Summer Begins...

I surprised myself with how long its been since I've updated. We are in the month of May here and beginning to see the glimpses of a very warm summer! Micah is now 3 days shy of being 15 months old! It really does go by so very fast and time truly has flown by. Micah is now loving table foods. In fact this evening, he took part in mommy and daddy's favorite...Oreganos Pizza! He only had one piece of thin crust...but he loved it! We find that sometimes its better to eat with our shirt off. :)

We've enjoyed spending time with Matt's parents when possible. Here's a cute shot of Micah, who fell asleep on his grandpa at a restaurant! :)

We are excited to see some progress with Micah! Of course, he has been rolling around for his means of locomotion for many months now, but didn't really have the core strength to sit up unassisted. He has gotten much stronger and has developed a bit of the protective reflex (saving himself) if he falls. He are a few shots of his practice!

Hard Worker!

"Is this good mom?"

He truly amazes us with each new day!
Each day we continue to put our trust in our Savior, who is the Healer and is capable of moving mountains!

We excitedly anticipate the day Micah takes his first BIG steps!

1st Birthday Bash!!

What a lucky little boy! We had such a wonderful time at Micah's first birthday party. It was extremely windy that day so we had to change our plans from outside to inside.

The Birthday Boy

It was a great time spend in fellowship and fun. Micah is indeed a very well-loved boy. We started out the party just chatting and enjoying company and watching the kids play together. Matt and Eric were on the grill cooking up some yummy hotdogs and burgers. When they were finished we all enjoyed the barbeque food together. Micah definitely needed a nap before anything else, so he had a quick nap and was then ready to go again...

I also spent about 5 hours decorating and baking about 50 cupcakes as well as Micah's sugar-free birthday cake...that he hardly touched!

Safari Cupcakes

As far as the birthday cake, I really had a lot of expectations as to what Micah would do with the cake. He was definitely curious as to what it was but didn't want much to do with it. He first slapped it a few times and really didn't bring it to his mouth till we helped him. Then the taste really didn't impress him at all. We even spoon fed him a bite of chocoalte cupcake and he didn't like it! We handed him a celery stick and he went to town on it! I guess hes not really into sweets like his mommy.

No cake = celery stick :)

We are very blessed to have to many friends and family who were able to come to Micah's 1st Birthday! His Great Grandma Hill from Pheonix and Grandma Teichert from Chicago were able to come too! God is so good and we are so excited to see him continue to work in our lives as a family!!

Thankfulness

As I sit here typing away on my computer, I'm reminded how many blessings I have in my life.  Today is Febrary 18th, and it's beautiful outside. I'd describe it as 75 degrees, windy and wonderful. My baby boy is sleeping soundly during his afternoon nap and my hubby is resting peacefully as well. 

Our family has truly been blessed with a great church family.  We've been attending CLV for about a year now, and have been introduced to so many people.  I'm involved in a MOPS program that has seriously had a huge influence on my life and Micah's! We're meeting lots of people and just enjoying new things that God is showing us.  Whether that is new friendships or new ventures. 

I just want to take the time to say thank you Jesus for being so present in our lives and for granting us the desires of our hearts.  We pray that our thougths and actions align with your will.  Your timing is perfect and we sit and wait for you. 

Micah is going to be 1 in a few days. I'm beyond grateful for my sweet little man.  He is healthy and strong in all his members!

Micah's Birthday Month is here!!!

Micah's birthday is just around the corner! I'm so excited and somewhat sad that it's finally so near by.  My baby boy is almost 1!  I'm excited to see all the things that a first birthday brings...cake...balloons...presents! Fun! We're definitely looking forward to some warmer weather.  We're hoping to enjoy lots of hikes, walks, zoo trips and hopefully some outdoor swimming this spring! 

January

God is so good. I'm more and more amazed each day as I see God's plans unfolding in our lives. We've enjoyed spending time with new friends and experiencing new things. Micah is almost 1 now, which is nuts to me.  He is rolling all over the house it seems.  We look forward to some actual crawling soon though. 


We had a great first Christmas with Micah.  He enjoyed getting some new toys, but I think the paper was the funnest for him so far.  We enjoyed having Matt's parents and brother over and our home Christmas day.  We ate, chatted and shared gifts together. 

My little charmer!

This is the shirt that I made Micah for his first Christmas. 

It was actually pretty easy for me to make.  I was trying to buy one for him, but there aren't many size 18 month "my first Christmas" outfits out there.  So I got crafty and headed to Joann Fabric store and got some iron on paper and cut out a tree and 1. Then I got some embroidery thread and added some detail to the tree.  I also sewed on some buttons for some "flare."

This is Micah's first present of the day.  Matt's parents hadn't arrived yet, but we wanted to give him something fun!  It was a neat set of kids keys that are actually metal!!  I think he really liked it, but the wrapping paper was fun too!

I'm really excited for the New Year and watching Micah grow more and more.  He's getting so big though, I sometimes miss those itty bitty baby days. 

Fall=Fun!

So our little man has finally figure out how to sit! We are so excited to see this new milestone that happened about a week ago. It is a complete answer to prayer!!

He can balance in this position for about 15-20 seconds or so before he topples over.  Hence the pillow behind him to catch his head before an injury occurs. We've definitely been keeping busy.  Poor Micah just endured his first cold, which then infected the whole family.  The house is all cured now, besides a little stuffy nose lingering with Micah.

YUM!

This was a yummy experience this morning.  While trying to figure out some more nutritious fruit options we choose raspberries this morning!  A little sour at first but it turned out he liked it! He ate about a quarter cup as well as a half of a banana and a teaspoon of rice cereal.  He definitely loves his foods.  I decided to go with raspberries because I read that they contain a lot of antioxidants.  So there you have it.

  Raspberries + Micah = 1 Happy Baby

October

Hello October! Finally it seems like were moving into cooler weather months.  Although, AZ is still extremely hot. We're ready to go play outside and go for cool walks around our neighborhood. 

Micah is now 7 months and we're anxious to see new milestones like sitting up and crawling.  I know all babies develop at different rates. But I'm anxious to hear when yours starting sitting and crawling. 

Family and life are good!