye bye. She's HYSTERICAL, and cracks us up all the time. She's turning into a little person! I miss my little baby, but every single day is an adventure now and its so much fun to see her learning and growing right before my eyes! This picture was taken on her 10 month "birthday." She'll be one on March 31st!!!
I will keep this short for now, but will try to post updates a bit more frequently! Thanks to all of you that actually read this!