Let me have it!

Aww, how cute! Jude and Hazel's first fight over a toy ...

Tummy Time

This one goes out to all the physical therapists in the family (Noel's parents and our brother-in-law, Jason): Jude and Hazel doing morning tummy time, with Jude showing off his improved neck strength and Hazel showing off her pivoting skills.

Oak Harbor Interview

We are happy to report that this week Noel is heading to Oak Harbor, WA, as the leading candidate for an open position, Minister of Worship and Discipleship at First Reformed Church. Pray for him, and for our family as we try to discern what God is calling us to next!

We are really excited about this opportunity and hope it goes well for him. If all does go well, this may be at the end of our drive to our next home:

Deception Pass Bridge

Photo from Yahoo! Travel

1 bedroom frustrations

It is becoming more frustrating by the day to be in a 1 bedroom apartment. Hazel and Jude have become much more susceptible to noise and are constantly waking each other up, waking up from neighbor noises, and waking up from our noises. It's especially frustrating for naps when one wakes up early, starts crying, and wakes the other up. Jude's usually the early riser, he wakes up Hazel, and she WILL NOT go back to sleep (she may, but by the time she does, it's time to get up and eat again...ugh). We are so looking forward to having more space someday. The first thing we're going to do is put them in their own bedrooms. We'd love for them to be able to share, but it's not working.

Also, Hazel is getting more mobile by the hour. We didn't plan on having to "baby proof" this apartment and I think we'll probably still be able to get by without it as long as we move soon and keep an eye on her at all times. She's rolling more, pivoting around on her tummy, and scooching a little bit (backwards). If we look away for 30 seconds, we often turn around and wonder, "how did she get over there?". I'm sure she'll be crawling sooner than we expected!

Jude

Jude says, "hello" and shows off his foot trick again.

Not much going on

There's not a whole lot going on around here other than the usual feeding and playing with babies. We did go to UCLA yesterday for Jude to see the pulmonologist. His last labs were good, so we're in the process of weaning him off of 2 of his medications. It'll take about a month to be done with both of them, but they are the last 2 meds that he takes with his milk. It will be so great to not have to think, "what meds get put in this bottle?" 6 times a day.

The kids are still testing our patience with their inconsistent eating, but we're managing. We're still praying for progress in this area, and patience for us.

Hazel is sitting quite well on her own, but not well enough to be left alone. Today she sat for over a minute for the physical therapist. Jude actually sat for quite a long time too, propping himself with his arms. It's the first time he's done it without our support! Our physical therapist can get these kids to do things better than we can. They always show off for her. We think they really like her. It's funny because they often do less than what they're capable of for the OT. Interesting.

We're looking forward to Aunt Hillary visiting next week!

Do you like our new sunglasses?