Soli Deo Gloria: Collin finishes strong and Abby turns 20 months

Collin ended his last day of the 6th grade last Wednesday. I can not believe he will be entering the 7th grade and turning 12 in September. He did awesome this year and school. He got straight A's and B's. He has grown up so fast and changed so much. He is really excited about this summer and all the fun things he will be doing. We are very happy to see how well he is doing and pray God continues to work in his heart and grow him into a Godly man! Oh what a joy that would be to see him serve Jesus all of his days! We love you Collin!

Abby turned 20 months old yesterday. She is still her silly little self and feisty as can be! She is in the stage of saying "no" to everything! It has been a challenging time disciplining through it and praying she will grow out of this sooner than later. Although she can be a hand full at times she is so great and we adore her so much! I can not imagine life without her! God must have made her so ridiculously cute so that we can quickly forget some of these tantrums and days that seem to last forever. As of this weekend she has eaten chicken and I made pasta yesterday and she ate the turkey sauce! When she chooses to eat something new I get very excited because most of her diet is milk, eggs, cheese, yogurt, and some fruit. She is sleeping awesome at night and taking naps! We are so grateful! Abby has close to 10 necklaces, 3 bracelots, and 1 ring on half the day. She loves to pick out her own dresses for church on Sunday, she loves shoes, and walks around with her little purses. She is our talker and sings half the day as well.

Collin and Abby together is just too much. They love each other so much. Abby is learning how to share and not take and cry over everything Collin wants to play with. They argue a lot. It is a little crazy at times but Abby needed a brother like Collin to teach her to to share and he also teaches her all kinds of new things. He loves to sing to her and wrestle. They both can not wait for baby Asher! They both have such a love for babies. Abby just sits and stares at my friends baby and wants to kiss and love him all day! Collin talks about how he will hold Asher all day long when he comes!

I do not have a lot of picture of Collin at the moment because he does not love pictures and I do not have as many opportunities to photograph him. Pictures of Collin to come!