Jimmy's brother's family flew back to Mongolia Wednesday. They stayed with us Tuesday night. Nathan and his cousin, who is only 3 weeks older, always seemed to find each other. Here they are helpfully unfolding clean, folded laundry...

...and plotting to do something naughty, no doubt.



Here is my little man hiding. I came out from the back of the apartment and couldn't find him anywhere. I was getting a little scared when I noticed something behind the chair: a little person! I had been putting the large gray circular chair in front of the bookcase to prevent little hands from pulling down the books and tearing out pages, but he got clever and figured out how to crawl behind the chair to get to the books. Oh well, how can I be mad at a baby who wants to read The Case for Christ??

Pictures and thoughts

Not that many of you care too much about my musings, but I thought I'd write some anyway. This morning I was at the grocery store and was buying peaches. Seeing the little stickers on every single peace made me think about the jobs I wouldn't want. One is putting the stickers on produce. Another is tying together all the hundreds of balloons that fly above the car dealerships near our home (on this particular stretch of road you can find any kind of car you're looking for because there are about 15 dealerships).

Anyway, here's what you really came for: pictures of Nathan.

A man with good taste.

Just because he's so stinkin' cute.

Ripping up all of the trash you can find is a tiring job.

Walking like a pro!!

my life is over

According to one of the women in my church, my life as I have known it is officially over. The reason: Nathan is walking. He still definitely prefers crawling and when we encourage him to stand and walk with us if he's really excited about getting somewhere he'll plop down and go, very quickly, crawling away. He took his first few steps yesterday and walked a number of times today. I've got a couple of cute videos if you want to see them, so let me know and I'll email them to you. Other than that, just keep me in your prayers, that I'm able to retain what little sanity I have left! ;)

Pictures from Vacation

We've been back in CA for about 10 days now and I'm just getting around to posting pictures. The task seemed to daunting, therefore the delay. As I look through them, however, I realize that I didn't take many pictures. Here are some from our two weeks with family in VA.

Nathan and my mom :)


Bath time in Buckingham. Yes, we have running water indoors. Nathan splashes so much, though, that the porch was a better place for his bath.

The cousins! The last time D & C were in the US, T was the only grandchild (S soon followed)...it was a fun week with the four of them!

The bouganvilla I came home to. :) Thanks for watering, Katie!