Family times

Life as a family of four is going well overall. There are many many moments of joy and delight - listening to Owen talk about life in full sentences, watching Baxter's face light up when we talk to him, and watching Owen love having a baby brother. It's also busy...even crazy...at times, but the Lord is teaching us a lot and walking us through each step. A few things that you can be praying for us are: Baxter has really bad reflux which provides for a lot of spit up and crying. Please pray that he'd grow out of this quickly and that we can provide him with relief in the meantime. Owen has been really scared of noises (birds, trucks...) ever since a thunderstorm a few weeks ago. Pray that he'd trust in the Lord and that we'd have the patience to walk him through this time. Thanks for bringing our boys before the throne of grace for us - we trust it is there that we find mercy and grace to help in time of need.

Here are a few of the moments of joy...

Owen and Baxter watching a show together - Baxter is clearly in control of what is on TV today. We'll see how this plays out as they get older :)



We played with the self timer the other night - I'm pretty proud of the outcome!



Owen LOVES his baby brother - he just doesn't have a good sense for where his limbs are in relation to Baxter's body. That can make for some interesting moments!



Owen's first cheeseburger! He enjoyed dipping it in ketchup - that's my boy!!



We had a BIG thunderstorm last night - Owen does not like thunderstorms. Dinner was quite chaotic. Matt had a great idea - make a "protective" fort out of pillows that Owen could eat his dinner in. It worked...for a little while. Here is Owen eating his pancake dinner in his fort. Sweet sweet Owen.