First blog :)

Ok well I (Beth) have decided that we need to do this to help everyone keep up to date with us. I will teach Justin in due time so look forward to some future posts coming from him! I can't believe that it is August already! Where has the time gone?! To think that just a year ago I was sweltering in the Eastern Washington sun, being horribly, misserably 8 months pregnant! All the while being so eager to meet the littlest White growing in my belly! Well a year has come and gone and here we are, proud parents of the most stinking cute monkey on the planet (she really is a monkey, does everything with her feet!) So here will be the intro update:

Justin- Is still working away doing an excellent job of supporting us, especially in a job that not many people could handle doing. He just bid for his fall schedule and will be switching from working swing shift to graveyards. That will be a hard adjustment I think for all of us to make but it's somewhat necessary, and we'll actually end up seeing each other more that way...I say it is necessary because...

Beth- I have decided after 10 months of staying home with Ashlynne (and 2 months of modified bed rest before she was born) that I would like to go back to working full time. So between my m-f 9-5 type shift, and Justin working graveyards we won't need anymore daycare then we already use right now for Ashlynne. Which is great! It's been a hard decision to make, but I feel in my heart this is right, and I know we could use the extra money around the house (being new homeowners and all in Jan 09) I should be starting to full time schedule in the next 2 weeks I believe. Its the same job and dept I've been doing for 2 days a week part time since before Ashlynne was born so thank goodness no change there!!

Ashlynne- She is already 10 months old! I can hardly believe how fast the time goes. In less than 2 months we will be celebrating her first birthday! (Which of course I have already started planning!:)) She has been crawling for about 3 months now and as of the last 2 weeks or so she'll walk between people and starts to take more steps on her own...it will just be a matter of time before she takes off! She has 8 teeth (has had them since 8 months) and we think 9-12 are on their way in as well. The poor thing has been teething since 3 months, I feel for her! Our joke is that she'll be eating a steak for her first birthday if she keeps it up!

Here are some pictures I took of her today over at Grandma and Grandpa Gehret's house