Six whole days!

Jacob has been with my parents for 5 days now. It is always great for the first day that he is with family. It gives Billy and me the chance to do things we enjoy that are more difficult with Jacob. On Saturday we went to see Pirates 2 and then I was able to go out for a friend's birthday celebration. It was really great to have a little freedom, but it is getting a little sad. I am finding myself staring at his pictures just to look at him. His Grammy has been great about calling and letting us talk to him on the phone and also getting him to give us messages like "hi mama, love you & miss you" it is both great and makes me sad all at the same time. I know my folks are having a great time, but I don't think I will be letting him go away for such a long time again (apparently I am the one with separation anxiety). My mother keeps bringing up that our survey trip to Uganda would be a lot easier and cheaper if we just left him here with them and we actually considered it (if we were only able to go for a few weeks) things didn't work out the way they wanted and we are taking him with us. I am so glad it worked out this way because I am having a difficult time leaving him for 6 days! And I am still getting phone calls, I can't imagine how I would feel being in a different country where the calls are really expensive not being able to see my child for 2 weeks! It really is an eternity in the life of a 1 year old, trust me. The countdown has begun, 27 hours until I get to hold my baby again!

Uganda!

We have started the planning process for our Uganda Survey trip. For those of you who are unaware, we are going to visit Uganda to see if we would like to move there to be missionaries. It is a very exciting and stressfil time. We need to raise $8000 to cover all of the costs involved. And then do all of the planning neccessary for an international trip (with a toddler). If you would like more information about our progress for our trip please check out the Uganda Survey blogspot, the link is on the right.

My baby!

It can be a sad occasion for a parent to give their child his first haircut. It certainly was for me. Take a look at our little angel...

Before:




After:



My cute little baby has been replaced by a crazy buz-cut busy body! He's cute on the outside, but ladies watch out!



You just gotta love that smile.