First Haircut!!

This morning Peter finally got his first haircut. It was way overdue! He did so well sitting in the chair all by himself. He only cried when they cut the hair on the back of his neck and he had to keep his head down. Greta videotaped and did a great job! The picture of him sitting outside is the "after" picture. Then it was off to the bath tub to get off all the hair that fell on his neck and back! He loves playing in the tub with the 20 or so rubber duckies in there!

Update

Peter continues to be a wonderful easy-going child. He loves to play with his siblings and is especially interested in Ricky. Ricky is such a great big brother and is so proud of Peter. We spent the weekend at our lake home with Grandma and Grandpa and our 5 baby kittens. Peter tried feeding his bottle to a kitty! He's still no closer to walking but is capable if he wanted to. He has become afraid of falling so now he won't even try to walk anymore! He's awfully fast getting up and down the steps though. As the weather finally gets nicer, he wants to be outside all the time. He loves it when he gets to go for walks. His big sisters love to take him for walks around the neighborhood too. He is so interested in the ducks and geese in our ponds and especially in the planes in the sky to which he says, "Dada!" when they fly over! Peter takes two nice long naps each day and sleeps about 11-12 hours through the night! A delight for his mommy!!!

Is Spring Ever coming???!!!

We have had some beautiful weather this spring but it never seems to last. As I sit here typing, it is snowing out again!!! Peter spends part of each day going from window to window and looking outside. He loves watching the geese and ducks in the ponds and watching airplanes fly overhead. I know he would love to be outside every minute of the day, but on days like today, it's not going to happen! He is an outdoor boy however. When we do get outside on the nice days, he loves swinging, going for walks in the stroller and eating anything he can put in his mouth!! It is so much fun to experience the world through his eyes as he notices so many new things when we are outside from tiny bugs crawling on the ground to the trees blowing in the breeze...he doesn't miss anything! He continues to be such a blessing to his family!!

Look Who's Walking......

Peter started walking about 3 steps at a time when he was 10 1/2 months. Now he walks up to 10 steps before sitting down or falling!! He's a brave little boy and will be walking everywhere very soon. It's so fun to see how he continues to learn and grow in this stimulating environment of his home. He loves being outside and if the weather here ever gets nice, we will start taking him out to play in the yard and on the swingset!! He enjoys walks around the neighborhood in his stroller. He also loves shopping with Mom!! That's my boy!!!

Easter Pix

We spent Peter's first Easter at our lake home with Grandpa and Grandma. We went to church early in the morning and then stayed for a great brunch afterwards. Peter wasn't too impressed with Easter baskets or hunting for Easter eggs but the other four kids sure were having fun. Their cousins joined us for a fun day with family and a wonderful meal. Peter continues to be a happy well-adjusted little guy. He sleeps through the night and takes one or two nice naps a day. He's a great eater...hasn't met a food he doesn't like. At 9 1/2 months, he learned how to crawl and now he loves exploring his house. He adores his 3 sisters and big brother and they adore him in return!! He is mommy's little sweetheart. Peter really missed Daddy when he was gone most of March for work. We sure love and enjoy our little Chico!!!

Baby Showers and Charitable Organization

We are so blessed with so many wonderful friends!!! Peter has had 3 baby showers and has enjoyed meeting our friends! The first shower was given by Greta's dance friends with a wonderful meal and fun play time for the little girls after dance one day. Peter received some great toys which he loves playing with! Then some dear friends from the neighborhood had a gathering so other neighbors could meet Peter. Finally, last Sunday, Taylor's good friend, Megan, had a shower for Peter with Taylor's friends from school. They played games and had cake. Taylor felt so honored to have her friends care about her like this and do something so nice for us! Peter loves all the attention at any gathering so he was so good. Because we are so blessed in our country, we thought it would be nice to give to others in lieu of receiving baby gifts. If anyone is interested in donating to a very worthy cause, monetary gifts can be given to Grace Centre in honor of Peter. This organization started locally to make a difference in the lives of people in San Pedro, Guatemala. They are raising money at this time to bring a clean drinking water system to this area. Something we just take for granted here is so needed in that part of the world. There is a link to their web site further down on this page. I know there are so many worthy charities out there but this one just makes sense to us in lieu of gifts for Peter. We are so blessed to have him in our lives but so many others in Guatemala are living in conditions we can't even begin to imagine. Please consider opening your hearts to make a difference!!

Baptism

On February 17, Peter was baptized at our church. His Godparents are his Aunt Vickie and Uncle Dave. Unfortunately, Uncle Dave and his family were unable to be here with us because he lives so far away but we know they were thinking of us and praying for Peter. We talked to him later that day. The service and the baptism were very special to us as we were able to pick out the baptism songs. We chose one that we sing to Peter alot: Jesus Loves the Little Children of the World and also a nice traditional baptism song called Children of the Heavenly Father. Vickie and her family were all here as were Grandma and Grandpa and Terri. Afterwards, we had a wonderful Guatemalan meal at our home prepared for us by our Guatemalan friends, Walter and Anna. Pastor Mark and his wife Martha were also able to be here for the meal. What a blessing to have Peter in our lives and to be able to bring him up in the church to know the Lord!! The pictures are of his baptism, our family, his Aunt Vickie and his grandparents.