Mr. Sandman...bring me a dream....

Spencer doing the 'father Abraham' song with Seth
About to go outside

not quite sure about that purple bird

He loves to stick his foot in the running water

I got this picture idea from a girl at our church- Mandy Moots

Good news! Seth can now soothe himself to sleep at night as well as at naptime if I put him down awake but sleepy. I still hold him and soothe him for awhile before I put him in his crib to help him wind down. But he's pretty much put himself on a schedule of bedtime between 6-6:30pm, sleep for 5-6 hours, eat, sleep for 3-4 hours, eat, sleep for 3-4 hours usually for a total of 12-13 hours a night with 3 naps a day all while in the comfort of his 'miracle blanket.' The scariest part of all is that Seth absolutely WILL NOT sleep on his back or his side but his stomach! He is a stomach sleeper which scares me so much, but I also keep a fan running in his room to keep the air circulating. But he is able to successfully turn is head back and forth easily so that makes us feel a little bit better. He has become such a good sleeper now that we ventured to put him on his stomach. I know it goes against everything that they say now days, but my mom put us on our stomachs along with the rest of the moms of that generation. This is what works best for him, so we are going with it.

At our last Dr. appointment he weighed in at 12 lbs. 7 oz and was 24 in. long! So he's a growing boy! Even though he has been out of newborn clothes for a few weeks, I finally put them away and it made me sad to think how fast he is growing right before our eyes! He is now 0-3 month clothes and can also fit in some 3-6 month clothes as well!

Spencer is in the final home stretch of his actual classes for his PhD at seminary. He will offically be finished with classes in Dec 2010 and will then move on to taking his comprehensives and writing his dissertation! The college ministry is amazing! We have average about 100 every Sunday and we took 60 leaders to Great Wolf Lodge for a leadership conference last weekend which was incredible! I definitely recommend Great Wolf Lodge if you have kids, you can go on a vacation there and never have to leave the hotel, there's just so much to do!

In a few short weeks Spencer will be taking a group of about 30 college students to Domincan Republic on a mission trip. While our other adult leaders David and Lynn will be taking a group of about 60 to Panama City, FL to Beach Reach. Keep these groups in your prayers over the next couple of months as God prepares their hearts!