We moved to a new state! Your dad and I thought it was important to put our family life first which meant leaving CA. The area we were living in had many great qualities and people, but it was not very affordable and did not have the most family friendly values. Some might call us old-fashioned, but it's important to us that you have mommy at home with you growing up and that we aren't on the forefront of everything liberal. In 1 Corinthians 10:23 the Bible says...
"I have the right to do anything," you say--but not everything is beneficial. "I have the right to do anything"--but not everything is constructive.
While your dad and I want to teach you what Jesus commanded...love God and love others, we don't agree that everything is beneficial in terms of the youth and family culture happening in the Bay Area. So, we prayed much and with courage, left what was familiar to us.
Here's the good news...God has really blessed those decisions. The hard path is not always the popular or easy path Carter. In fact, the road less travelled might look downright scary. You're going to hear your mom say this to you a million times as you grow up.
The right thing and the easy thing are rarely the same thing.
If you take the road less travelled you are guaranteed to have an adventure! Always choose the adventure.
You've changed so much in these past 2 months! You got your first two teeth! They're so cute and bright white! You decided to change from "the inch-worm" crawl to full on crawling at the end of April...including bear crawling on the hard floor. You are pulling up on everything and standing assisted as much a you can. You love to BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE on everything!
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| 8 months |
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| 9 months |
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| You LOVE your push walker! |
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| ABS...always.be.standing. |
You're eating many more solid foods like PB&J sandwiches, yogurt, all sorts of fruits and soft veggies. We also started pasta and quesadillas. Your game to try almost anything we are eating.
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| Making messes |
You've been a champ in the car for our trips back to the Bay Area for work.
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| Happy in the car! |
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| Bath time at Grammy J's house |
You took your first big airplane trip too, we'll save that for another post though! However, after your trip and all that plane time snuggling with mom and dad you learned how to give snuggles. Now, you cuddle up and hold us around the neck so tight. We love how you lay your head on our shoulders and even play "shy" when strangers say hi to you while we're holding you.
So many fun times and new things to experience! We love sharing each and every one of them with you silly boy!
Love,
Mom and Dad
