Tonight's Dinner Conversation

"Um, mommy, there are hundreds of clothes in my hamper. Can you wash them so they will be clean?"

Videos!!

It's been a while since we've posted any videos, but Chris got a cool digital video recorder for his birthday. Videos, here we come.

Army Crawling





Big Boy Crawling

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Even though today is a special day to remember babies lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, or in infancy, I can attest to the fact that not a day goes by that I don't remember my sweet Jeffrey. But I'm so glad that on a day like this, I can share my grief with so many throughout the world that have suffered such a great loss. I came across this poem a few days ago, and it really spoke to me and reminded me of the perspective I need to keep in light of eternity.

Chance has not brought this ill to me;
It's God's own hand, so let it be,
For He sees what I cannot see.
There is purpose for each pain,
And He one day will make it plain
That earthly loss is heavenly gain.
Like as a piece of tapestry
Viewed from the back appears to be
Only threads tangled hopelessly;
But in the front a picture fair
Rewards the worker for his care,
Proving his skill and patience rare.
You are the Workman, I the frame.
Lord, for the glory of Your Name;
Perfect Your image on the same.

A Different Perspective

Chris (at home on the phone with Sarah who is driving to a meeting): "I love you. Have fun. Be safe."

Noelle: "Why did you say, 'be safe?'"

Chris: "Because I wanted Mommy to be safe."

Noelle: "...like, don't see any crocodiles??"

Chris: "Yes, that's what I meant."

Insight from Noelle

"You know what? The moon doesn't have a mouth so it can't talk back to God."

West Texas Fair

We got to go to the fair way back in early September. The four of us had a great time going to the petting zoo, eating yummy food, and riding carnival rides (including Noelle's first roller coaster).

9 Months Old

I'm only 2 days late this time!!

Jared turned 9 months old on Thursday. There's not a whole lot that's new since I posted an update about him two weeks ago, but here are some cute pictures!

Jared is such a happy little guy! And he still has an orange nose.

He has started crawling on his hands and knees this week. Occasionally, he'll start forget and go back to army crawling, but he's up on all fours most of the time now. He's not quite as fast that way, but I'm sure that will change in no time!


He's also pulling up on things a little, especially things that are lower to the ground like this stool.


Speaking of crawling, Jared is into everything. One of his favorite things is pulling books off the bookshelf and sucking on shoes. Bleck! We borrowed a super-yard from a friend (THANK YOU, BECCA!!) and that has been a great addition to our home. Jared isn't a huge fan of it most of the time, but it contains him for a few minutes. We use it a lot to block doorways.


He's studying to become CPR certified:


He went to his first fair:
He loves to swing!



He got another haircut, and looks super cute. No more baby come-over!

Noelle and Jared are playing more together. She still loves having a little brother.



Recently he's started putting his hands up and reaching for us when we're reaching down to pick him up. I love that!

He's wearing mainly 6-9 month clothes & size 3 diapers. I'm thinking he's probably on the small size, but we'll get his official 9 month stats later this week.