Just a little Update

One of the thing that keeps me from blogging regularly is that I feel like I need to have pictures to post every time.  With my old computer, that was a problem because it really couldn't deal with holding pictures any more!  Now, in the past few weeks, we've taken a bit of a picture hiatus.  Andrew is just as cute as ever, and he's doing some fun things, but we have not been on top of capturing his cuteness on film.  

So, here's an update with no pictures.  And now that I'm writing, I'm thinking, what do I really have to say?  Andrew had his second night away from home last night.  He stayed with Gigi and Papa (Dan's parents), so that I could work today since I'm going out of town later this week.  I was a little more nervous this time than last time because he's so much more aware now.  He's starting to show some little signs of separation anxiety.  But at the same time, I want him to be used to being over there and staying with them sometimes so that he will look forward to it.  Anyway, he did great last night - no problem at all!  He's such a big boy!  

Speaking of grandparents, my parents are making their big move next week.  I can't remember if I mentioned this last post, but they are moving to Calgary in Canada, and my dad will be the pastor of a church.  We're very excited for them and what God will do, but the reality has definitely been sinking in for me over the past couple of weeks.  I'm sad that they will be so far away.  My mom will come visit pretty often, but my dad won't have as much freedom.  And they were hoping to be able to keep their house in NC (or we were hoping), but they decided it would be best to sell it.  I'm definitely grieving the loss of a a place to call "home" in SC/NC.  We're looking forward to our visits up there, but there is no doubt that it's a bittersweet situation.  Andrew and I will be headed up to NC Wednesday through Friday to see them one last time before they leave.  I'm sure that will be emotional for me!

Andrew is crawling all over the place, and "walking" as long as he's holding on to something. He can walk behind a push toy or walk down the couch while he's holding on.  I spend most of the day following him around the house!  He makes me laugh so much.  It's fun to see his personality coming out.  He's funny and serious, a lot like both Dan and me really!  It's fun to experience how my love for him (and Dan too) grows and grows and grows with each passing day!  It's also amazing to see what God teaches me through motherhood!

Dan celebrated his 32nd birthday last weekend!!!  I always like when he catches up with me!  He got his favorite gift when the Gators won the national championship!  But we also spent his actual birthday at Disney!  They are doing this promotion this year where you get free admittance on your birthday, but if you are a passholder, you have a couple of options. The one that we chose is a free birthday funcard.   It's a $75 gift card that you can spend in most of the stores on property!!!  Free money!!!!!  We had fun shopping for Disney stuff that we normally would not buy.  It was a great birthday celebration!

Our pastor challenged us for the second year to seek the Lord for a word for the year.  Mine this year is contentment.  I find myself consumed so often with things that I want.  Sometimes it's stuff.  Sometimes it's relational or emotional. I know I have a lot to learn about contentment, and what a good lesson to learn!  I have so much to be thankful for and so much richness to draw from in my daily walk with Jesus!  But I miss those things so often when I stay consumed with things that I WANT or that I'm waiting for.  Hopefully, I'll remember to post on here the things that God is teaching me through my word of the year!

Well, that's about it for now.  I mean, I'm sure there's other stuff, but that's all I feel like writing!

New Year, New Bedtime, New Computer, New Resolution?

I'm not really one for New Year's Resolutions.  Never have been.  Dan is!  He make his new goals every year, and I think that's great, but he just hasn't won me over yet!  This year may be a bit different, however!  For one thing, Andrew has a new bedtime!  We had been putting him to bed at around 8, but he had to fight to stay awake. I was afraid to put him down earlier because he's such an early bird that I thought he would end up getting up at 5 or 5:30 every morning!  But one of our friends suggested that we just try it (offering a book called Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child), so we did.  It has gone so well!   He now goes to bed at 7ish, and I feel like I have an evening again!

In addition to this, I got a big surprise for Christmas!  My computer has been pretty much dead for quite some time.  That's one of the reasons I haven't been a very good blogger.  But Dan surprised me with a MacBook for Christmas!  It was the biggest Christmas surprise I've ever gotten!  I love it, although I'm sure I'll be figuring it out for quite some time.  So, having said all that, I may actually resolve to blog more often.  I've really made that goal more than once, so we'll see.  

We had a wonderful Christmas!  We spent a couple of days with Dan's family in Leesburg, and then we spent a week with my family in NC!  We made sure to spend some good time up there because my parents are moving to Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the end of this month!  I still can't believe it!  My dad will be the pastor of a church up there for at least three years.  It looks like they will have to sell their house, so we're bummed about that, but we're excited for this adventure that God is taking them on at this point in their lives!

Andrew enjoyed Christmas, although it wore him out!  He's changing so much.  He got his top front teeth for Christmas!  He also got some really fun gifts!  He's crawling and pulling up all the time.  We really don't think it will be long until he's walking.  Although we have to watch him a lot more, he's so much fun to play with!  He's also very talkative - lots of babbling! We surely do love him more and more every day.  He's a really sweet, good natured boy even though he also has his demanding and stubborn side!!

Well, that's it for now.  I'll add some pictures so you can see my sweet little boy!