9 Months (& 2 weeks)

This is two weeks late but the pictures are only a week late so that is a plus. 

M2 is doing so making us smile more everyday. He is such a cute little man 

and everyone is saying that he is looking more and more like his daddy. You can judge for yourself:

So cute!!

Some accomplishments from the last month:
~ He is up to 19 lbs.
~ still has not started crawling or moving around
but I have started forcing him to have tummy time (meaning I block him);
he gets pretty upset about it after about a minute.
~ eating like a champ...he loves all food and will make "yummy" noises the whole time he eats.
(you can see a video here)
~ likes to stand-up but is not holding on alone yet
~ he has now slept four nights in a row the whole night. Each night that passes
I become more and more excited.
~ He still loves his sissy and is constantly looking for her.
~ For Christmas we drove to Pittsburgh and he did great in the car! I am happy that he has turned into such a good traveler especially since we travel so much.
~ M1 is a great big sister (except maybe when she covers him  up to play hide-and-seek. He doesn't like that game very much yet.

Pics from Jan.

I realize that it has been a months since I have put anything up here and I am sorry to those of you (maybe 2) who actually look at this. So, I do this out of love for you.
These next couple of pics speak for themselves.

This was M2's first bath without his little tub. I kept him in it so long because I was afraid
that M1 would be too rough in the tub.  

Happy New Year!

I can not believe that another year has gone by. I looked back on my little list of hopes for 2010..here is it:
A few of our 2010 hopes:

~We are praying to have a job in place before Matt is done with fellowship at the end of June. 
~For the safe delivery of our son in April. 
~For a easy move experience and possible adjustment to a new home. 
~Most of all that we are able to raise our children to have a person relationship with him.


It is neat to read this and see what we were blessed with. We did have a safe and healthy baby boy in April. As you know he lights up our house daily with his personality and smiles. 
We decided to stay here for another year while Matt works shift work at a urgent care center and an E.R. in a small town in Il. This has been a big blessing this year as Matt is home more than he has ever been before. We are now trying to decide about a job that Matt will do for the next 5 years or more. 
So my hopes for the year 2011:
~ Matt would be able to decide on a job and have peace about the decision
~ Isabella would grow to be more obedient and complain less
~ I would grow as a mom, grow in my faith and to be able to bring those two things together better. 
~ Matt and I would continue to grow as a couple.
~ Sam would continue to grow and be healthy but it would be wonderful for him to sleep through the night. 


We hope that this year holds many blessings for you and your families. And when those hard moments come, we pray that you will turn to the Lord for your comfort. Looking forward to what this year holds.