Last day of gymnastics for Caroline. Not the best day to tape as it was "fun day". She loved it. Shes in pink in the back behind her friend B. Thanks Grandma Susan!

Jud with my laundry. Just glad he doesn't pull out any unmentionables. Oh, and I have no idea what Lawrence is doing in the background:)


Then I found him in the kitchen here

Jud takes his first steps

How about that? At 13 months old? :) I actually haven't seen him even interested in walking until today. I saw him in the a.m. standing and he would take one step towards me. Then my friend Emily showed up to take Caroline to gymnastics and I said, hey look Jud is taking some steps and he stood and took like 3 or 4 steps to her outside!! Yahoo! Go Jud!

We didn't go to gymnastics today because Lawrence still has the fever. So weird, one of my kids has had the fever for 3 weeks now. A week at a time. Phew. If Mark and I get it each a week, that would be a grand 5 weeks total. At least his finals will be over with this weekend:)

Does anyone read this? I mean who are you out there? I still struggle to read blogs and not compare myself and either feel better about myself, or go to bed comparing myself and feeling like I'm missing out on something I should have or someone I should be. How about that for revealing the depths of my heart(not being thankful for my life) and my lack of rest in who I am. Well, full disclosure, I struggle to the core with sin. And it makes me thankful that I don't have to go to bed at night feeling yucky, because I can tell Jesus I'm sorry and that I believe that He died on the cross for these very sins. Oh the freedom.

All that said, I have plenty to repent of each day(not that I always do, pray for me)without adding to it my comparison and envy of unknown women out there in blog land. So, I think I'll stick to checking my friends blogs every now and then.

On to other news. I figured you would be tired of just pictures, so I'm giving you plenty of text here. Did I mention that we are adopting? Well, let me try that again, we are trying to get the necessary paperwork done to adopt. I'm quite discouraged this week. I think I've been working pretty hard since well, Feb. and I'm disappointed with not meeting my goals. I read somewhere that some people have all their paperwork done in 3 months, so I figured May would be a good goal. HA. I just found out that our paperwork will most likely not be done until, oh, November! If we are lucky. Phew. This time frame makes me think a lot about our current plan to return to Asia next August, which in turns creates a lot of stress:) Phew. Okay, I'm not wrapping this one up in a neat little bow. I'm just struggling to rest in God's complete control and not be anxious.

Ok. Guess that's enough. We have a little over 2 weeks before we hit the road for our 6 week journey. I'm looking forward to it. *don't remind me that I said that when I see you on the road and am tired and ready to cry because my children are out of control*

Meg. . . .oh ok, with a few pics cause I remembered I had a camera the other day!