Two Months

Ethan turned two months today! He celebrated by receiving his first vaccinations. Poor guy! He received three shots and a liquid for preventing Rotovirus. While he certainly didn't enjoy that, he gulped down the cherry flavored Tylenol.
He is now 24 inches and 11 pounds 7 ounces. He is up to the 60th percentile on weight and 90th percentile on height. The doctor of course told us once again that he is going to be very tall.

He has been pretty pitiful today, mostly sleeping and crying. He woke up from his nap screaming and I felt so sorry for him. He is getting a pretty good pouty lip that he sticks out while his chin is quivering. That gets right to a mother's heart!

Tagged

My sister in law, Tiffany, tagged me on her blog. I wasn't familiar with tagging so this is new to me. I am supposed to list some of Daniel's favorite things. This is good because it is forcing me to update the blog which I haven't been doing a very good job of lately.

Let's see....

God
Family
New Life Children's Home
Michelle
Dallas Willard
Discipleship/spiritual formation (participating in groups, leading groups, reading about these topics, etc.)
Taking naps with Little D
Dr. Pepper
Playing the guitar
Basketball
His red truck (Antonio)
Willie Nelson
Texas

Those are the first things that come to my mind. Anyone have anything to add?

I am now supposed to tag someone else to write about their husband's favorite things on their blog. I will tag Krista and Amy!

Gap #6: Georgia Baby Shower

On Wednesday, July 9th we visited our former church, Bright Star UMC in Douglasville, Georgia. It was so nice to be back! We were able to visit with many good friends, although being there only one evening was not enough time and we felt so rushed. We were glad we could be there for Wednesday Night Supper. Following supper, we were able to show pictures and talk a little about our experience in Guatemala. It is especially neat to talk about Guatemala there because our church has made two trips to NLCH and several people sponsor children at the Home. Therefore, people are actually interested in hearing about it, not just pretending to be interested. :)

Following the presentation which was held in the theater building, our friend Tim Plumley came up on the stage and said they had a surprise for us. The curtains on the stage opened and behind them they had beautifully and elaborately decorated for a cowboy themed baby shower. We were blown away! They went to such trouble for us. I think that the cake was the neatest cake that I have ever seen in my life. Texans are very proud of their state, so in honor of Daniel and our move to Texas, the cake was in the shape of Texas and decorated like the Texas flag. I was so impressed! They did an amazing job! I think Tim, Katie and Kim could make a lot of money selling those here in Texas!
They even had a whole theater set arranged with a little house labeled "Harris Ranch" and a rocking chair out front. Thanks to everyone who made that such a special night for us!

Gap #5: Georgia

After celebrating the 4th of July with my family in St. Louis, we drove 10 hours (not too fun when you are 7 months pregnant!) to Georgia to visit with friends at our former church and to load up our belongings that Daniel's brother and sister-in-law graciously stored for us in their basement for the past two years.

When the shipping unit arrived, we thought we would have no problem getting everything in. Then we realized, the truck was carrying two units so ours was only half that size. We knew it was going to be a challenge.
We were so thankful for Jason, Robyn, Sarah Kate and Ben who helped load the unit. They made use of every inch and managed to get almost everything in. We did, however, have to leave behind a couch, exercise machine and grill. As you can see, there was no way those were going to fit.

Gap #4: Missouri Baby Shower

Here are a few pictures from the baby shower that my mom and her friends had for us at Mid-Rivers Chapel in St. Charles. It was so neat to have a shower at the church where I grew up and to see many old friends and family members. It was a wonderful day!

I was so glad that my friends Johanna and Mandy were able to come.

My seven year-old niece Kaitlyn was very helpful with the gifts and taking pictures.

Kaitlyn documented the details of the shower very well with her pictures. I have a picture of each stuffed animal, tray of food and other assorted things from the shower. Below are my two favorite pictures that she took. The first is of my mom after she hugged her friend and their sweater buttons got stuck together. The second is of the sign on the trash can. A baby shower through the eyes of a seven year-old!

Gap #3: Daniel's 30th birthday

To make Daniel's 3oth birthday extra special, my parents took us to our first meal at Ruth's Chris Steak House. What a treat!

Here was Daniel's plate. Yum!

Gap #2: Return to the U.S.

We flew from Guatemala City to St. Louis. We were greeted at the airport by my parents, sister, brother in-law, nieces and nephew.

Kaitlyn, Kyle and Kaedyn made us a special welcome home banner. I especially liked the poison control stickers they used!

A picture of Kyle saying hello to baby Ethan:

Kaitlyn and Kyle helped us with our luggage.