15 Months

Seth turned 15 months yesterday! Here are his latest updates!

• Weighs 24 pounds
• Has 11 teeth (0ne more molar to go for now then hopefully a little break!)
• As of last week he is completely off his bottle
• He loves getting up on the couch and playing with the pillows
• He is really into climbing up things
• He LOVES to press buttons
• He loves to brush his teeth
• He enjoys reading books and currently really likes an alphabet book we read him
• Often when he is hungry he will go to the fridge and pull on the handle
• When he needs help with something he makes a whining noise (will have to work on teaching him a different way of asking for help)
• He loves playing with his daddy
• He carries his little blankies with him
• He tries to unlock anything he can around the apartment with keys
• No other new words yet, but sometimes it sounds like he is speaking Chinese! (gives us a good laugh)
• Each day he is understanding more and more and it is amazing

Pray for the Shellenberger Twins!

Sometime when you get a chance, click on the image over on the left of our blog and you will be re-directed to Mitch and Heather's blog concerning their precious preemie twins that were born on Thursday at only 25 weeks. There you can follow their journey, leave an encouraging comment, and even sign up for a time-slot to pray for them! Don't miss out on what the Lord is doing through little Jaron and Teagan!!

A House At Last

So, we haven't blogged about this yet, but we bought a house! We settle at the end of August and will be doing some painting, etc. before moving in. When we get a chance we will take some photos so you can see. It is not a single home :( but a 1/2 double or semi-detached (whatever you prefer to call it). This will be a first home for us in hopes that in 5 years or so we will be able to move into a single home.

Things we will be looking forward to:

• more space
• a tub/shower- Seth will finally move up to taking a bath in a real tub vs. his infant tub he currently bathes in
• no carpet in the bathroom (yes, we currently have carpeting in the apt. we rent!)
• peace and quiet from the roar of traffic we constantly hear
• a fenced in yard
• a sidewalk!- we can finally go out the door and be able to take a walk. Also, there is a nice park within 4-6 blocks
• a place to finally paint and make our own

We were planning on going to visit some of our Iowan friends (that we miss so much) in September but now the house kind of got in the way of things. So, we will keep you updated about when we think we will make the journey. Maybe October or maybe springtime?? Or possibly next summer?

Things you find without looking

I was vacuuming today and found many things that I wasn't even looking for!

Here they are:

• Sippy cup under the chair in the living room
• Book under the chair in the living room
• Crumpled up coupons under the couch
• Tupperware in the seat of Seth's bouncy horse
• Tennis ball under our bed
• Tennis ball under the changing table

Now, you might want to take a look under the items in your place and see what treasures you can find!