Eleven Months Old

My baby boy is now 11 months old! One more month and he'll be one!!! Can't believe that at all! How is he growing up so fast?! The picture isn't the best, but we were in a hurry, so this is what we got :)


Some new things about his this month:

He is playing more with his food than eating his food -- which he loves, but Mom doesn't!

He stopped nursing this month and is now on half formula and half whole milk.

He loves sweet peas, bananas, cottage cheese, sliced cheese, avacado, scrambled egg yolks. Our problem was protein, so we've started blending cottage cheese and tofu (which isn't bad at all, actually!) and he seems to really like that. Against grandparents' wishes, we still haven't given him any juice or sweets ;)

He isn't walking yet, also he cruises on furniture like a pro. He's even stood up by himself a few times, but gives up pretty quickly. He can even get off the bed and couch by himself!

He is still taking two naps a day, and Mom is hoping he'll continue that for quite a while! He also still goes to sleep at 6:30-7:00 and usually wakes up between 6:00-6:30.

He hates sitting still!!! Always on the go and definitely loves to play with people. However, I have caught him several times playing with books, which is wonderful to see :)

There is probably lots more I could put about him, but while he's sleeping, gotta get stuff done! He's my joy :)

Story to warm your heart

The other day, I was telling my mom this story of a couple we knew overseas and I realized that it was too good of a story to not tell others. It is an amazing example of God leading us and showing us His way for us. If the couple that this refers to reads this and my details are all wrong, forgive me! This is how I remember their story:

They are from Canada, so I'll just call them Mr. and Mrs. Canada.

Mr. and Mrs. Canada are currently about my parents' age. They have 4 or 5 adult kids of their own and several grandchildren. They felt called to go overseas to China, but they didn't know where exactly they were supposed to go. One night, Mrs. Canada had a dream, and in her dream, she was being called to go and live in "K-town" (I'm probably overly protective of city names, but after living in China, you're antsy about everything like that), which they had never heard of before. The next day, they pull out a map and find this small city in the middle of China (where we met them). So, they went, feeling like God was calling them to go to this place, but having no idea why. Once they arrived, they wanted to go visit some orphanages, so they took a friend translator and went. While there, one of the woman hands them this baby -- very sick and frail -- and tells them to take this baby home and let her die peacefully. There was nothing the orphanage could do for her. This baby girl had a disease where her red blood cells broke down much faster than normal and without routine blood transfusions, she would die before the age of five, if not a lot quicker in her case. So, Mr. and Mrs. Canada took her home and decided to try taking her to the hospital in the capital (3 hours away) and do transfusions. Every few weeks, they had to travel to the capital, but slowly, the baby girl started developing strength and health. Before long, this couple felt that this is why they were called to go to K-town -- to save this child and take her home with them. After many many months (maybe up to 2 years), China finally gave them the go, and they were able to adopt this sweet girl and take her back to Canada with them. She is a beautiful girl, and I know that God has amazing plans for her and her beautiful and faithful parents.

God works in amazing ways, doesn't He?!