Tummy Time

I don't have any pictures for you today, but I'm here to report that Lincoln is growing at lightening speed before our very eyes. You've seen the photos of his interest in standing, and now it's progressing to interest in steps... multiple steps. He's also now showing interest in being on his belly. I don't think it's his first preference, but he's tolerating "tummy time" much more now, and he's even initiating it sometimes. Jenn watched him roll over onto his belly yesterday on the floor, and proceed to "moon-crawl" across the floor. He gets very frustrated when he sees a toy in front of him that he wants and in his attempt to crawl toward it he ends up crawling away from it, but he's clearly making progress.

This morning Jenn went to check on him in his crib and she whispered, "Ryan, you've got to see this!" I tip-toed upstairs and into his nursery, being careful not to step on the one area of the floor that makes a loud noise, and I peeked into the crib. He was sleeping on his... you may want to sit down for this... he was sleeping on his belly. I know. I know. I can hear your gasp of awe from here. We were then there to witness him wake up, stretch, and... you've been completely shocked already, so there's no reason to stop now... he rolled onto his back with ease. Whose baby is this?!!!

I'm writing this during his morning nap, and Jenn just gave me an update that he's now napping on his belly and sucking his thumb. God answers prayers in His own timing.

The house search is nearly winding to a close. We're taking a look at two potentials on Wednesday, but unless there's a big "WOW"-factor, we're going to take this as God's message to us that we ought to stay put. Which is becoming increasingly okay with us (especially Jenn), and we're now concentrating our energy into taking the next steps of home improvement: new bedroom furniture (to replace... nothing, we've got nothing right now) and talking to a contractor to find out what it is going to take to give our poorly-designed master bathroom a facelift. We'll keep you updated. For those interested in seeing photos of our latest home improvements, they'll be posted soon. (As soon as we clean up for Community Group this evening and get Lincoln's toys put away!)

It hit Jenn yesterday that she'll be in AZ in just over a month. Time flies by. Speaking of Arizona, congratulations to Haley and Pinnacle HS on their 2nd Place finish in the state soccer tourney. A couple of the games went to PKs, and I hear Haley was an all-star there, and she also scored a time or two in regulation along the way. I read some high praise for her on the website of The Arizona Republic.