October 2008

A friend just told me, "Collin is almost a year old!" Can it be true? It seems like I just had him, but yes, Collin is now 8 months old and really moving around. Austin has also seemed to grow up over night. He has complete conversations with me about everything. The latest laugh was when I commented on his stinky feet and he said, "I not have stinky feet. My bottom's stinky." And his face was completely serious as I tried to stifle my laughter.
Collin is sleeping through the night (mostly). We still have those awful nights when Collin cries, which wakes Austin, who then cries when we put him back to bed, which prevents Collin from falling back asleep and I have to feed Collin to get our family back to sleep. It's so much different with two kids now. Things I could do with one baby (like put a pillow over my head as he cried himself to sleep) are much harder now. But other things are easier, like finger foods. Finger foods are now defined as whatever Collin finds on the floor after Austin eats lunch (Ok, that's only happened a couple times). Overall, Collin is a very happy baby and loves watching his big brother play guitar. Austin has been giving us all concerts with his ukulele. They've even started napping together!
Life for mom and dad is great, too. Sometimes i forget to include us... it's all about the kids! But God is so good and faithful. He is always teaching us things about His character. As we develop as parents we are learning so much about Our Father; how much he loves us and desires good things in this life for us.
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights" James 1:17
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