An Update

Hello all!

I know I've been remarkably pathetic with the posts lately so I thought I'd make up for it with a photo of our little Manny.

The latest news on our lad is that he crawls (except he can't quite figure out what to do with his right leg so he pulls it in frog-like and drags it around uselessly, lol!), he walks quite well so long as he has something to hold, he can stand still without holding anything, he eats for hours at a time (no kidding, he'll just sit there gulping down sandwhich after yoghurt after vege-mash), he imitates speech (so far he has said His First Word, which I am too embarassed to tell about, Dadda, Hello and Tracy. No Mama so far!) and in general he's just super cute! I enjoy taking him out, people quite literally stop me in the streets and tell me he is "so beautiful", "oh, he's just goooorgeous!", "what a lovely child!". One lady was smiling at him, so he folded his head down bashfully and she told him, "You're gonna hafta get used to the girls looking at ya, you're quite a looker!" Ahh, yes! Now I just have to teach him the things that his Uncle Jim used to say and we'll really be in trouble (When Jimmy was introduced to a lady when he was about four, he looked up at her in adoration and said, "Your hair is exquisite!" To this day we have no idea where he got it from, but from then on he just used his fancy speeches to charm ladies. He's nothing but trouble!).

Now, if you can't tell already from my rambling, I'm exhausted so I'm going to bed now.

Goodnight world!

P.S Thanksgiving is coming up on the fourth Thursday of the month. Many NZers snobbishly consider it "an american thing" but it's sooo not. It's a family day dedicated to thanking the Lord for religious freedom and for His provision. Not to mention that it's a great excuse to make cornbread and sweet potato pie (ok, so it can be a little american...). I've celebrated Thanksgiving for about five years now and I think you should too! After all, we got alot to be thankful for :-) More on that soon...