Proud Momma

I am so proud to be a Mom. I guess I always knew I would be a mother one day but I had no idea how much joy it would bring. He is a sweet gift from the Lord.

EATING .... then bathing

Stephen had to have a bath after he ate his yams. He enjoyed them too much.

Naked boy!

yum..yum. I like wearing my food.

He loves his dog.

Stephen's Baby Dedication

Daniel and I decided to get Stephen dedicated to the Lord. He is getting dedicated on June 15th at Woodsedge Community Church in The Woodlands. This basically means we are committing to teach him the truth about Jesus. Also, we are praying for God to help Stephen grow up to live for him. We will also pray that when he is older he will make his own decision to make Jesus the Lord of his life.

We had to send a picture to the church for the dedication. So this is what I decided that he would wear. I am too picky so I just went with some khaki and white striped shorts with a white onsie.

5 months old

We just bought Stephen a fun new excersaucer. He loves it as you can see. Here he is with no shirt on playing in his excersaucer.

Stephen and Payton

Stephen is trying to impress his potential girlfriend, Payton . They had so much fun together at bible study. They are a little distracting.

Curious Stephen

Stephen has discovered Sadie over the last month. Sadie has no idea it is going to get worse after he starts crawling. Right now she just gets a little pat from Stephen if she gets close enough for the right amount of time. We have also started feeding Stephen rice cereal for his evening meal once a day a little over a week ago. It is going good I guess. He spits most of it out but I figure that is the first stage of rice cereal. We go to get his ears checked tomorrow since he had a double ear infection two weeks ago. I am looking forward to a good report.

As for Daniel and I we are enjoying our new church. We actually joined the church last Sunday night. We attended a 3 hour session on the vision of the church taught by the pastor Jeff Wells. We look forward to getting more involved soon. I think somethings just take time after you move and have a baby.

I am counting down 7 weeks left with my kindergarteners. It will be good to spend two months with Stephen at home. I plan on getting a small plastic pool to put in the back yard so Jamie, Stephen and I can cool off in the water. This will happen after we get the backyard fence built.

SICK

Stephen, Daniel and I have been coughing and congested for almost two weeks. I took Stephen to the doctor on Monday to find out he had a double ear infection. We started antibiotics and he seems to be getting better. He lost his voice on Sunday night and still does not have it back yet. It is sad because when he cries you can barely hear him. It breaks my heart. On a good note before he lost his voice he discovered that he can hear himself. He will randomly scream to the top of his lungs and crack up. It is hilarious. In the past week or so he discovered his little feet. They have not made it up to his mouth but he is getting there. Although he has been sick over the last few weeks he is still a happy baby boy.