8 Months!

Wyatt is eight months old! As a parent I wrestle with the joys and sadnesses that come along with watching her little guy achieve new milestones in his little life. Like 2 days ago went to Target and he sat in the cart for the first time! I was so excited to see him with this 'first' but sad at the same time because my sweet little baby is slowly getting closer and closer to a toddler. It is a never ending cycle! Some of the highlight of Wyatt's this month are:

*finally sitting up--he'll still topple over, but he's getting the hang of it:)
*da-da-da is his favorite phrase to repeat over and over again
*screaming is also his favorite:)
*his new favorite toy is our cell phones or the remote...wonder if the cell company has a policy on slobbery phones?
*he is starting to get an attachment to a blankie at sleepy time...when we put him down we will throw it over him and he will grab it really tight and put it in his mouth! When we get him up it is usually under his head like a pillow:)
*he is still an easy going, laid back kind of guy...not much throws him or scares him
*he is still big into songs! I love to see his big smile light up when we start to sing him 'his' song each day (Each morning we sing to him "This is the day that the Lord has made", right now I think it is more of reminder to us to give the day to God, but hopefully when Wyatt is old enough to understand it can be the same reminder to him to live his day out to God and not for himself)

*he is no longer easily confined to a play mat...he's a little roly poly that goes all over the place!

*my little man will eat ANYTHING!!! There is not one thing this kid doesn't like to shovel in his mouth, whether it's food or not! Just praying that it lasts throughout his life time! It would make my job a whole lot easier:)

A Visit from Auntie Alli!

Auntie Awie came fo a visit last weekend! It was da best time eber:) She took me on walks, pwayed wif me and my toys, wet me hewp her cewebrate her birfday and gwuaduation fwom cowwege...it was soooo much fun! Tanks Auntie Awie fo coming to see me ( and fo pwaying gowf wif my daddy:)

We're Moving!!

Well, the process has seemed to be slow and full of lessons in patience. We started the house hunting process some time after New Years and it took us 3 months to find a house that we thought we could make into a home for our little family. We put our offer in and it was accepted!! No going back and forth to get somewhere. Wow, we never thought it would happen that fast. This house filled our heads with lots of 'stuff'. There were issues that would need to be fixed or updated before we moved in and there were things about the house that we didn't love but we thought "hey, we can live with it." This house was in foreclosure...a.k.a. EVERYTHING TAKES FOREVER. I don't think we will ever consider a house in foreclosure again...too much uncertainty and need for an overabundance of patience!:) We were going to close on this house April 1st...just a few days before then we were told by our realtor it just might be a good idea to start looking at other houses in case this one fell through. WHAT?!?! Great...we just came full circle from where we were a month ago only to sit at the starting line again. God is so dedicated in His passion to teach me the meaning of trust and patience. I was really needing it!

Well, March 31st came around and I was again out with our realtor searching for a house...telling her that for some reason beyond my comprehension I had peace that God was going to work everything out for good. Hmm, sounds a little like a Bible verse I grew up knowing! That peace walked us to a house that can now (almost) call our own!

In all our searching God had the perfect home for us...but, we were tied up in a deal with a house that WAS NOT perfect. We believe that God's hand was on us in all of this because if we had not been waiting forever for the foreclosed home to get their act together we probably would have found another house that we would have just settled on. God is so good!!

Now our heads are filled with lots of ideas for this new house...ideas to make it a home:)

Easter in the Country

We were able to go to Hillsboro for Easter....it was so great to get away from the city for a while and enjoy playing in the woods, being with family, and having fabulous weather!!! Oh, and probably eating way too much too!

A Time of Dedication

Here are a few pictures from the weekend that our families came in town to be here for Wyatt's dedication. It was so wonderful to have them all here at the same time!