Finally Walking!

January 2009

As you can see above, the big news from us this month is that Andy is finally walking. It was almost 3 months ago that he took his first couple of steps, but he just wasn’t enamored with walking; he was quite content to keep doing his cute crab-crawl. Now, if you turn your attention for a second, he can be off to another room and out of sight. It is becoming clear that he and “Ninna” (his improved name for our dog, Virginia) will be best friends someday, and up to all sorts of mischief. Andy loves to share stuff. Besides offering every bit of his food and most of his toys to Virginia, he’ll also offer you his half-chewed bagel and his slimy binky, most of the time shoving it into your mouth before you can object. He doesn’t speak much still, though you can tell that sometimes what he has to say is very very important. His favorite time of the day—and ours, consequently—is late evening after he puts on his PJ’s. Andy supercharges his cuteness and puts on big smiles as he scurries around making sounds like a chimpanzee. It is great fun for all of us.

The month was another bitter cold one, though we didn’t have much snow. Marshall was fortunate to escape to southern California for his Journey retreat with the Leadership Institute. Aimee was not so lucky this time, but she plans to join Marshall on the next one, in April. Hopefully the trails will be free of snow then (see photos on sidebar), as we hope to do some hiking. Incidentally, Marshall’s reconstructed foot is holding up very well—praise God!

-Marshall and Aimee