Fall Has Begun!

We got a knock on our door a couple of weeks ago and a big heavy package arrived... hundreds of "Would you like to know God personally?" booklets.

It is neat to get a package like that in the mail and know that hundreds of college students are going to be given the opportunity to hear in a clear way what it means to Know God! College students will be given a tool that will give them confidence in sharing the gospel. Hundreds of students might be entering into the eternal life because of those booklets! Pretty sweet to think about.

So Keegan got his first chance to check one out. They are a little over his head, but he liked the pictures.

In other news... keegan has enjoyed coloring at his table these days... and eating crayons.


Check out his latest peice of art!!


That's Right! He's going to be a big brother in 9 months!! We are pregnant. Expecting baby number 2 sometime around the beginning of June if all goes well! We are excited!!! I'm a little overwhelmed with thinking about taking care of two babies, there are a lot of things to wean Keegan from in the next nine months! But I try not to think about all that just yet.

A few fun things

Keegan loves the Cars movie cartoon figures. Everytime we go to the store and he sees Lightning Mcqueen he kind of goes nuts. I purposefully distract him sometimes so he doesn't see him. The other day we passed by some Lightning Mcqueen slippers and i caved and got them. i figured they would double for a toy! Then we asked some friends if they had the movie, because you can't have Lightning Mcqueen slippers without seeing the movie! He was plastered to the TV. He sat like this for probably 5 minutes which is a big deal for him. Then he started shouting "CAR CAR!" and "WHhoooaa!!" it was a lot of fun.



This is Fiona ("FiFi) she's three weeks younger than keegan and they met when she was three days old. They just might be best friends. They give each other hugs everytime they see each other. unprompted.

She spent the night last night and before she left in the morning I asked Keegan to give her a hug and they kissed. Not their first kiss to each other by the way. They might be in love.

This is how keegan signs "baby." It's different from the typical two handed cradle hold for baby because he likes to hold babies on his shoulder so he can cuddle and kiss them. He even does a little coo that sounds a little like the word baby, with sweet tones. love it.


On the way to colorado we camped out one night. It was a little bit of a crazy night, probably 30 degrees out and so i was didn't sleep much because i spent most of the night worried and checking to make sure keegan wasn't freezing. We had keegan in so many clothes it was crazy. He had on socks, a onsie, pjs, a snow suit, a beanie, a blanket and brents down jacket layed over him. he was warm. except when we changed his diaper in the middle of the night. His little cheeks were all red for the next couple of days though. is it possible to get a burn on the cheeks from it being too cold?


Here he is, throwing rocks in the river!

little bits of colordo

I can't believe we have been on summer project for three weeks now. Time has flown! It's been busy and exciting. Crested Butte is absolutely gorgeous with these kind of veiws all around!


We have been on a couple of hikes with keegan. He really likes looking at the views and pointing out the water! Water is one of his favorite things these days. He notices it all over the place. He loves puddle jumping and could throw rocks and sticks in the rivers all day long if I'd let him!

Summer project is nice because we get to do a lot of things together as a family. It's been nice to see Brent more often. Keegan has loved it too! Sometimes he'll wake up from the morning or a nap and look all around the apartment for "dada" I'm "dada" too. Mama hasn't seem to haev been an easy thing for him to say yet.


This is our coaching team for the summer! All of us were on LifeLines last summer (with the exception of one guy) that has been so fun for me to get to spend the summer with these people! they are all so great! Our roommates for the summer are Tracy and Adam. Tracy is in the purple and adam is behind her in the green. Keegan can say both of there names now. He LOVES adam! yesterday he was looking for adam in the apartment. i guess keegan really wanted to play with him. Adam is usually wearing a hat, that is just one of the reasons keegan likes him.


We miss everyone at home! It's odd how we pick up our lives for a couple of months every summer. I'm learning from the other moms here how to do that better with kids. Things like pack toys, but purchase some cheap toys at garage sales; pack cook books. tupperware and spices; get a library card first thing when you get into town. Know where the parks and coffee shops are located. Remember that if things get busy you'll get to see your husband in a couple of weeks or at least at bedtime. It has been nice to have other staff moms here to get ideas from and to see what kind of involvemet they have on campus. It helps me feel more assured in my role as a mom in ministry.
More pictures to come!

Avery Park

The other day it was bright and sunny and we decided to take a family bike ride to the park up the street! The park has a big train that kids can climb all over. Ever since my college days here at OSU I have dreamed about taking my future son to the park to enjoy the train. So we put on Keegan's appropriately train striped overalls and went exploring at the park! Even Charlie had a good time lazing in the sun while people oogoogled and googled over him.
Here are a few shots from our day at the park!




what a BOY! I love it.

Airplanes

This is sign language for Airplane. Or close to it.

ALL day long Keegan does this sign. I had no idea how many planes flew over our house until he learned this sign. He can hear the quietest plane. He has a 95% rate of accuracy. Those lawn mowers really throw him off. He hasn't discovered what that sound is yet because we use a push lawn no-noise-mower.

Tonight as I was feeding him before bed he heard a plane and there, in the dark, mid-drink, he did the plane sign. SO CUTE!

Today as we were going for a walk he saw some wind chimes and we discovered that he learned a new sign. The sign for "bell" he did is perfectly! We have a bell by our door that rings when the heater turns on. He's known it is a bell for a long time, i think. We would ask him where the bell is and he would look right at it. but now he can sign about it!

Still no useful signs though like "food" or "more" I guess airplanes and lights are more important.

Thankfulness

Another month. Here are some things I am thankful for:

- A 13th month old! Today is keegan's 13 month birthday! I'm thankful we're out of the "baby" stage but I'm not ready for him to grow up. But somethings never change (i dunno how to flip this picture sorry.)

- No more toys in the living room. well mostly. we have a play room now! We turned our library into the play room. thats right, we're "real" parents now.

- A creative husband. Brent built a train table for Keegan! we still need to paint it but Keegs loves it

-Keegan's love for his "hat." He says it all day and pats his head. adorableness

- Spring. The vine on the outside of the house has beautiful purple fragrant flowers. I love it

- I noticed friday that the trees have leaves. Isn't weird how you don't notice and then one day you look up and all the trees are green? SURPISE!

- New friends.

-The poop face

- Parks with swings. Keegan could swing all day and almost did just that today!

- Hippie corvallis and the saturday market. It opened today and the whole community was there, mostly.

-Graduated students that are friends.

- OshKosh striped overalls

- A rough and tough baby boy that eats sand, loves cars and has little cuts on his face.

- For airplanes and dogs and the sounds keegan makes to tell me they exist.

- For bedtime. I'm so tired these days!

-Weddings! Katie looked beautiful and so was her wedding! and for being a bridesmaid! I loved being there to support my friend.

- Baby showers. fancy drinks, fancy food and Pregnant ladies!

- Newborn baby girls! and giant flowers on their heads.

- Photgraphy and artsy-ness

- Old friends visiting

- Learning how to be more "green"

- Family. and Love.

- For not having answers and having to look to God for them.

- That God says He will never leave me or forsake me and will be with me always. (Deuteronomy 31:8 and Matthew 28:20)

Well thats just a few. I'm sure there are more I can't think of at the moment.