His First Step!

Hi all!

Well...I just wanted to share some exciting news. Hunter took his first step! He hasn't been able to get more than one step at a time yet, but he is sure working hard on it. He uses his little walker thing to get all over the house so I'm sure it will be no time at all before he starts cruising around on his own. Of course, he took a step toward me because I had one of my Grandma's homemade peanut butter oatmeal bars and he wanted that...but hey! It was a step!

The other good news today is that Donna, my mom's friend who is battling cancer, found out that her tumor is actually shrinking so the chemo is working this time. Yay for that! She is fighting hard so it's very encouraging to everyone to finally get some good news.

Ben is doing well, he has started his master's degree online at American Military University (AMU). He is studying homeland security in hopes of maybe getting a second master's later in History and a job teaching at West Point. We are really hoping for that but it would be a few years down the road (after this deployment, career course in Missouri and a company command somewhere...) But, we are hoping and praying that it will work out because that would be an amazing opportunity for Ben.

Well...that is all the news from IL. Hunter and I have been passing the time although I have no idea what it is that we do all day! Thanks for sharing all of our exciting news with us.

Love, Em and Hunter J