A New Chapter Begins. . .

So today was my last day of work at North Coast church - and there ends a wonderful chapter in my life. Working at North Coast Church for the past (almost) 2 years has been so great - such wonderful people, wonderful friends, a great environment to be in, and an amazing viewpoint to see God's hand at work. I feel so blessed to have been part of that team, and I am hoping to go back someday in the future. I am so excited to start this new chapter in my life, as a stay at home mom. I know there will be challenges ahead, but I am so looking forward to working through them and spending time with my boy! No promises, but I'm expecting to update my blog much more frequently now that I'll have more time at home - we'll see, I know how crazy it can be with a toddler! Praise God, He is so good!

PS - MelissaW, this ones for you ;-)

May is ending already?!

Where has the time gone? And it's been more than a month from my last post. I guess it's because I can't think of anything interesting or entertaining to say :-/

Ok, well one big thing that's happened in the past month or so, is that we've decided it's time for me to be a stay-at-home mom! We are SOOOO excited. I'm sure Matthew would be excited if he understood :-P I am working through the month of June; July will be my first official stay-at-home month, oh boy!
Matthew continues to be a very talkative little boy, always saying something - still lots of jibberish, but lots of words too. It's SO much fun seeing his little boy brain work :-) So here are a few photos to commemerate Mother's Day, etc, and a video - the video is of Matthew watching one of his Baby Einstein DVDs, grooving to "Wheels on the Bus" - super cute (in my opinion) but a little long, so be prepared :-) Hopefully, with more time at home I'll have some interesting anecdotes to share in my next post. Here you go!

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Me and my boy :-) 2nd Mother's Day

Matthew & GG!

Grandma Nancy & Matthew

Josh & Matthew (who wouldn't sit long enough to take a pic)

Wheels on the Bus. . .

Spring has Sprung, April Fun!

Not much new, except another haircut for Matthew (holy cow, it totally aged him like 5 years!) My little toddler, SO much fun. He's learning basically a word a day now - so they might not be the most distinguishable words to other people, but to us they're crystal clear ;-) Coming up on his 18mo appt (next week!) - I always love those appointments, checking up on his developmental progress, making sure things are good, finding out his height & weight & percentiles, it's fun! Is that weird? I'll post a few other random pics, just for funzies!

Not only did the haircut age him, but he's so much blonder now!

Our little stud :-)
He loves to read!

Some fun underwater pics with our new camera!

Matthew with his cousin Kylian & Aunt Amanda
Feeding the ducks with Daddy (this time he didn't try to eat the bread)
We celebrated Josh's birthday at Disneyland w/

David & Simone, Rudy & Brittany - SO fun!

The boys - David, Rudy & JoshThe girls (my sis's-in-law!) - Brittany, Simone & I

Easter!

We hope everyone had a very blessed and Happy Easter, a great time to reflect on the resurrection -

Praise the Lord, He is Risen!

We had a long weekend of church services - first Good Friday, then 2 Saturday and 3 Sunday - Josh worked them all, I did childcare at 2 and attended one - we were all at church most of the weekend, but it was great. Then Sunday after services we came home and for the first time did Easter at our place! My parents brought some of the food, I made some of the side dishes, it was a great meal and lots of fun.

Matthew really enjoyed Easter this year - he woke up to an Easter basket in his room, full of candy and little surprises - his favorite was a chocolate ducky - forget the chocolate bunny! Listen for his "quack" noises in the video, and just watch as he discovers it's edible :-) Later on he got some Easter treats and toys from both Grandma and Grandpas, and we got a visit from Aunt Simone as well - lots of fun, can't wait until next year!

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Matthew's smile first thing Easter morning,

he's always so happy to see us - we love it!

Wouldn't quite slow down to take a pic
too excited to see his new toy. . .

His new lawnmower - it blows bubbles!

Family Easter Pic, 2009

Mmmmmm. . .he's discovered Jelly Beans!

Finally, I had to share this photo - it melts my heart. He sleeps with a tiny little teddy bear that was Josh's as a baby, and he always tucks it right under his chin - so cute!

Playwerx = Fun

So one of my favorite places to go now is Playwerx in Cbad - I know I've posted a few pics from there before, but Josh came along with us for the first time yesterday, and we actually took Matthew up into the big structure and took him down some of the bigger slides - so much fun! I'll also post a few random pics - it's been awhile since I've posted!

Matthew checkin' out what Daddy's been up to lately - changed the look of the front yard a lot, Josh has been doing a great job!

I love that he looks angry here, ha ha ha, and so cute w/ a backpack :-) That's all for now!