Malachi is ten months old!

It is hard to believe the little bubba is going to be walking soon.  He’ll stand for a while but is still pretty tentative about taking that first step.  The First two pictures are Malachi, followed by one of Kalvary, then Glory at ten months.  You may notice that Malachi has quite the bump in the center of his forehead.  We think he hit it on the corner of the fridge.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Top 25 Things I Love about my wife.

 

1. She loves me.
2. She is a great mother, and desires children in our lives.
3. She can and will organize anything. 
4. She likes games and puts up a great fight. 
5. She is smarter than me. 
6. I love her physical attributes. (Nuff Said)
7. I love when she makes my lunch or lays out cloths for me.  Not that she has to do it all the time. J
8. She is a great cook and not afraid to try different things and recipes.
9. She is pragmatic and says what she thinks, when she thinks it.
10. She smells nice.
11. She values frugality
12. She can fix things better than most guys (including me)
13.  She likes to read.
14.  I can make her laugh. 
15.  She prefers coke to pepsi.
16. She trusts me.
17. She is not afraid to call for pizza.  I hate calling for pizza.
18.  I think she looks exotic.
19.  She trusts and loves the Lord more than me. 
20.  She rarely worries.
21.  I love her laugh.
22.  She shares Christ with the less fortunate and is not put off by them.
23. Did I mention she can organize?
24.  She throws things away.  Seriously.  I would be so cluttered without her.
25.  She puts up with me in the morning.
26.   I can be real with her.
27.  She entertains all my crazy ideas.

  28.  She won’t care that I didn’t stick to twenty five.

breakthroughs

1)  Malachi slept from 7:45 p.m. to 6 a.m!  He has never slept that long in his life. 

2) Homemade dishwasher detergent:  equal parts Borax and baking soda.  Mix that and then put 2 TBS in the dishwasher with a drop of dish soap.  It’s been working great!  Also, once my jetdry is gone, I’m going to try putting white vinegar in the jetdry spot.

Grandpa died

So, last week my grandpa (Kris’ mom’s dad) died.  It’s sad to know that I won’t see him again for a long time and that Grandma will be alone.  It’s happy because he was old ( 88 ) and he was a Christian and he didn’t die suddenly, so he lived a good long life and we all had time to say goodbye.    It was also happy because I (and Ryan and the kids) got to spend so much time with my aunts and uncles and cousins and their kids.  It was really fun to reminisce about Grandpa and how he wasn’t afraid to tell you that you need to watch your weight or how he had such LONG fingers or how you could tell how much he loved Jesus and his family.

One fun story…Kalvary and her second cousin Emily (my cousin Melissa’s daughter) had such a good time together.  At the viewing, we parents couldn’t find them at one point.  It wasn’t that big of a building and he knew almost everyone there, so we just shrugged it off.  They would show up.  Later we found out that Kalvary and Emily had gotten into the viewing line and waited for 15-20 minutes to get up to the casket.  According to Grandma, at the casket they discussed that Grandpa’s feet were in there and here’s his head and hands and then they gave Grandma hugs.  She was so touched by that special moment.