Where I Am: April 2009

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Happy 3rd Birthday Lilly!

We had a great day today, celebrating all that is Lilly :) We have tons of pictures and some video and I'll try to get them posted soon.

I can't believe that we've had three years together - what a gift, what a challenge. We've loved every minute of life with our little fireball.

Happy Birthday Lil!

Friday, April 3, 2009

After all the turmoil of the last few years (job changes, moves, questions, cancelled moves) Mike has finally landed in the place he is supposed to be - in full-time ministry. We thought it was going to happen last year. We thought we were going to be heading down to Austin. We had our house in CT on the market and were getting all geared up to become Texans. And then things started to unravel. And at the same time things opened up at our church here.

And now, finally, after six long years of trying to figure it all out, Mike gets to be in full-time ministry. On January 25th our pastor announced that Mike would be joining the staff at Calvary Fellowship. I was so overwhelmed and happy that I cried while Mike was up on stage. Only he and I (and God) know what it has taken to get to this point. And we are so grateful for it. So I cried tears of joy and gratitude.

The announcement itself wasn't that big a deal, but it meant so much to us. Of course, Lilly threw up right before church that morning, but we wouldn't be swayed. She and I hung out in the back of the church so we could be there to celebrate that moment as a family. The two pictures I took are both fuzzy but I knew that Mike would die of embarrassment if he saw me taking pictures, so I had to be quick and stealth :)

So, Mike left his amazing job at Travelers and headed into the great unknown. And I have never seen him so happy and so perfectly suited for something. And I am so thrilled that God loves us so much.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Boy or Girl?

At the doctor's office, waiting to go back for our ultrasound to see our baby and find out if it's a boy or a girl! We didn't find out with Lilly, so this was a whole new thing for us.

After Lilly wriggled all around the room and spilled her whole bag of Goldfish on the floor, we found out that our baby is a boy! Mike and Lilly checking out his pictures!

Our celebratory dinner at Ichiro afterwards

Then on to Babies R Us to check out some boy things. Lilly and I decided to test the gliders. Heavenly!

Discussing the various chair features. We finally agreed we liked the one Lilly was in the best :)

Swimming Lessons

We enrolled Lilly in swim lessons on Saturday mornings for eight weeks. I can't say that she quite aced the butterfly, but she did at least consent to enter the pool - progress, progress. We got her to go underwater a few times but she really isn't a fan of water in her eyes or face. She was the only girl in the class and seemed sort of horrified that the boys would just jump in and go under. I think she really needs a brother :)

Trying to convince her to go underwater

Posing for Dad

Lilly goes to the Dentist

Lilly had her first trip to the dentist, which went quite well! I wasn't sure how she'd do, but she was a champ. Teeth looked good and we don't have to start flossing yet due to the spacing of her teeth. Thank goodness, I'm just not sure that flossing and a two year old would have been a winning combination!