We're Moving to ALABAMA!

After a year long process of searching and praying for the place we will serve in ministry, the Lord has lead us Parkway Baptist Church in Auburn, Alabama. Gary will be serving as the Pastor of Families and Children. We are SO excited about this opportunity! The Lord definitely has perfect timing, and we have seen this first hand with the job search process. We visited many churches in 2008 but never felt as if the Lord was leading us there. It was definitely a challenging time for our family, but God has been with us every step of the way. He continually provided all of our needs and challenged us to trust Him with this process. What a blessing it will be to move to Alabama and begin serving the people at Parkway Baptist Church!

We are in the process of searching for our 1st home, and we will be leaving Wake Forest, NC sometime in the middle of February. We are eager to see what the Lord has in store for our family as we begin serving Him through this ministry.

Snow Day

We woke up this morning, and it was SNOWING! After Gary worked a 1/2 day, we bundled up Andrew to go outside, and Gary thought it would be awesome to build a gigantic snowman. Little did we know, that it is impossible to do that with a restless 9 month old, so Gary decided to make one that was about 9 inches tall. After some pictures and some "off road stroller action" (Gary's comment), it turned out to be a great day!

Dressed in Camo

My dad, brother, and grandfather are duck hunters, so Grandpa (Nat's dad) made sure Andrew had his own camo outfit. I was able to get quite a few of Andrew's facial expressions today, so I thought everyone would enjoy these.....

9 months old

Andrew is keeping us busy these days, but he's so fun! He's such a happy boy, and he loves to be around other people, especially other kids. The other day, his preschool teacher (Ms. Karla) told me that Andrew was her "star student" in the baby class, and it just made me laugh :) She said he's content and happy at preschool, and I am so blessed to be working there and that Andrew is enjoying it too.

Here are a few updates over the last month or so.......

• Waving all the time at everyone and everything including his toys :)
• He's very verbal and he's saying....Da Da, Ma Ma, Boom Boom, Ta Ta, Ba Ba, Bye Bye along with other sounds
• Scooting in circles and backwards but not quite crawling
• Sat up by himself in his bed (only twice so far)
• Standing while holding onto furniture or his activity table
• Shaking his head "no" although he doesn't know what that means :)
  
• Dancing
  
• 2nd Tooth came in the day before Christmas Eve
• Eating more big boy food (bread, cheese, veggies, fruit, etc)
  
• Wearing 12 month clothes and size 4 diapers

I took Andrew to the doctor today for his 9 month check-up, and he's 22 pounds, 14 ounces (70% percentile) and 28 1/4 inches long (50% percentile). He's grown 2 1/2 inches in the last 3 months. We will be car seat shopping soon because Andrew is now almost over the limit on his infant carrier :) Dr. Hamp said he's doing great. We just love our little man!

Eating Big Boy Food....


This is the open mouth smile that we see all day :)

Play time....





Trying to help daddy with reading.....

Poor little guy was almost begging for a nap because he was so tired from playing with all of his new toys, but this is the only picture that I have been able to get of his 2 little teeth.