Quiz

After 4 or 5 weeks, why did Sarah quit her C25K running program?

A. She was injured
B. She was sick
C. She is lazy
D. She is pregnant!!
E. C & D



I'll save you the suspense.....















D.
(Although E applies, too.) :-) We're so thrilled to tell everyone that we are pregnant again! Our due date is set for the end of June.

In case there was any doubt, Noelle's song is entitled "I am the ballerina."

10 months old

Here's what Jared is up to at 10 months:

--He finally got his first tooth!! (On October 28th it started peeking through, and I think another one is right behind it.) Jared is not as good of a teether as Noelle was. He definitely gets cranky at times, not that I blame him. He teethes on our coffee table quite often. I'm sure it'll have toothmarks on it before long. Here is evidence of the crankiness:


--One of his favorite "games" is dropping things. Noelle will hand him something, he'll drop it and crack up, and then she'll pick it up again.

--He also thinks that peek-a-boo and sneezing are hilarious.


--He started waving and clapping this month.

--He almost always sleeps on his tummy with his bottom in the air, which I think is totally adorable. Aren't sleeping babies so cute?


--He frequently pulls up to his knees, but rarely gets all the way to his feet. I'm thinking that he's still a ways away from walking.

--He's started eating table food for one meal a day. It takes him FOREVER to feed himself, but it's so nice to let him do it without my help. So far he's eaten everything we have given him. His other meals he still eats baby food.

--At the end of meals he usually screams when he realizes his food is gone. (And believe me, we are feeding him more than enough!!) Chris used to do that when he was a baby, too.

--He's started drinking rice milk for 1-2 feedings a day. We're pretty sure he's allergic to cow's milk, like Noelle, and our doctor said we could go ahead and transition him to rice milk whenever we felt like it.

--One morning I let the kids rip up a magazine for fun. This was the mess that followed:



--One of his favorite toys:

First Bath Together

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.