That’s right. Noa’s 4 month birthday was Saturday. Crazy!
Then on Sunday, we thought it would be nice to go for a family walk. Well, it was freezing cold outside and the wind was brutal. We got all bundled up and put Noa in Daddy’s backpack. This should give you an idea of how good-natured our little girl is: She was up there smiling away as we walked with tears streaming down her face from the wind. I felt terrible and, needless to say, we made it a quick walk.
Here is a picture of our little bundle (notice the pants under the dress… she’s totally hip)
I have told you all about Kate, our precious friend who is battling a brain tumor. Today she has an MRI to determine if the chemo is working or not. PLEASE PRAY that there would show great success of the chemo so that they do not have to start radiation while she is so young.
Because they have been waiting to have an MRI, Kate was able to be home for an extended period of time these last two weeks (the longest she and her parents have been home since she was diagnosed in September). We LOVED seeing all of them at school functions (her older sister Chloe was in Eric’s class last year) and then going over to their house to play on Friday. How we pray for and look forward to the day that their lives can be back to normal and that we can do this more often.
Here is Noa with Kate:
And then Sophie and I joined them:
Last Thursday Noa and I made the trip to Charlottesville to visit one of my dearest friends from college (she was also my Bible study leader) Lisa Ryan. It’s fun because I never guessed we’d have the joy of being first-time moms together. Gray, her son, was born less than a month before Noa so it has been such fun to keep up with them and for Noa and Gray to be so close in age. Who knows, maybe they’ll be great buddies like their parents when they get a little older. I think there are already sure signs of a super friendship!
Sorry it has been so long, folks. It’s hard to get over to the library and use their internet and as Noa gets into a routine, its even harder. but here are some fun photos of our last few weeks:
Here is Noa trying to roll over and Auntie Sarah getting down to give her a demonstration. Noa is now a pro.
Last week I had an eye doctor appointment down in Waynesboro (about 40 minutes away). It was great because I brought Noa and dropped her off at Grandma Chase’s while I went to the doctor. This is the sight that I came back to:
Grandma thought that was the best place to keep an eye on Noa while she prepared lunch. Noa was just soaking it all in, especailly glad for Grandma’s songs and rhymes and silly faces. We stayed for the afternoon and Noa had a priviledge of a getting a good “rockety-rock” from Grandma before her nap.
I got to have tea time with Grandma and had a chance to just talk about life and God and the things that he is doing in both of our lives. What a blessing!!
Here is Noa taking in her first snow with Daddy.
Yay for snow days and good times with friends!! We were particularly excited this day because the snow freed us up to watch one of the best football games ever (Patriots and Colts, AFC title game, Peyton Manning finally came through in the clutch, and the glory was given to God). This was also a blessing because Eric had a snow day the next day so we had an unexpected day together as a family.
Last week we had a blast with some dear friend who we live in town with, go to church with, but don’t see nearly enough. Anthony and Sarah are on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ and both have had a huge impact on mine and Eric’s lives, both in college and after. It was such a blessing to fellowship with them, laughing lots and just enjoying each other. Anthony and Sarah have a 9-month old daugter, Maddie, who is absolutely adorable. We loved watching her and drilling them with parenting questions about the next several months. Its so nice having friends who are a few steps ahead and who can attest to the joy of parenting only getting greater and greater. Here are us girls before they went home (a little late for Maddie’s bed time but she was still smiling!)
one more fun link to check out
matt and carly have an announcement to make…
http://mattcarly.blogspot.com
congrats to the chases!
we have some links on the side of this blog that are friends throughout the world (virginia, japan, etc..) so i thought i would link some fun stuff on their websites for others to enjoy…
margot and jons wedding
carly’s pics here
sara-beth’s pics here
our friend andrew’s work band’s debut
to watch andrew play click here
whited and lookabill blog sitings…
brian blogs click here
tabitha and josh?(its rumored that he is also blogging these days)
sara-beth’s brother danny writes about grace
part one
part two
johnny and cristen’s new baby girl – kathryn elizabeth sink
see precious kathryn here
our friends the dingles are in japan at language school, we look forward to joining them (not at language school but in chiba) heres a fun video and i don’t understand a word of it
dingle japan video
justin prather in a commercial
see justin here
theres more but you will have to find them without me because i gotta run. – sayonara
