Playtime!

We love playtime! Whether on the floor of Daddy's office or outside under a tree, you can find us playing all day. Anna Kate loves toys that play music especially a rolling snail that sings the ABCs and a new music table that has all sorts of instruments and speaks English and Spanish. Arriba!

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Day at SeaWorld

Last weekend we took our first trip to Sea World to celebrate a friend's birthday. Anna loved the sea lion show and we could not miss Shamu! [gallery]

Memories

This is a picture of Anna Kate when she was about a week old. As we approach her first birthday, I feel like we have literally time transported from then until now. Though she has developed so much since then, I really think it was just yesterday when she was just laying there. Now she is moving and grooving all over the place. Where did my little baby go? I am sure all moms go through this feeling, but I am definitely feeling it strongly. I was looking back through all sorts of baby pictures and seeing how much she has grown. What a sweet blessing she is to our family! I don't think our family would be complete without her. Thank you Lord for our little Anna Kate!

A Growl from a Big Girl

Yesterday Anna Kate found a new sound...a growl. It literally sounds like she is trying to make a lion sound. One of her friends from church was making a lion sound on Sunday and I think she must have picked up. She will be jabbering away and then out comes the growl. Jonathan and I think it is hilarious! Her favorite sounds right now are dada, tata, and b-b-b. She is quite the talker.

Anna Kate is growing up so fast! She has graduated from Praise Baby DVDs this week. Our new premieres are Hillsongs Kids and Miss Pattycakes. She loves watching the kids on them dance to the music. The other day she was sitting in her high chair contentedly eating her lunch and I couldn't help but think it was a moment ago that she was a little newborn. It seems she is developing so much more awareness of the world around her as she touches Jonathan's facial hair or pulls on my wet hair after a shower. What a fun stage!

Update on Keys

We found Jonathan's keys! A friend discovered them under the seat of her car. We had already checked her car several times, but today they decided to appear. Thank you God!

Lost and Found

About a month ago, I left my keys on top of the car and forgot about them. Later, we discovered they must have fallen off somewhere, but we had no idea where. Thus they were lost. Luckily, Jonathan had a spare key to my car, so we just kept on rolling. But last week when Jonathan's keys went missing, we were in for trouble as we had no key to Jonathan's car. We tore up the house and called every place we knew trying to recover his keys. A week later, still no keys! So yesterday I took off on a hunt to retrace every step on the day he thought he had them last. On the way, a friend reminded me that my keys had some little cards on them to various stores around town. She thought maybe they had gotten turned in there. I went to CVS...no luck. Then I went to Ralph's grocery store and as the checker pulled out a basket full of keys, mine were sitting on top! Yippee! No more lost keys! God is so good and we are so thankful that He is so faithful to take care of us. In all of this, we felt like God was going to give us back everything the enemy has stolen and it is happening! We are still on the hunt for Jonathan's keys but my key ring held his spare car key, so we are ok for now. Thank you Lord!

New Office and Guest Room

Since our roommate Joel moved out last week, we have a new office for Jonathan and guest room for our many visitors. We painted a wall and moved right on in. Jonathan loves having a space to spread out and work, and we love having a room to entertain guests well. Jonathan's parents came in for the Labor Day weekend and became our first guests in the new room.



Pictured below is Jonathan working with Yvonne, our amazing worship pastor.

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Journey to Crawling

Crawling...what a journey! We are not quite there yet, but Anna sure is getting close. She used to hate tummy time but now will stay on that tummy for a little while just to check things out. But once she gets tired, she rolls right over with no regards to Mommy and Daddy trying to help her get those legs under her. Anna Kate can scoot backwards while on her tummy, but we have not seen any forward movement yet. I am thankful for just a little bit more time where I can leave the room for a sec and know she will stay put!

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Lounging Around

Anna just lounging around in her pjs before bedtime.

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