6 months!

Mercy turned 6 months on January 19th. Hard to believe! I just feel like she's changing so fast and growing up already too quickly! She's pretty squirmy right now, rolling around everywhere when given the chance, and grabbing everything in front of her. She got her two from bottom teeth in and is already eating 3 meals a day (in addition to still nursing). She's a beautiful, happy, smiley baby, and we're so glad she's part of our family! Here are some 6 month pictures...

Outside Pics

I've been meaning to put these pictures up for some time now. There is a little playground outside our apartment building that we take the kids out regularly to play on. It's not exactly ideal, but it gives them a place to run around and expend energy, which they possess in copious quantities. So, without further ado, here are some great outside pictures of the boys!

Giggles

Tonight we were having our family devotions and the kids were reviewing things we've read about Jesus in our devotion book (The Jesus Book by Stephen Elkins - great book!). Each boy takes turns and it was Micah's turn to say that Jesus taught about baptism. When he hesitated on the word "baptism" Joshua tried to help him by saying, "It's another word for 'bapto'". Well, I thought Joshua just totally made that up, so I started laughing. Then on the next one, Jesus taught about repentance, I said, "It's another word for 'repento'". The boys thought that was totally hilarious and everyone started giggling and making up words with "o" on the end of it. Then, to my shame, Daddy came to Joshua's defense and read to me that "bapto" is the Greek word for "baptism" and that Joshua really was correct in saying that. So my 6 year old's Greek is better than mine. :-) Nevertheless, we all laughed quite a bit tonight during devotions and had a great time. I'm not sure the boys ever really knew why we were laughing except that they thought "repento" was really funny. I guess I should brush up on my Greek before I start making up words next time. :-)

If You're Ever Down in Texas...

A few Sundays ago we were having a fellowship time in our home. Luke was sitting with Daddy helping him work the Powerpoint for our music time. So, we were in between songs having a time of prayer - everyone was nice and quiet - and Luke started to sing a little song. It goes like this... "If you're ever down in Texas, look me up..." He got if off of a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Funny song, not exactly perfect timing on Luke's part to sing it. :-) Such a hilarious 4 year old moment!