FUN WITH FRIENDS ON THE MALL CAROUSEL
Don & I decided that after a few stressful weeks, we needed to escape. At first we thought about heading up to northern AZ but we were so tired we didn't think we could do the 4 hour drive. Then, our friend called late Sun. night and wanted to know if we were interested in visiting a successful and rapidly growing start-up church that she sings with & it meets on Monday nights....with the added bonus that we'd get to sleep over at our friend's house and visit! So we said, "why not?" and headed up there Mon. afternoon.
The church was awesome...super friendly, contemporary and it was interesting to see how they are doing things with limited resources and volunteers. They've grown to about 300..just added a Sun. morning service last month and are adding a second Sun. service this month! It was very uplifting and encouraging for us to see and talk with their pastor and worship leaders.
We had a great time catching up with Mary & Jason. I always feel like I'm on vacation at their house. They are long time friends and we can totally kick back and relax with them. Their 3 kids had a great time with Nate and our Boston Terrier, Harvard. Nate actually did really good compared to the last time we saw them. He seems to be more comfortable with other kids and friends of ours now. Tues. afternoon, all the over stimulation caught up with him and he had a meltdown that lasted over an hour. Not too bad but we knew he was teetering on the edge until we got home late. I went shopping with Mary on Tues and another good friend, Eileen, called and met us at the mall. Nate had fun playing with her 2 boys at the mall play area. He was already tired that morning. We stopped at Target on the way home and the poor kid was falling asleep in the cart! His head was bobbing around with his eyes closed and he kept smacking it on the cart, so I had to take him out and let him sleep on my shoulder.
I mentioned in a older post that he's being picky about eating his veggies..particularily (sp?) green ones. But then last night, we went out for Indian food with our friends and he totally SCARFED down the Saag Paneer (creamed spinach with cubed cheese). He kept asking for more and I wasn't going to turn him down! He also starting signing "more" for the first time, when I asked him if he wanted more to eat. So now he knows 4 different signs. He's still trying to imitate sounds and a few words that we say. When we were driving up to Phx, I kept telling Harvard to "Sit!" So Nate would try to say it but it sounded more like "sh**" with a southern accent. Hmmmmm......not exactly the word I was looking for, especially since he's a preacher's kid. haha! I suppose it doesn't help that we were busting up laughing after he tried to say it!
Well, we just got in and I'm pretty tired so..it's off to bed. ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
3 comments:
Yea! I'm so excited Nate is using more signs and trying to say new words! Owen also had some first words that sounded like they came out of a sailor's mouth, but he really was saying words like "sit" and "trash"...they just didn't come out clearly! ;)
I loved seeing the pictures from your trip. Looks like you all had a great time! Owen continues to do better and better around other children and in new places, and I bet Nate will too.
He is absolutely adorable as always!
Bummer, Faith and I were at the mall on tuesday! I probably just missed you guys in the play area! We even went to the merry go round too. Oh, well, we've been really busy this week. Tomorrow we are going to the Deer Valley Airport to eat brunch and watch the planes. I find it's easier w/ Faith to go out everyday, it's keeps her busy!
NO WAY!! I can't believe we didn't see you. We should've called...it was just totally spontaneous we didn't think about it. Eileen just happened to call Mary right when we decided to head over there. Bummer! We'll have to catch you next time.
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