The Weismans

He is a busy little boy! I am ready for him to walk so we can go outside and play! I know it will open a whole new world for both of us but I think it will be a lot of fun. He is already into everything and exploring constantly. He is understanding “no” (and saying it!) and listens pretty well. He enjoyed making lots of friends in Orlando- I think he’s going to love it!

We had a great quick visit to our new city over the weekend and we found a house! We will be renting from a church member who is moving out of state. The house is perfect for us with a big room for a playroom and a fenced-in yard for Oscar and Simon! It is such an answer to prayer and we are excited. The only kink is that we can’t move in until July so we are getting that worked out right now. We’re not exactly sure what that will entail but we know we’ll get it figured out.

Thanks for those of you who have been praying for us over the last couple weeks. It has been difficult but we are doing okay. Though it is hard to understand and heart-breaking to have a child that I will never hold in my arms on earth, I rejoice knowing that I have a Hope and will hold him or her in Heaven. I am blessed to have encouraging friends who will bring a meal, call, or email to see how we are doing. Thank you!!

I will try to get some pictures up soon of Luke’s first swim lesson !

Luke’s fascination with Elmo is growing. He now asks for Elmo (either Elmo live or a video). Here is a video the grandparents will enjoy. He usually actually “screams” when Elmo does but he’s just acting it out here. Really tired and sucking those fingers! Still cute, if I do say so myself

It’s official! Kevin will be the Associate Pastor of Youth and Education at South Orlando Baptist Church. We will be moving to Florida in early June as soon as the school year is finished. We received an offer on our house yesterday but it was low so we’ll see what happens. We are trusting God that everything will happen in the right timing. We have walked through the door where he led us and know that He will see us through. We are excited to be joining this church family and making the move to Sunny Florida!

We have been very busy the past few weeks. For months, we had been planning to head to NC over spring break for Grandma Prissy and Papa Rudy’s 50th anniversary party. It was a great party with about 250 of their closest friends and family   Dad and I sang and it was just a special evening.

The happy couple

So, since we were going to be in NC the week of Luke’s 1st Birthday it only made sense to have a huge birthday bash for him at mom and dad’s! It was so fun to have all of our family there.

Enjoying the swingset that his Papa made.

A perfect Elmo cake by Aunt Sarah!

Yum!

He had a wonderful time thanks to Grandma and Papa opening their home to all his guests!

We had planned on staying in NC the entire rest of the week but it had to be cut short a little- so that we could get back home to fly out to Orlando! The church that we have been talking to and praying about over the past months asked us to come down for a weekend-long visit. Kevin met with many committees and preached both morning services. He also taught the youth Sunday School class and we did a Q&A session with students and parents. We had some great meals with students, the search committee, and Youth Leadership Team. We stayed with some very gracious hosts and enjoyed meeting so many nice people. We felt very comfortable and are moving ahead with this church. They will be doing the final vote on April 19. Please continue to pray for this process. We are very, very excited about this church and community!

Since we got to Orlando Thursday afternoon and the meetings didn’t begin until Saturday…what were we to do all day Friday?? What about those Disney passes with “no expiration” sitting in Kevin’s closet?? Yes, now might be a good time to use those! It was so nice to take a day to spend not thinking about all the decisions to be made and just have some fun with our boy! We weren’t sure what to expect from him on the rides. He would get very serious and intense and point to things that he liked. We were there all day long and he did great!

Waiting in "Mexico."

"It's a Small World."

Our last adventure of the day- meeting Pinnochio!

So, you can see that we’ve been pretty busy with some wonderful things lately! We look forward to all that will be happening in the next few months!

If Luke has a BFF right now, it would have to be Simon (or, as Luke calls him, “Ice.”) As if Simon didn’t already think he was a human enough, Luke treats him like a pal. Here are some of their latest happenings.

Snack time! One for you, one for me...

Simon is glad to share "his" grandparents with Luke.

...as long as he can be in the middle of all the action.

Of course Luke loves Oscar too.

All 3 of them got a thrill out of watching the neighbor's dog out the window.

Directions

There will be no pictures in this post (you can thank me later!) as we are all 3 just now recovered from a nasty, nasty stomach bug. Luke started with it on Friday, Kevin was sick by Sunday afternoon, and while I was at Wal-Mart getting Gatorade, Pedialyte, popsicles, and anti-nausea medicine, I realized I was next in line. Thankfully, Luke was affected the least.  I think 4 days later we are finally feeling back to normal. I plan on making my yummy chicken lasagna this weekend since we’ll finally feel ready to eat!

Luke has really enjoyed his newly discovered friendship with Simon. While Kevin and I were feeling horrible, Simon took good care of Luke. They sat on the floor and played together and shared Puffs and Cheerios. Luke has been saying Oscar (”O-ca”) for a while but is just starting to say “Ice” for Simon. Kevin and I always joke that Simon is going to think his name is “Simon-no” since “no” is usually what follows his name…poor little guy. So maybe Luke will be saying “Ice-no” soon

Luke has become really attached to his books and constantly hands them to us to read. We just hit up the dollar bin at Target and got him tons of Elmo books. He seems to just wear himself out during the day ands starts to crash around 6:30 or so. After he goes to bed we have just been enjoying relaxing, watching American Idol, The Biggest Loser, and The Amazing Race (we don’t have cable…can ya tell?). Kevin will be talking with the same church tomorrow (Friday) via webcam, so we’ll see how that goes. Prayers still much appreciated!

After having so many days off because of our big snow and ice storm, it has been a challenge to get back into a normal schedule. Luke has enjoyed lots of visitors over the past month. Mom and dad were here just before the ice storm hit and Mike and Diane were here just this past weekend. I’ll get some photos of those visits up soon.

Luke is now crawling all over the place and cruising along the couch and table. He is doing great with words. He can name a “duck,” “book (”gook”-rhymes with book),” “ball,” “zebra” (”a-shee”), “mama,” “daddy” and others! He is also doing a good job of drinking out of a sippy cup and straw cup. Yea!

The weeks really fly by- I cannot believe that we will have a one year-old next month! I know Luke will be excited for his Elmo (”Mo-mo”) party in NC. I did let him have his first taste of ice cream already. I can’t believe I let him (I think Kevin was shocked too!) We went to Bravo Italian with Mike and Diane. The manager had accidentally bumped into the high chair (no big deal) so they wanted to give Luke some ice cream. He LOVED it. I don’t plan on him having that regularly for a long, long time but it was fun to watch him eat it!

The separation anxiety has gotten somewhat better. He did totally fine when we left him with Doug and Rebecca to go to Wicked and with Megan and Allie to go to a baby shower. I think he might get a little upset when he’s not the center of attention? I can’t imagine why, it’s not like he’s used to that…HA!

We are still praying and seeking God’s will for a full-time church staff position for Kevin. We have been presented with an opportunity that he is in the “process” with right now. Pray for us during this time as this “process” can be pretty draining (we’ve been through it a few times now). We are encouraged by it, though, and excited to see what’s next!

breakfast time! (no, he's not EATING it!)

He loves digging for treasures in the diaper bag!

He was quite captivated by the Daytona 500

Fun in the playroom