Life With the Norman's: On the Move

As promised last week, this blog post is back to your "regularly scheduled program" :)

The last few weeks, Curtis has not only started crawling, but pulls up on everything and has become quite a master at getting around and getting in to things that he is not allowed to get in to. I can already see his very head strong (determined) personality coming out in his focus on getting in the kitchen and playing in Peaches' water bowl, and climbing up the stairs (gates are now in place), pulling off all the DVDs from the shelves, using his walker to pull up (very dangerous) and playing with various cords that we try to hide, but apparently not well enough. It most certainly has been a fun adventure but I am looking forward to him mastering this pulling up and standing on his own so I don't have to worry quite as much about him falling, busting his head open on some edge of something and/or getting a brain bleed (these are the things a nurse/mom thinks about). It's fun to watch his excitement over every discovery, over every new things. He loves going new places and being in crowds to see all the new things he can see. He loves being outside, but does NOT like his kiddy pool. Hopefully in August that will provide some entertainment, but for now, not so much.

Some new happenings in our family:

We have officially joined the Redeemer Norfolk church plant. We're both very excited to see this church take off, and hopefully spread the gospel to that area of our city. If anyone reading this is looking for a church, let me know, cause this is a great one!

Also, I have been given the opportunity to train in limited ultrasound at the Keim Center where I've volunteered at the last few years. We are still working out logistics with Curtis. He is not the easiest baby as he doesn't like a bottle or sippy cup, but yesterday was encouraging because he did drink about 1/2 an oz so I am hopeful God will work this out and allow me to complete the training. This training is going to allow me to be apart of showing mother's-to-be the wonderful LIFE growing inside of them, and hopefully help encourage them to carry that LIFE to term. I am super excited about this and am looking forward to how God will use it in the future.

Isaac finished his school last week, passed all his finals, and so is now back to the ship. So we are back to duty days every 4th day and most weekends, he will either work or be sleeping. The 5 weeks away from the ship were a wonderful break from this reality, but I keep telling myself, we do have it easier than a lot of families and at least he's not deployed at the moment. God has blessed us with him staying here for at least 2 more years, so for that, I am thankful.

Learning to stand