Firefox vs. Safari

I have definitely become a fan of Firefox. I like it so much better! Posting from here is also a lot easier and all of the buttons show up! It also seems like it is much faster than Safari...

West Virgina???

Steve and I watched the Miss Teen USA competition tonight (we had dvr'd it for some reason, which is weird cause we usually never watch those) and we heard something on the news this morning about it, so we knew we had to see what they were talking about. Wow...Her "speech" was...interesting. But, besides that, did anyone catch that they misspelled West Virgina (missing an "i"). This was during one of the times that they had the state names really big on the screen and Steve was like "OH, did you see that!"...so, I guess we need more geography lessons (says Miss Teen South Carolina) AND more spelling lessons!

Laughing baby

Growth spurt?

So, we measured E's height yesterday and he was over 28 inches (still short, I think!), but what happened? Either he grew about an inch in two weeks or they messed up the measurement in the office (which is possible since they take it with him laying on the table while he's moving around). :) He also feels really heavy to me all of a sudden, but I don't know if that's just because it is getting harder and harder to carry him up the many, many stairs to get to our condo! Whatever the case may be, he is growing and changing so much and parenting just gets more fun each and every month.

We love this little guy! Tonight he was kissing us on our faces and then laughing at us really hard. So hard it got us laughing where we couldn't stop (speaking of which you have to watch the laughing baby clip above!). Anyways, E was probably laughing so hard cause we looked really funny to him (give mama a kiss...awwww) hahaha. The funny things we do and say when babies are around.

Oh, and he got another haircut - but this time it is really short. At first I didn't like it too much because I thought it was too short, but it has "grown" on me and now I think it is super cute. Although, he looks like a little boy now, not a baby. I will post a picture later.

Big month in our home this September - a trip to Peru, Steve's bday (29 yrs!!!), my bday (28 yrs) and a family "vacation" for the 3 of us! We don't know what we're doing yet, but we will be off and spending lots of time together! Exciting!!!

Peru

Please keep Peru and our sister church, Camino de Vida, in your prayers. As you know a 7.9 earthquake hit there last night. There has been a lot of damage and many deaths/injuries and is just a devastating situation. Thankfully, the Pastor, his family and staff and the others we know in Peru (including the kids in the orphanage and the women in the shelter) are all safe and were not injured. But, many of them will be helping in the relief effort. So, please continue to keep them in your prayers. My heart is breaking for the country and I just want to be there helping. We are waiting to hear back from the Pastor about what we can do to help.

9 month check-up

Well, actually it's more like 9.5 month check-up! But, because E had been sick, we had to wait to do this visit. He got one shot and got his stats taken. He's a tiny little guy, even though he seems so big to me. I think he's in the 10-15% for everything (they didn't give me the percentages this time, just the numbers). He's 18 lbs and 27 and something inches. So, he's small! But, everything looks good and he's strong and healthy. He's mostly wearing 6-12 month clothes. Not too much else going on with him. We are just happy that he's healthy and back to himself after the long, bad virus he had (and not to mention our trip to the ER). :( We are so glad that is all behind us and he is doing great! He's still sleeping about 12 hours/night and taking one short morning nap (30 min) and one long nap (2-4 hours). He's a great sleeper and it is such a blessing to us! When he was sick, we didn't get much sleep at all and were worried he wouldn't go back to his normal patterns, but he did. Praise the Lord! He's seemed to grow up so much in the past weeks - he's crawling sooo fast and pulling up on anything and everything. So, I have to keep a close on eye at him at all times! But, this is such a fun stage and we have so much fun playing with him and watching him. What a blessing he is to our lives! I can't believe that he will be ONE in 2.5 mos - AND by then he will have another cousin, also! Jadyn is due the end of October, so we definitely look forward to meeting her! I am excited to have a newborn around!!!