A new week, and some fun pictures

For those of you who are just getting on here... If you're short on time, then read the previous post from yesterday. It's a better picture of our life lately. Thanks for taking the time, for being a part of our lives, and for remembering us in prayer (if that's something that you do.)

So, Today is Monday and i thought that this week would start totally fresh....like i'd be able to move beyond the events of the past 10 days. I don't know why i thought that was a realistic expectation. It's not.

We had our Memorial service for the baby on Saturday and i had somehow convinced myself that i'd have "closure" and be able to just go along with life. My mom asked me today if i had anything planned for this week or if i was just going to "get back into the swing of things?" I don't know that you ever lose a person in your life and just hop back into the "swing of things." Kind of a ridiculous idea...sorry mom.

Anyways, i titled this that i was going to write something happy, so really, i just want to put some pictures of Walker and talk about all he does. In addition to a strong will and disobedience, he also does a whole slew of really funny things. He now tells us that he loves us which sounds like "wuv ooh" and before that he began to say "much" which he still tells us. We always say "i love you so much" and he just started telling us "much." I really like that. (This picture was a couple of weeks ago in the mountains in NC. Walker LOVES being outside!)

When he pushes cars around the room he lately has started saying "bus" and makes a vrooom sound followed by a"chush" sound....like what a school bus sounds like when they activate the breaks...i don't know that i've ever paid that much attention to the sounds of a bus...but he apparently has. He is obsessed with the school bus, garbage truck, and any sort of construction vehicle which he either calls a "digger" or a "tractor." He also thinks that the shopping carts for the elderly or handicapped at stores are tractors...he points at them and loudly yells "tac TOR" any time we see one...i always hope that those people riding them don't know what he's saying.

He also now announces when he passes gas...."toot toot" he says. My mom said he pointed it out to her a couple of weeks ago when she thought she'd snuck one past him. At least they were just in her yard...

Walker was a cowboy for Halloween. I'll post a picture now so you can see. I made him chaps and a vest one afternoon to make him really authentic looking. I don't know that he was authentic looking, but he was definitely cute. Don't you agree?

Also, here are a few more fun pics of the little guy. He's just so great! We are so thankful to have him. Doesn't make the loss of the baby any easier, but it does make us painfully and joyfully aware of the miracle that life really is. I mean, really...what a gift, what a blessing, and something that we could never do on our own. If anyone ever tells you that God doesn't do miracles anymore...open your eyes....the world is populated by miracles.

Just a couple of fun pics from October. Walker loved "punkens" and we loved watching him get excited about them! Also just a little snapshot of our family at a Halloween/ Fall party we had...with our little buckaroo!

Well, I think that i'm done for today. I think i'm getting the hang of this thing. Kinda fun...an online journal i guess. Don't know why the concept has taken so long for me to catch on to!