Loving Life with Our Big Boy!

Just in the last couple of weeks Joshua has been seeming like he's no longer a baby...he has been saying lots of words, following some directions, going to sleep without a fight, and entering into the stage where he throws fits. I'm sure that with every knew stage I will think that he is getting so much bigger and older, and this is one of those times for me. Here are some cutie pie pictures of him in the last week, just enjoying life.


He painted last week with the help of his Kid's Care teacher, Kendra. Peter and I laughed at his sumo wrestler cover up that they put on him so he wouldn't get paint on his clothes.




The finished product was a beautiful rainbow!

One of the fun things about Peter's job is getting to go to the students' sports games, band and choir concerts, and plays. Last Thursday night was the opening game for one of the Irving high schools. Joshua had fun looking at all of the action, and playing with some of the students and families that we know.

Mrs. Margie, a sweet church member that gave us some of her extra tickets, let Joshua borrow her cowbell to ring. He didn't quite know when the correct times were to ring it, but he sure enjoyed it!




Joshua has been carrying Peter's belt around any chance he gets. It is really funny...he'll put it around his neck and walk around with it or he will just drag it and let the belt buckle make noise on the tile. When Peter was hunting last weekend, for about 30 minutes on Friday and Saturday, Joshua carried around his belt saying "dada".






The Murrells came up on Sunday to spend some time with us for Labor Day weekend. On Monday we took Joshua to get his first professional haircut. It went much smoother than our other attempts and he was completely entertained the entire time. This is the before shot with Joshua's long hair in back and over his ears.





He sat in a cute fire car for the haircut...





Before she cut the top, the hairdresser put his hair in a mohawk...if you look really close, there were several pieces that were about 4 inches tall...definitely time for a cut!




Here is the after picture. He got his first gel/spike look after his haircut. This picture was taken at REI, a sporting good store. We were checking out things that Peter might need for his mission trip to Nicaragua. While there, Joshua sat in a kayak, played in the tents, rode a tricycle, and almost fell asleep on one of the camping cots.


Speaking of Peter's trip to Nicaragua...they leave on October 5th. I'm sure I will post more information about it as the time grows closer, but please be praying for that region as Hurricane Felix has caused a lot of damage and most likely loss of life. Right now, I haven't heard too many reports, but the ones I have seen have talked specifically about the Miskito people, the people group they will be ministering to in Puerto Cabezas. John Durham spoke with the missionaries they will be serving with yesterday before the storm hit. They were going to be weathering the storm in their concrete home, along with a visiting team from Florida. They were anticipating loss of electricity (possibly even for a few months), mudslides, and flooding that would be horrible for that region. A few months ago, the trip that was originally supposed to go to Guatemala, was changed to Nicaragua. Each of the team members felt that was the direction God was leading them. Helping in rebuilding, encouraging the missionaries, and possible medical help will be much needed after today's storm. God is good and I'm so glad that they team was obedient.