All he wanted for Christmas..

..was his two front teeth! And that is just what Arden got! He now has two teeth on the bottom. Well our vacation has come and gone and it was, of course, a whirlwind of events! We had a great time visiting all of our family and friends and I promise to share about our time in the next few days, with pictures included! But for now, this is just to say, we're home and recovering from being gone for so long and I am too busy to do a big post!

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Arden went to the doctor when we got back and he is now 26 in long and weighs 16lbs 8oz (exactly twice his birth weight!). He has been enjoying a wide variety of fruits and vegetables and juices. He can sit up on his own fairly well and has started pushing up on his arms more and more when he's on his tummy. In addition to getting his first two teeth, he got his first little cold while we were gone, but it didn't seem to keep him down at all. He is still just as happy as can be and is learning and growing more everyday!

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I am busy getting back into the swing of things with unpacking, doing laundry, bathing Molly Bear, grocery shopping, etc. - all of the usual housewife duties. I didn't realize just how much help I had in Memphis with Arden and had forgotten how time consuming it is to take care of a baby on your own. I'm managing though and relearning how to manage my time while he's napping so that I can get things done.

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To end, I'll leave you with my thoughts on home. This trip to Memphis got me thinking a lot about where I want to be, but I never really came up with an answer. I am beginning to see more and more that this world really is not my home. When I'm in California, I want to be in Memphis. However, when I'm in Memphis, I find myself missing California. It is hard to be torn between different places and people and things. I feel like nowhere that I am really feels like "home" and that I am always wishing for something more, something greater, something more fulfilling. I know that I will never find that on this earth and that I can only be filled in Christ, but it is hard to deal with sometimes while I'm still living on this earth. I love my family and I love that I get to stay at home as a wife and mother, but sometimes I just feel like I don't quite feel as content as I want to be where I am. So, in all of this to say, I still don't know where I want to be the most and where I want to call home.