Friday, August 29, 2008

Fireproof




I had a great opportunity to see a screening of the new
Fireproof movie that is coming out in September.
I absolutely loved it and want to see it again!
It opens on September 26th -
go ahead and make plans for a date night.

www.fireproofthemovie.com

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Walking better every day...



It is amazing to see how Mary Beth is progressing with her walking. The record is 20 steps but more exciting is that she is trying it more and more.

Monday, August 18, 2008

How much life has changed in 1 year...

It is crazy to think about how much life has changed in the past year.

One year ago...
...we started a blog
...we had a five week old daughter who slept, ate and pooped
...we were the most clueless new parents ever =)
...I was working my last week at the Center for Youth Ministry
...Stephen was enjoying his last week of summer vacation (as a teacher) and dreaming about his new job at Anderson Mill
...we were saying goodbye to students at Ninth and O Baptist Chruch
...we were packing up to move from Louisville to Spartanburg
...we had no clue what adventure God had waiting for us


A year later...
... I sit and read back through a year of posts and reminisce
... we have a full blown toddler who walks and talks, and another baby on the way
...we still feel like clueless parents sometimes =) but at least we know some basics
... I stay at home and play all day
...Stephen has been very successful working with middle school students and is launching a new ministry for Preteens next week
...we are buying a house - yay for first time home buyers!
...we are "home" at AMRBC - and can't imagine life without this family
...we look back and realize that God has blessed us far beyond what we could have even dreamed about a year ago.


What has God done in your life in the past 12 months?
Leave some comments and let us know!


Looking back is good, but it is even more exciting to think about the future. God has blessed our family, our home, our ministry so much in the past year as we were faithful to his call... whatever He has planned for this next year - I'm ready!


Thursday, August 14, 2008

Role Confussion: Dada is Mama?

Mary Beth's favorite word the last two weeks is "Mama"
I was so thrilled that she FINALLY figured out who I am...
but then I realized that everything is mama,
so now it has turned into a game.

I haven't been able to get it on video yet but
the funniest conversation goes like this:
(Laura) Who am I?
(MB) Ma-ma
(Laura) Who is that? [pointing at Stephen]
(MB) Ma-ma-ma [laughing]
(Laura) Who are you?
(MB) ma-ma? [laughing harder]
(Laura) Who am I?
(MB) Mama.

Since my post in June about learning Dada,
Stephen was out of town for 3 weeks
and she kinda got out of the habit
so now she we need to really work on it.
The only other words we are picking up on now is
"hi" and "ball",but she talks non-stop!

Sunday, August 3, 2008

First Steps

Mary Beth has officially taken her first steps!
Stephen and I have been practicing with her for the last couple weeks,
but she didn't seem all that interested.
Today as we were playing, my mouth hung open as she took a step
and didn't lose her balance! Then took another step!
We are so excited for her.
Tonight in the church nursery she showed off her new skill again,
so after bath time tonight we got out the camera
and tried to capture the first day of walking.






I have to apologize for the awful videography,
definitely some of my worst.

I kept trying to get a better clip
but she was getting sleepier by the moment.

Stay tuned... I'll put up some more video in the next few days.