Tuesday, April 22, 2008
We did not fall off the face of the earth, just have been very busy.
Matthew just turned 8 months on Friday. We cannot believe how fast he is growing. He is rolling around everywhere. He sits up by himself. He is a good eater and sleeper, which we are very thankful for. He has his two top and bottom teeth. He is not crawling yet, but I am sure that will come and when it does we will always be on the move I am sure. It is so neat to finally see his personality coming out. He has started to have fun with his vocal cords. He loves to just scream at the top of his lungs in a fun way, not mad. It is so hard not to laugh. He is just a riot. He really loves his family too. He just brightens up whenever he sees his Daddy or his sister. He adores Emily. If anyone can get him to laugh she can. She gets him going and the laughing is just contagious. She is very good with him and they both love each other to death. Matthew is so loving and fun to have around. He is a very happy and good baby.
Emily just started her fourth quarter in school. She is working really hard and is doing very well. We are proud of how hard she has worked and the grades she has gotten because of that. Almost time for high school. We went to a course selection meeting a week ago so she could pick out what courses she is going to take in high school next year. We can't believe how time flies. She is excited, but scared at the same time. She also is in the beginning of her soccer season. She enjoys playing soccer and the social aspect of the team as well.
Stan and I are keeping busy playing and coaching sports. Our girls team is having its struggles but we are working at it. I fractured my wrist playing soccer and sprained my ankle as well. My wrist is in a cast for 3 weeks, which makes life interesting. My ankle is almost all the way healed, ,but it does not bother me. Yes, I am still playing and I love it. Stan, myself, and Emily are getting ready to finish our ministry with Awana at church. It something we all enjoy very much. It is just so wonderful that God has allowed all of us to work with these children and be a part of their lives and teach them about Jesus. We have two more weeks till next year.
Well, I think that about sums it up. Life is good and GOD is GREAT!!
Matthew just turned 8 months on Friday. We cannot believe how fast he is growing. He is rolling around everywhere. He sits up by himself. He is a good eater and sleeper, which we are very thankful for. He has his two top and bottom teeth. He is not crawling yet, but I am sure that will come and when it does we will always be on the move I am sure. It is so neat to finally see his personality coming out. He has started to have fun with his vocal cords. He loves to just scream at the top of his lungs in a fun way, not mad. It is so hard not to laugh. He is just a riot. He really loves his family too. He just brightens up whenever he sees his Daddy or his sister. He adores Emily. If anyone can get him to laugh she can. She gets him going and the laughing is just contagious. She is very good with him and they both love each other to death. Matthew is so loving and fun to have around. He is a very happy and good baby.
Emily just started her fourth quarter in school. She is working really hard and is doing very well. We are proud of how hard she has worked and the grades she has gotten because of that. Almost time for high school. We went to a course selection meeting a week ago so she could pick out what courses she is going to take in high school next year. We can't believe how time flies. She is excited, but scared at the same time. She also is in the beginning of her soccer season. She enjoys playing soccer and the social aspect of the team as well.
Stan and I are keeping busy playing and coaching sports. Our girls team is having its struggles but we are working at it. I fractured my wrist playing soccer and sprained my ankle as well. My wrist is in a cast for 3 weeks, which makes life interesting. My ankle is almost all the way healed, ,but it does not bother me. Yes, I am still playing and I love it. Stan, myself, and Emily are getting ready to finish our ministry with Awana at church. It something we all enjoy very much. It is just so wonderful that God has allowed all of us to work with these children and be a part of their lives and teach them about Jesus. We have two more weeks till next year.
Well, I think that about sums it up. Life is good and GOD is GREAT!!
Monday, February 25, 2008
6 Months!
Just wanted to follow through on the update of Matthew's height and weight. He is a healthy boy. At his 6 month appointment he weighed 16 lb. 3.5 ounces and was 26 1/2" long.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Worrell Update Finally!
Well, it doesn't seem like almost two months have passed since we have posted an update. Sorry!
What have we done since Christmas. Well, Stan and I have been coaching a U13 girls team. Our girls always play inside during the winter and this year instead of indoor we chose to do futsol which is similar. The girls have done well and enjoyed it. We took a little break from it and one of the fathers who is very good at soccer filled in for us and we are very thankful. We will be starting up our outdoor season with the girls the second weekend of March. It is still too cold and a little early in our opinion, but not much we can do. We are looking forward to a good season with they girls. We have a great group of them. Since right before Christmas Stan and I have been involved in the Upward Basketball program with our church. We have been coaching a group of 3rd and 4th grade boys. We have 9 wonderful boys and families on our team. They are a joy to work with. We have two more weeks and then that is complete. It is a wonderful outreach opportunity to bring a lot of unchurched unsaved families in to hear God's Word being presented everyweek. We have practice once a week and at the end of each practice we have a devotional and the kids memorized a verse of scripture. There is also a game every Saturday and during halftime there is a testimony given to all the family and friends who come to watch the game. This year the program has over 450 1rst through 8th graders, male and female. Stan is also involved in playing in a bball league with his work and he is just starting the playoff with that this weekend and that will be complete. He has started his volleyball games also with work. I am involved in soccer and play indoor every Friday night in a mom's league. It is fun and gives me some exercise. So good to be back. Stan and I also do Awana with our church on Sunday nights and love it. Our church choir which I am involved in is getting prepared for our Easter pageant coming up in March. I think that covers all of our activites. Now, on to the kids.
Emily is in the 3rd quarter of her 8th grade year at Annapolis Area Christian School. She is having a great school year. Her grades are very good and she is working hard. She is a little nervous about going to the high school next year, but with God's help she will do great we are sure. Emily is involved in the choir and the Honors chorale at her school and loves it. She just finished up her Basketball season at school. They had an ok season. She improved in her shooting and her running which is very good. We are very proud of her and all she has accomplished this year in middle school. Outside of school she is very involved in church. She is also involved in the Upward program. She is very aggressive in this league and works hard. Her team is a very good team and has beaten up on all the other teams. This league is less competitive than school, so she enjoyed it much more. Emily is also a leader in the Cubbies program of Awana on Sunday nights. That is 2-4 year olds. She loves children and enjoys working and playing with them. She is a very good worker and helper. She is involved with the youth group at church as well. She is doing the puppet program they have and it has been a great ministry opportunity for her. She enjoys that a lot. To sum it up with Emily she is loving being a big sister and is a good help with her little brother. Everytime he sees her he lights up. It is so neat to see. We are very happy to have Emily around and very proud of all she is doing at school and church.
Matthew is growing, growing, growing. He just turned 6 months yesterday. He will be going to the Dr. on Wednesday for 6 mo. shots and we will also find out his height and weight and will let you know that later. In the past two months he has accomplished a few things. We are just finishing up the first stage baby foods. He has enjoyed everyone including prunes. YUCK!! We can't wait to start the second stage foods. There are so many different kinds. He had his first taste of apple juice and seemed to like it. We tried it with a sippy cup so he has not gotten a big taste of it. He is eating well though. I am worried that he is not getting enough fluid though. He is working on sitting up on his own. It is coming. He can last about 30 seconds give or take before teetering to the side, but he keeps getting better and we are very excited. He is such a good baby and full of smiles and giggles. He just brightens up all of our days. How you be sad around a baby who always does something to make you smile. He is very good at rolling from his stomach to his back. I have been trying to do more tummy time to help with his flat head in the back, but everytime I put him on his tummy, not even 30 seconds later he is on his back. Hmmm! He also has his two bottom teeth and we think he is working on his top ones. He got his first one the day before he turned 4 months. Matthew loves to stand. He has very strong legs. His newest thing is eating his toes and making noises with his lips together. He is a joy.
Well, I have not been too good about taking pictures since Christmas, so I will just post Matthew's 5 month picture.
What have we done since Christmas. Well, Stan and I have been coaching a U13 girls team. Our girls always play inside during the winter and this year instead of indoor we chose to do futsol which is similar. The girls have done well and enjoyed it. We took a little break from it and one of the fathers who is very good at soccer filled in for us and we are very thankful. We will be starting up our outdoor season with the girls the second weekend of March. It is still too cold and a little early in our opinion, but not much we can do. We are looking forward to a good season with they girls. We have a great group of them. Since right before Christmas Stan and I have been involved in the Upward Basketball program with our church. We have been coaching a group of 3rd and 4th grade boys. We have 9 wonderful boys and families on our team. They are a joy to work with. We have two more weeks and then that is complete. It is a wonderful outreach opportunity to bring a lot of unchurched unsaved families in to hear God's Word being presented everyweek. We have practice once a week and at the end of each practice we have a devotional and the kids memorized a verse of scripture. There is also a game every Saturday and during halftime there is a testimony given to all the family and friends who come to watch the game. This year the program has over 450 1rst through 8th graders, male and female. Stan is also involved in playing in a bball league with his work and he is just starting the playoff with that this weekend and that will be complete. He has started his volleyball games also with work. I am involved in soccer and play indoor every Friday night in a mom's league. It is fun and gives me some exercise. So good to be back. Stan and I also do Awana with our church on Sunday nights and love it. Our church choir which I am involved in is getting prepared for our Easter pageant coming up in March. I think that covers all of our activites. Now, on to the kids.
Emily is in the 3rd quarter of her 8th grade year at Annapolis Area Christian School. She is having a great school year. Her grades are very good and she is working hard. She is a little nervous about going to the high school next year, but with God's help she will do great we are sure. Emily is involved in the choir and the Honors chorale at her school and loves it. She just finished up her Basketball season at school. They had an ok season. She improved in her shooting and her running which is very good. We are very proud of her and all she has accomplished this year in middle school. Outside of school she is very involved in church. She is also involved in the Upward program. She is very aggressive in this league and works hard. Her team is a very good team and has beaten up on all the other teams. This league is less competitive than school, so she enjoyed it much more. Emily is also a leader in the Cubbies program of Awana on Sunday nights. That is 2-4 year olds. She loves children and enjoys working and playing with them. She is a very good worker and helper. She is involved with the youth group at church as well. She is doing the puppet program they have and it has been a great ministry opportunity for her. She enjoys that a lot. To sum it up with Emily she is loving being a big sister and is a good help with her little brother. Everytime he sees her he lights up. It is so neat to see. We are very happy to have Emily around and very proud of all she is doing at school and church.
Matthew is growing, growing, growing. He just turned 6 months yesterday. He will be going to the Dr. on Wednesday for 6 mo. shots and we will also find out his height and weight and will let you know that later. In the past two months he has accomplished a few things. We are just finishing up the first stage baby foods. He has enjoyed everyone including prunes. YUCK!! We can't wait to start the second stage foods. There are so many different kinds. He had his first taste of apple juice and seemed to like it. We tried it with a sippy cup so he has not gotten a big taste of it. He is eating well though. I am worried that he is not getting enough fluid though. He is working on sitting up on his own. It is coming. He can last about 30 seconds give or take before teetering to the side, but he keeps getting better and we are very excited. He is such a good baby and full of smiles and giggles. He just brightens up all of our days. How you be sad around a baby who always does something to make you smile. He is very good at rolling from his stomach to his back. I have been trying to do more tummy time to help with his flat head in the back, but everytime I put him on his tummy, not even 30 seconds later he is on his back. Hmmm! He also has his two bottom teeth and we think he is working on his top ones. He got his first one the day before he turned 4 months. Matthew loves to stand. He has very strong legs. His newest thing is eating his toes and making noises with his lips together. He is a joy.
Well, I have not been too good about taking pictures since Christmas, so I will just post Matthew's 5 month picture.
More Christmas Pictures!
Christmas with Mom, Jamie, Hali, and Dilynn; and then we celebrated Christmas with the Heffernan Family! They were both celebrated after the fact.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
CHRISTMAS!
Well, our first Christmas with Matthew was a little weird, but fun. We flew to Florida for Christmas to be with my in-laws. It was weird, but fun swimming on Christmas day!. The weather was beautiful, mostly high 70's and 80's. We enjoyed spending time with family and friends at the pool, beach, and key west. We enjoyed eating out at some very good restaurants and enjoyed the taste of some new foods. We spent a week there. We were a little nervous about Matthew's first flight, but he did so well. He made not a peep both there and back. He slept most of the flight there, and the whole flight back. He was such a good boy. He realy enjoyed the pool. It was his first time in water and he loved to kick his feet and splash his hands. He even put his face in the water and didn't cry a bit. He didn't mind going under the water. It was a lot of fun. We did not take all of our presents down because we didn't have room, but we bought two presents for the each of the kids so they could open something. It was neat and just amazing to watch Matthew tear the paper at only 4 months. He had such a look of concentration and determination on his face while tearing the paper. Amazingly, it did not go to the mouth all the time either. It was a very enjoyable time.
When we returned from Florida we spent time with my side of the family. It was a lot of fun and we enjoyed every minute of it. On Friday the 28th we celebrated Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Kemmerer, Uncle Justin and Aunt Allie, and Uncle Jeremy and soon to be Aunt Jill. It was neat to see Matthew tear open presents again. He has enjoyed playing with his toys.
Here are pictures from our Florida trip and Christmas for you to enjoy!
Four Months!
Matthew is 25 1/3" long and weighs 14 lb 14 1/2 oz. He is a growing boy. He got his second set of four shots at his appointment. Mom did better this time. He is so fun to watch and play with. He has a lot of different, fun facial expression we are enjoying. He is laughing and smiling a lot. He rolled over for the first time from his belly to his back this week. The first time he did it mommy missed it. Matthew was on a blanket on his belly and mommy was watching him while talking on the phone to grandma and then mommy looked away while she was talking to e-mail daddy and all of the sudden looked at Matthew and he was on his back. It was so cool, but mommy was mad. I put him back on his tummy, but he didn't do it again. We tried later that night and both mommy and daddy got see Matthew roll over for the first time. So cool! Matthew has also started eating cereal and baby food and is a very good eater. He seems to enjoy everyone we have tried so far. He has had sweet potatoes, pears, peaches, applesauce, and butternut squash. He also is blowing bubbles and drooling a lot. Everything goes into the mouth and he naws on things pretty good. We think he is teething, but no evidence of any teeth cutting through. Here is his four month picture and others. Enjoy!
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