New Year! New me?

Hello to all of my faithful readers!
(So far I only have evidence of ONE!!) I'm back on board the blogspot train. Hopefully this year I will be able to keep up with this thing. Every year I make the resolution to start writing in a journal and every year I fail miserable at following through with that goal.
Things at home are going well. Jane is full-gear into the "terrible two's" even though she is only 18 months old. She is so smart and talks so much. I read a book today that said children at 18 months should know about 20 single words and be minimally communicative. She is so far passed that! We are working on "please" and "thank you". She says "I love you" and asks to go "Bye bye"; she says "all done" when she has completed a task or finished eating and so many other things. Honestly I would have to sit down and write a list of all the words she says. Her favorites of course are "No" and "mine."
Life isn't all bad with a crazy almost-two-year-old though. She is so affectionate and loving. She kisses all the babies that she sees and pretty much anyone that comes within arm distance of her. She is so wonderful.
Jake and I are planning on trying for our second child soon. We wanted to wait until Jane turns two in July but when the Spirit moves, well, all you can do is get out of the way.
Seriously though, last Sunday, at church, I felt like someone was missing. I almost kept looking around for someone that I knew wasn't there. It is the first time I have ever felt that way before. Usually I am so content and relaxed with just a family of three. Last Sunday I felt very strongly like it was time for a new member to join our family. We haven't started trying YET though so don't hold your breath waiting for the big news. We'll tell you when we tell you.
Other than that life has picked its' pace up a little bit. Jake is participating in the ROTC program at FSU and will hopefully be contracted next week. I am still working with LSI doing research but have been given a small promotion. It is a lot of work but it's good experience and I should get a good recommendation from this. I'll also get the 1-2 years experience that everyone in the world asks of their job applicants. (Hopefully I won't have to use it after Jake is commissioned.) The clock is tickin' folks. Jake is close to being done with school and then we never really have to worry about school again.

Hooray!!