Born to be wild

Jotham's 1st Vvsit to EBC

We were so blessed to get to visit our family at Ellendale Baptist Church while in Memphis, TN. They have been continually so supportive of us and the work in S. Asia. We are so blessed by them.

Visiting the Greene's

Val, JJ, Josh, Eli, Philp, Jotham & Morgan

All the boys


Sleepy baby

So much fun with the Greene's!! What a blessing they are to us!

We were so thrilled to get to visit our family in Fairdale, KY who have so faithfullly prayed for us. Words cannot express the joy our hearts felt during that sweet time of reunion. We do wish we could have stayed much longer, but we are so thankful for the time. We got to meet the Greene boys for the first time also...above are Jotham and Eli

Jotham loved Val (who wouldn't) and she got him to smile for this picutre...how sweet!!

Eli Jotham & JJ

Special visit to SBTS

Jotham got to go into the archives at SBTS with his "Uncle" Jason. We were so excited to see Jason & Michele and to finally meet their son Russ for the first time!!! We wish the time wasn't so short!!! Jason & Michele kept us so encouraged on our hardest days while we were in S. Asia...we love you guys!!

Mark's Feed Store

We had such a great time visiting friends in Louisville. We had a fun lunch with Andy & Stephanie Moore, Stephanie Rowe and Adrienne Baldwin. Somehow we didn't get a picture of Jotham with Stephanie M, but she has the touch...she made him stop crying twice!!

Jotham Meets Aunt Steph

We took a quick trip to Louisville/Fairdale, KY to visit friends and the first person there to meet Jotham was his "Aunt" Stephanie!!!!

He wore his taxi cab shirt just for her as a reminder of our time together in another world...

Stephanie's famous pose...or is she trying to eat Jotham??!! He's not sure...

Jotham's New Look...

I decided to try out the mohawk after his bath one night...
I think it's a hit! :) Jotham liked it too!

Papaw Time!

Sleepin' on his Papaw Jim

Thinkin' about sleepin' on his Papaw Jim

Gettin' tickled by Papaw Jim

Fightin' in the Garden

Philip running from Grammy Vi...

Don't know who has whom in the head lock...

Fighting with the kid's garden tools...

One of the tools was a casualty of war...

Decide for yourself who actually won?!?

Cuzin' Time

Autumn, Jotham & Lizzy

Lizzy, Philip & Jotham spending time together

Morgan & Jotham pushing Lizzy in the swing

Uncle Philip and Autumn playing in the yard

Jotham got a little worn out after all the fun

BOO!!!!

Jotham was a giraffe for his 1st Halloween...thanks to his cousin, Alexa, who bought him this costume!!

Secretly, he was Casper the Ghost underneath his Giraffe suit...thanks to Miss C!!

Ouchie!!

Jotham went to see Dr. Stewart yesterday and got a great report. He now weighs 8lbs 10oz and is 22in long. In 5 weeks he gained about 2lbs and grew about 3in! He is still well under the growth curve for his age, however, he is growing and getting proper nutrition and she feels he will catch up soon enough. He has now surpassed both his mother and father's birth weight, but he still has some growing to do to catch up with his Uncle Alan who was a 9lb 4oz baby!!! He's still in newborn diapers and clothes, but it's a far stretch from preemie XS diapers! God is good!!

He got 6 vaccines yesterday (one by mouth, but the others, as you can see by the picures were shots). I appropriately dressed him in his "mommy's little hero" suit because I told him he would be my hero and do a great job getting his shots and he did. He was very pleasant until the sticks came then he let out a loud yelp, but he calmed down really quickley after and went back to sleep. So, I told him he was Mommy's Hero today!

The funny thing was he might have yelled just as loud right after this picture was taken when daddy had to rip the band-aids off! I'm not sure which hurt worse, the shot or taking the band-aid off??!!