Random happenings

Yay! Cayson is sitting in a high chair now! Well, actually it's not an actual high chair. It's a booster seat that straps into a chair and it has a tray like a high chair. It works just as well and doesn't take up near as much room. Anyway, he is doing so great. And he knows that when he gets strapped in that it's feedin' time!

Speakin' of feedin', tonight we found something that Cayson does NOT like: peas! I really don't blame him, either. He made the funniest face. I hated to laugh at him, but it was too cute. He won the battle tonight, but we're going to try again tomorrow night.

In other news, our student ministry room is almost finished! This picture is taken from the cafe area that we created. If you can't tell, the ceiling is black, walls are bright red, the "chair rail" is sheet metal, and the floors are hard wood. In the cafe area, one of our church members, who is a contractor, took plaster and "bricked" the walls. It looks and feels like brick, but it's really not! How cool is that?

This is one of the entrances to the cafe area. Notice the "brick".

This has been such a long and drawn out project. It's nice to know it's almost done. And best of all, our kids are getting excited about it.

Well, I guess that's it for tonight. Oh, wait, I have to brag on my hubby for a minute. He's so good to me! For Valentine's day he woke me up with breakfast in bed. He served me eggs, bacon, waffles, and this:

It's a journey necklace. I was very, very surprised!

Ok, now I'm done! Goodnight all!

I love this picture. It's a little bit hard to tell in the picture, but Cayson is so ticklish! Especially on the neck and when you have lots of facial hair like his daddy does! He was laughing so hard! Very cute!

Here's another picture so you can see how much he's grown. He's up to 19 pounds now! Oh, and that's his newest outfit...his daddy picked it out for him!

Cayson Updates

Sorry it's been so long since I posted. I haven't been able to collect my thoughts lately. I've had some good ideas for a few posts, but just a lack of energy to put much more thought into it. So, like Suzanne over at Joyful Chaos, you just get an update.

We started Cayson on carrots this past week! It's his first vegetable. At first he didn't act like he liked them, but after he got used to it, he did pretty good. We started green beans last night. It actually went pretty well.

Also, here's some pretty exciting news: Cayson sat up by himself for several minutes last night! In this picture, he's kind of leaning forward a bit, but he definitely sat straight up for a little while! I'm so proud! And an added bonus was that it happened while talking to my parents via web cam. They got to witness the whole thing.

Now, for my weekly-ish question. I cannot get Cayson to take a bottle. It's not too big of a deal, except I can't really leave him with anyone for an extended period of time. And it's not that I want to leave him a lot, but there are a few occassions that it would be nice if I could have a babysitter. Our bi-monthly outreach night is one example. He won't even take one if I'm not in the room. And we tried to introduce a sippy cup. He liked it at first, but hasn't liked it since. So, any ideas?

Bundle of Emotions

Cayson is 5 months old today. Oh. My. Gosh. Time is really flying by. And for some reason, this was really hard for me to handle. I guess because it's almost 6 months. And that's half of a year. So, anyway, I've been pretty emotional this past week. And a certain monthly visitor that I haven't seen in exactly one year who decided to show up this week did not help. I had forgotten what mood swings felt like! But, boy, did I have some this week! Yesterday, I found a stray newborn diaper that we didn't use...and I burst into tears. I couldn't help it. It was so small and my son used to fit into it. I just kept saying, "My baby is growing up!" And, of course, Shaun has the nerve (or the good sense, one) to say, "Yeah, isn't it exciting?" And it really is exciting. It seems he learns something new every day. It's such a joy to watch him. (Oh, and Shaun also said, "Do you want another one?" to which I immediately answered "Yes!" But I do want to wait a little while.)

In other news, I need your prayers. I've been slipping in my resolutions. Some are doing great, but others are falling by the wayside. I've determined to start fresh tomorrow.

We had an absolutely awesome time of worship today. Russ has been preaching on spiritual disciplines. Today's was worship. That is such a hot topic in churches today. It seemed like everyone was on their seats today. (I get a good view from the choir loft.) Which is a good thing, definitely. I know I was definitely convicted of some things. The music was awesome, too. Except for one part where we were singing a medley of "In the Cross", "Worthy is the Lamb", and "Crown Him with Many Crowns" and the part where it went to "Crown Him..." I kinda kept singing "Worthy..." and basically stepped in a big hole, as my voice teacher would have said. Very humbling. Oh well, I was closing my eyes instead of looking at my music.

Well, I have to pick up my living room and head to bed. Have a great week!