Thus far January has been a trying month to our home. At least one person has been sick all month so far. And earlier this week all three members were plagued by presumably the same cold. As usual Grant got over the sickness in his usual 24-48 hours, while Nigel and i have drudged on still sick. We would be more jealous of him for his speady recoveries, but instead are thankful that God would heal him so that he can get to work and win some bread for us. Today however there has been a turn in health for nigel and i. For example, for the past 35 minutes nigel has been happily playing on the family room floor with his toys, something he has not done yet this week with out crying to be held and comforted. Secondly, it only took one suck of the nasal aspirator on each side of nigels nose this morning, a relieving sign for us all, as using the nasal aspirator is one of the worst parts of everyones day here.
We had a wonderful Christmas and got to see ALL the family. Nigel was less interested in the holidays than we had imagined he would be. I think we unwrapped all the presents we had wrapped for him. (glad we got him diapers, wipes and jars of baby food, and not expensive toys)
Nigel is really moving now, everyday it becomes more difficult to keep up with him. Currently Grant and i are working on devising a way to move the furnature around in our family room in such a way to blockade the computer and the TV with the couches, so that the endless task of keeping nigel away from all of the cords and the DVDs may finally come to an end.
His latest task is his ability to pull himself up on things. Sadly informing us that all the objects previously thought out of reach now must be kept even higher up. This new talent has also caused more falls than any 9 month old should probably sustain in any certain amount of time, which subsequently has resulted in the appearance of several bumps and bruises. Slowly though he is learning to sit down when he wants to get back on the floor or putting his hands down first so he can crawl, much better than just falling to one side.
Plans for Uganda are coming along well, we will hopefully have a letter going out soon. The dates of the trip will be May 18th-July 20th.
We are really looking forward to 2010. Grant and i took some time over the Christmas break to just talk about our life together and all that has happened in the past 2 years. And as we recounted all that the Lord has given to us, and those things He has taken away, we were overwhelmed with thanksgiving to Him for all He's done. Every day it seems we are understanding more and more that to be parents and have a child is such a blessing, and our prayer is always that we would never forget that and begin to see them as some kind of liability, but rather as a blessing and a heritage from the Lord. We are so thankful for our marriage and how God has brought us together just for the betterment of each other. We agreed it seems hard at times to believe that this life we have together is even really happening. We are so blessed!!Here are some Dec/Jan pictures
1) nigel helping decorate (he crawled in here on his own)
2)family Christmas in Altus
3)the first time nigel pulled himself up ( one of the few firsts we actually had the camera ready for)
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