An update finally

Well, we have been home now for almost 2 weeks. The above pics are from our drive home after visiting my sister in Wisconsin. We stopped in Arches NP and Zion. We wanted to see Rocky Mountain National Park but it snowed all in the park the night we got there and the park was closed. But we drove through about 4 inches of snow over the pass of the Rockies! It was beautiful. We loved our drive back out West and are glad to be in our home again and getting down to business here!

So we arrived just before Liam's 1st birthday. We celebrated with our small group. When everyone was singing "happy birthday" he got shy and I could tell by the end of the song Liam would be crying. And sure enough, it frightened him the singing. But he ate some cake and ice cream and it was nice to celebrate the passage of his first year. It was amazing to think what happened last year and how far we have come. What a blessing.

We have been getting busy now just getting into a routine and things have been going well. Support raising is going well, just taking some time. We have been learning so many things during this process from the Lord and it has been humbling, challenging, and also unifying for our family. We are excited about seeing how God works during the coming months.

Liam is doing really well these days!! He is crawling more and more and pulling up on things. He has been scooting on his belly for weeks now, but he is getting the hang of traditional crawling more and more and literally changes from day to day. His pulling up on things is getting better and better and I sure do have to watch him like crazy now! He loses his balance sometimes and takes a nice fall, but it doesn't stop him from trying again. He had his 1 year check up on Monday. He is in the 15th percentile for height and weight so he is proportionate. He is becoming more and more picky with his food and it is a battle at each meal but breakfast. Oh well, we'll keep working on it!

Well, hope you enjoy the pictures and the videos especially. On a sad note, we lost our video camera in Maryland and so are videoing on our digital camera some.