...Not only in our dreams!! Well we are on the home stretch of the countdown until we're home for Christmas and we are so excited! Things have been pretty busy around here, but we are getting ready for our travels. I have finished making Arden 2 Christmas outfits and am excited to show them off while we're home. But now, I'll update you on our life as of late. Arden has been growing like a weed and seems to get bigger everyday! He has started eating more solid foods and seems to like them a lot more than just cereal. He has had bananas and pumpkin so far. He is getting close to being able to sit up on his own and pushes off on his hands while he's lying down on his stomach, which I assume is the next step towards crawling. He has been really fun lately because he is very interactive and is usually pretty smiley and happy. I can't say that I'm looking forward to him cruising around just yet, but it's fun that he's getting stronger and learning new things.
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William has decided to become a deacon at our church and has gone through the training for several months and just had his final interview this past week. One of the men interviewing him, Dan, called him the next day to let him know that the elders voted and decided that he's in and they want him to go before the church to be ordained. I am really excited about this for him and have been encouraged to see him grow spiritually through his training. I think that he will be a wonderful deacon because of his heart for others and his willingness to serve and love others.
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We have been helping get a couple's ministry going at our church as well. For the past year, we have been having a bible study with 2 other young couples and an older couple. As a group, we decided to extend the group to all young couples in the church, especially since there have been several new families coming lately. It has been a slow start, but we are encouraged and looking forward to building relationships with other couples and their families.
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I have been working my butt off (literally) doing my new workout program, ChaLEAN Extreme, lately and am starting to feel better. It is so good to be able to exercise again and hopefully, I'll be able to shed a few pounds in the process.
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I feel like we've been really busy, but to tell about everything would take forever so I guess I'll just show you in a few pictures what we've been up to!
We met William's brother, Paul, in San Diego over Thanksgiving weekend. We went to the Ghirardelli Ice Cream shop and Arden REALLY wanted some of that ice cream!
We went to look around the USS Midway in San Diego
Just playing in his new jammies from Frank (his aunt, Emily)
Practicing his new skills of trying to sit up.
Eating with 2 spoons. He likes to try to do it himself, but little does he know, I'm the one holding the spoon that actually has food on it!
William got a "boo-boo" at work. He hit his head on a wing and had to get 3 staples in it. You can barely see the staples in this pic because of the oozing blood. Yum!
Just being cute.
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