New Address!

So the plan is to officially move this Saturday. If anyone has some muscles they want to work out.... =)

Here is our new address:
104 Saddlerock Drive
Irmo, SC 29063

Moving

Life has been chaotic around here. Samuel is getting busier and busier...and making some fun new faces:

Doug is training his replacements at work-which is more work for him, as well as covering whatever shift can't be covered. And we're moving. AGAIN. The owners are increasing the rent for these apartments, so we're moving in with my aunt. We feel very blessed, as we'll end up paying less in rent and can therefore work less and consequently spend more time support raising.

I hate moving though, it's so much work, and since Doug has been working so much, I've been doing most of it by myself. Thankfully, Samuel thinks it's wonderful to have lots of boxes around:

Mother's day was special, we had some fun times with Doug's mom and his grandparents. Here is our latest family picture, taken that day:

Thanks to those of you who pray for us. We have to be out of our apartment by the end of May, and Doug's schedule is only going to get worse before then, as most of his office staff will be out in the next couple of weeks. He is also having to move his business by the end of the month, so needless to say we are stressed and feeling overwhelmed. Your prayers mean so much to us.

Life in March

I haven't updated in a while because there hasn't been many new things going on. We are getting more involved in our church, working on contacting people and planning support trips. We hope to travel in April, May, and June, visiting NY, NJ, and MD. If you'd like us to come visit, let us know!

Doug has hired some more people to work in the office, and is training two of them to take over his job. YES, it takes TWO people to do what he is doing now. We are looking forward to him having more time to focus on support raising.

Samuel is growing quickly. His repertoire of foods is steadily increasing:

He loves peas!

 He also is the proud owner of 2 bottom teeth:

And his new favorite thing:

standing up!

A few favorite pictures...

Hanging out in the bath - He loves bath time =)

Sitting up well...and singing opera

So handsome!

Having fun with mommy

Last week was our church's mission conference and we enjoyed helping out as well as sharing about our upcoming ministry in Germany to a Sunday school class. We had a good time connecting with people and Doug really enjoyed working with kids by leading the opening and closing flag ceremony. It reminded him of how much he misses youth ministry.

Growing and Learning!

Samuel is growing by leaps and bounds. He is not quite crawling yet, but he definitely rolls or scoots around:

 

 

 

He is learning to eat 'real' food:

He is such a blessing from God and we enjoy him so much!

Our project the last couple of weeks has been printing, folding, addressing, and sending out prayer letters - we are working on doing our once or twice a year paper letter - so if you're on our list, you should get one soon! If you're not on our list and want to be, let me know!

Samuel's first time in the snow

We got about 5 inches of snow in South Carolina! 

The parking lot in front of our apartment building

The next day I bundled up Samuel so he could experience it.

He was pretty fascinated

We built a Samuel-sized snowman =)

Yay snow!!

Reunion in Arkansas

After our time with the Riddles in Greenville, we flew to Arkansas to visit friends and supporters.

The Fields have become a second family to Heike, and their daughter Hannah was on furlough from southeast Asia, where she and her husband are serving. We had a wonderful time, and got back home right before the winter storms hit. Heike was having way too much fun to remember to take pictures, but here are a few:

Gramma Gale made Samuel a cute hat

He loved it =)

Samuel had lots of people and toys to play with