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16 MONTHS AND FINALLY WALKING!!

Okay, for all you fans and friends who have missed me blogging... Sorry! I've been a little busy and anxiously awaiting this time when I could blog about him walking on his own. Believe it or not he took his first walk on his own outside our house from our car to the mailbox and back. We live in a townhouse development so that's pretty far. He's been loving being outside since the weather has improved so much and allowed us to get him outdoors. He loves watching the kids play and walking around the neighborhood. If you can't tell from the picture his hair has become quite curly, it's adorable and I struggle with whether to cut it or not. Although the back is so curly it's a little Albert Einsteinish.. But still cute.. I'm so very proud of him and now the fun of corraling him to where he can go safely begins.. :) He's such an explorer.. he loves checking things out and figuring out how to take it apart.. That's my little guy!! :) Big guy and I are enjoying this time watching him grow and realizing how far he's come. All I can say is Wow!

As for us as a family, we are doing well. Big Guy is still on second shift.. still awaiting an opportunity for first shift, but we're waiting patiently on God's timing for that. We miss each other during the week, but now that tax season is over, I am back to being able to go home at lunch time when I'm not at a client, which is wonderful.. I get to see both Big and Little guy for my hour and spend some time chatting with Big Guy. I'm looking forward to the possibility of working less hours over the summer, but please pray that I'll have favor with my work and that they'll allow me to alter my schedule.

We are planning little vacations this year.. we're taking Little Guy on his first camping trip this summer in August. I can't wait.. Okay, not your typical camping maybe, but we love it.. we're renting a cabin, with a bathroom mind you, and air conditioning.. and the campground has a fantastic pool with a water slide.. as well as amusement park rides.. but to us it's camping.. :)

I can't wait to hear from all my bloggy friends.. I promise to keep this more updated now that I'll have a little more time. :)

God Bless you all!!

It's a First!

Little Guy turned 1 year old on Monday, December 3rd! We had a great party on December 2nd. Here's a picture of him eating his cake.. he did quite well. He dug into his little cake and smeared his icing all over everything. I was so proud! He's not walking just yet, but I think he's getting close. He loves walking while holding on to things and occasionally lets go to stand on his own until he realizes he isn't holding on. It's such a great time in his life.. he's so sweet.. all the kisses and loving he gives. I love it! I'm so blessed!

Prayer Request - please pray for our family.. Big Guy is trying to get back to a dayshift position at work and we anxiously await an opening so we can spend more time together. It's been a year since he went to second shift to help with Little Guy and it's been a rough year with little time together. We have Little Guy at a local sitter, she's a friend of ours and she's great! She LOVES him and she has a little girl that are abou the same age and they play so well together.

New Pics

Okay.. not a lot to blog about, but had to update with a new pictures.. too cute! Lil guy turns 1 in just a little over a week.. I can't believe it! I can't wait for him to start walking.. and talking.. but I'm sure he will in his own good time. Love You All!
God Bless You!

Personality Test

Okay.. not what I expected.. extrovert?? Since when??

Horray.. he did it!!

We've hit a new milestone for lil guy! About two weeks ago he started crawling, slowly at first and fussing the whole time, but he was crawling! Now he's picking up speed and pulling himself up at furniture and chairs. I'm so proud of him. He's 9 months now and doing great. He was just at the doctor today and he's now 31 and 1/4 inches tall and 21 pounds. He loves trying new finger foods.. anything I'm eating is fair game to him.. He actually really likes peas, sugar snap peas, carrots, and of course cheerios.. oh and his little puffs!

As well as his new skills of crawling and standing up, I have to indulge in a story of his other new skill. lil guy actually called 911 the other week and had the cops at our door one morning. Silly us, we left him play with the phone (he loves the phone!) and he somehow dialed 911 and when the operator heard a baby crying, or fussing.. she sent the local cops to check on things. Well, Big guy was caught of guard and finally figured out what happened. Needless to say, we no longer let him play with the phone or our cell phones.. And yes, he does have some play phones, but to him they don't hold a candle to the real thing.. :)

Is it true what they say?? Does bad news come in 3's?

I don't know why, but I've always heard people say bad things come in three's. Maybe it's silly.. but the other night I got three calls right after another of bad news. I could really use some prayer for these 3 situations. In order of the calls:

1. My sister-in-law, Diane, called to say she lost her job she'd been working at for 12 years. She was a nurse's aide at a nursing home and there was some kind of mis-understanding from what she said that they accused her of insubordination and left her go. Please pray the Lord will use this situation to draw her to him.

2. Big Guy called next and told me he would be, once again, working till 2 a.m. Overtime. Overtime sounds great, however, poor Big Guy has been working every night at least 2 hours and many nights 4 hours over. He's been working the past 4 Saturdays and hasn't had much of a chance to catch up on his rest, much less to spend time with little guy and myself. As many of you know, Big Guy works 2nd shift so he can take care of little guy during the day while I'm at work and so we only have the weekends to spend together. He's so overwhelmed he's mentioned looking for another job. Please pray for strength for him and for discernment as to what to do about his job.

3. Last, but not least, my sister, Kathy called. She's been having some issues with the family. Recently she had a problem with my parents. I'm very close with my parents and I believe that my siblings resent that at times. Please pray for Kathy as well as my parents as they attempt to reconcile. Pray against any bitterness and miscommunication. This seems to be a re-occuring issue.

I know God is in control of all of these situations.. I pray he will use these situations with my sister and my sister-in-law to draw them to him.

Thanks for your prayers!