Food, Fellowship, and Fun!

After the ballon race, Pastor and Jan graciously had us and others over for some fellowship, delicious food, and fun. Thanks for the great evening Pastor and Jan!!

An intense game of cornhole...

Dave and I against Pastor and Mark...

Dave and I were just a "little" rusty...

Olivia sharing her doll with Grace...

The Balloon Race

After the parade and eating too much food at Oktoberfest, we met up with Pastor and Jan and headed over to the balloon race!

Oktoberfest!

The Immanuel booth

Great...but messy food!

Heather's sister Kim just "loves" clowns... This one's for you Kim!! :)

Running into one of the many Seymour folk that we miss seeing everyday... so great to see you Duane and Kathy!

The Big Parade

It's beginning...

Look at all the people....

Hanging with Bethany...

Grace looking over dad's shoulder...

Grace and ma....

Cool Kid!

Big Day in Seymour!

Here's a few pictures of Grace from this morning before our big day out in Seymour!

On our Way!

So...we stopped and parked at a somewhat creepy place along the way...because Grace was hungry! Here's a lovely buffalo that was near the parking lot. We finally got into Seymour at around 1:00 a.m. A late night!

Four Months!

Grace is four months old today! Grace has her next doctor's appointment on Wednesday...so more stats to come!

Counting Down

Grace is ready and counting down the days until we head back to visit her hometown- Seymour. Can't wait to see everyone!!

It's October!!

Yay- for October! We have an eventful month planned as we're heading back to Seymour this weekend. Then in two weeks we're going for a weekend trip to Iowa to visit family. Grace has been growin' like a weed and is so much fun these days. =)

Playing before bathtime...

Hey!

Checkin out the birdie!

Grace and Mommy

Dressed up for Church!

Lazy Saturday

We had a nice and relaxing Saturday in Saint Louis! Grace is back to sleeping through the night. (YAY!) Grace slept for a whoppin' 11 hours lastnight! (Mama didn't....as she kept checking on Grace!) But...it was still a wonderful snooze...and Grace picked a perfect day to sleep-in...on a Saturday!

Uncle Larry

Grace was able to meet Uncle Larry (Eden's husband) for the first time this evening! He along with some of our other seminary friends were in town for the symposium which was being held at the seminary. Grace thought Larry was a pretty cool guy and looks forward to seeing him again at Christmas time!

16 Weeks!

Here's a snapshot of Grace from earlier this evening...Enjoying the taste of her fingers and a night out with her new sem friends!

Smiley!

Grace has been extra smiley lately!

She's mastered the art of rolling over. She's getting a little too good at rolling over and wakes herself (and everyone else!) up at night! The joys of a three month old... :)

Healthy Baby!

We're so happy it's Friday! It was a long, busy, and exhausting week! Grace came down with her first cold. =( Sunday night she was all congested and was up every few hours during the night....thus....so were ma and pa! Thankfully Grace never got a fever. She seemed to feel better with each day that passed and finally slept through the night again by Thursday night. Yay for a healthy baby!

217 Days

Yep, that's right! Only 217 days until Call Day :)

We're hoping the days fly by. We have two interviews coming up at the seminary. One is in October and the other is in early November. We have no idea where we will be a year from now...but know that God is preparing that place for us! How exciting! :)

Enjoying a Sunday Afternoon

We've been enjoying a rainy day here Saint Louis! We had lots of rain this morning from IKE! Sounds like there was a good amount of flooding in the Saint Louis area...but it's not bad where we live. Dave nervously watched as the Broncos won this afternoon! (YAY!) And...Heather has been hanging out with Grace and preparing for the upcoming week with first graders!

Just Chillin...

Grace chillin in her bumbo!

Daddy's Day!

Wednesdays are the days when Dave doesn't have to head into the seminary for class. Dave and Grace were able to hang out all day! Not sure just how productive Dave was that day...

Dave's First Day of Class!

Dave was trying to reenact his "First day of school" picture back from second grade. If only I had that picture...we could compare!! Dave finally started classes today. It seems like we've been away from Seymour forever!! We're one day closer to call day so that makes us both very very happy! (and...Grace too!!) Dave had a LONG drive today. What should have been a 25 minute commute turned into a 60 minute commute! He didn't get off to as early of a start as he had hoped. His way back from the seminary wasn't too much better....(50 minutes!) Yikes!

Grace also started her first day with her baby sitter. She did great! We're having Tiffany, a seminary wife, watch Grace just while Dave is in class. She seems great and has a little boy of her own. She also lives right on campus so it's nice and convenient! Dave won't have class on Wednesdays, so Grace and daddy will be able to hang out all day! :)

Seymour Friends

Later this afternoon we headed over to visit with Pastor and Jan who were here for a quick trip to Saint Louis! It was sooo great to see them again! Grace was all dressed for the occasion (courtesy of Pastor and Jan!) for the big Colts game! Too bad the Colts didn't get off to a great start. Grace is confident the Colts won't let her down next time...after all....she is a true Hoosier! :)

We Love Visitors!!

After church today we had lunch guests! Nicole, John, and their two adorable boys were visiting Saint Louis this weekend and stopped by on their way back to Kansas City! Nicole is from Heather's hometown and is one of her sister's best friends. It was great to visit with them and have them as our lunch guests!

Come again anytime:)!

Nicole, John, and the boys!

Three Months Old!

Being a three month old is exhausting!

Grace fell asleep in her exercauser....she can even sleep standing up! Such talent:)

No new stats this month...

Grace doesn't have another doctor's appointment until next month.She continues to be such a great baby! Such a blessing in our lives! Grace rolled over from her back to her tummy this week!

She's been sleeping great through the night as well! We put her down after her 8:30 feeding and she wakes up at 5:30 when mommy's alarm clock goes off. So...a nice eight hour snooze is wonderful for us!