So there's lots going on lately. Banner is turning ONE in a month and a half!!! I can't believe how fast this year has gone. It's hard to believe that I only get to do this 17 more time until she's an adult -- it just doesn't seem long enough.
Banner is the most laidback fascinating and advaced baby I've ever met. She craweled at 5 1/2 months. Walked well at 9 months and is now practically trying to run (slightly unsuccesfully with lots of bumps and falls) everywhere. She loves to talk on her play cell-phone that her Daddy bought her and is full of personality. She's definitely strong willed and likes to get her way. Her favorite thing these days is climbing up (yes all the way up) the stairs... so obviously we have safety gates now WHICH SHE HATES. When she sees me start to put them up she turns on the waterworks big time! I've got an independent little one -- that's for sure. Overall, she's amazing and the most beautiful curly haired, blue eyed, strawberry blonde child that you'll ever lay eyes on. Seriously, everyone says so... everyone loves her. Hehe.
Wayne is great. I've been so blessed with such a loving and gracious husband. He keeps the humor running strong in our house and is so selfless in everything he does. Other than the normal work stuff (which is going strong) he's been working on a side-job restoring a 1960's corvette. It looks great. He painted a dark green the other day and it's an eye catcher. I couldn't be prouder of him. He's incredible and what he does... and I love seeing the look on his face when a customer is pleased with him. If you need any work done on your car... let us know!!!
In other news, slowly but surely we are stepping down from the Teen Pastorship roll at our church. For now and throughout the summer we are hosting kickball nights once a week at the park but come the fall, things will likely be changing for us. The church has decided to try and make our job a paid position (FINALLY!) but unfortunatly, now we do not have the time to make the program what it deserves to be made. I think that's a normal thing that happens when you become parents. We are a little sad to be saying goodbye to it, but ultimately it is a good thing and will loosen the stress load in our house a lot. We still expect to be fully entertwined in the lives of the teens and will definitely still help out but as far as the brunt of it goes, I'm looking forward to having it off of our shoulders. 4 years later -- it's made us better leaders, teachers, and listeners but just like everything... it's time to move on.
In other news, we're house hunting... again. Truly we started this process about 3 years ago -- but God orchestrated that perfectly back then (as he always does) and we did not get any of the houses that we had offered on... which served us well condsidering I lost my accounting job at the law firm a few months later.
Fast forward a few years and here we are again. We have outgrown our little town house and although it has served us well and in itself is still such a blessing... we are ready to move on. The problem with that is location, and how much we want to spend, and how well will it serve our family so that we can serve others, etc, etc, etc...
We've bid on 3 homes in the past few months. The first 2 were snagged out from under us by cash paying investors. Bummer... but this last one was the real heartbreaker. Everything about it seemed wonderful... and I don't use that term lightly... I truly thought that that was the home that God wanted us in...but apparently, I was wrong! I know God is better with directions that I am and that His plan for our family will undoubtably be greater than any plan that I can dream up but let's just say... we were incredibly shocked and dumfounded the way our offer on this home fell through.
Essentially what happened is that the real estate agent representing the seller made some paperwork mixups and pushed through the wrong offer to the bank. Even though our offer had been accepted... the paperwork for another lucky family was processed instead and guess what...? Now they are in contract. I know that everyone makes mistakes but this one just seems so huge. Our realtor (who is a great man of God and a good friend) really chewed the lady out and we were heart broken and forced to move on. I didn't have peace about it at all until last night when I woke my husband up around 4am and asked him to pray with me. I just felt like we needed to pray -- in a unified way -- and ask God for direction. I don't know what His plans are for our family... but I know that currently and although we don't LOVE the way our needs are being met -- we are well taken care of. Wayne has a steady and good paying job, I have a few hours a week and the day care, we have a strong shelter, food in our fridge, wonderful family and supportive friends. I feel a little guilty asking God to bless us one more time with a home... all we can really do is wait and see what happens...
In other news, if you didn't know, we are trying to get pregnant. We would like Banner to have a sister or brother cooking in my belly sometime in the next few months. I loved having a sister 2 years apart. Heidi and Wayne are just under 2 years apart and I love how close they are as well... sooo, if you think of it, be praying for that.
I know this post was a bit of a ramble and I am terrible about updating this blog. Okay, I pretty much never update this blog, but I think I will try to be better about it in the next few months.
Mad love to all who read (And those who don't),
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Liz
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