gAtOrLaNd!

We had an awesome time at GATORLAND on Saturday! Five babies from Isaac's nursery school went to Gatorland (with their parents of course) for a total of 16 of us! It was a gorgeous day filled with friends and fun and...LOTS of 'aldergators'!

My sister is EngAgEd!

My little sister is now engaged to her boyfriend of 7 months, Justin Pike! He asked her on October 8th at my parent's house and now has a fiance and a beautiful princess cut solitaire =) Looking forward to seeing them grow closer to God and to each other! A date has not been set as it will be a long engagement but obviously, I'll keep you informed.

HodGe pOdge

HELLO!!
(Yes we are still here =) and here's a blurp at whats going on with us!

*We are still looking for a church and have been loving seeing 'whats out there'. First Eustis, Northland, First Baptist of Umatilla and Journey are among our favorites...There is so much being done for the Kingdom, its so exciting as we allow God to lead us in His direction.
*We are still waiting for the bank to accept, decline or counter our offer. We have been learning patience =) Not a fun virtue to learn but I'm told its an important one!
*Our University of South Florida beat FSU yesterday 17-7! An away game, with a new quarterback against a ranked team- A beautiful victory if you had the chance to watch...


*My little brother's Birthday is today and we celebrated at Red Lobster! (It was Isaac's first time in a restaurant high chair and mommy even gave him some of her cheddarbiscuit!) Photos will follow... I am so proud of the young man he is becoming! Let the Lord lead and bless you Neil =)
*Speaking of birthdays, we went to Tampa to visit Brad & Nina and Doug & Staci (We will be taking a trip to the cabin at the end of next month with them and can't wait!!) and celebrated 'Uncle Doug's' Birthday with golf, grilling and a super sweet ocean cake =) love you Uncle Doug!


*My cousin Krissy is engaged! and all of the Sargent kids will be in her beautiful wedding! We love you and Brian and wish you every happiness as you start your life together as husband and wife! (Wedding will take place in May 2010)

*Pray for Stephanie's book...Mid-October it will be in the hands of the bigwigs at Lifeway which could provide a major opportunity. I'm also halfway through my second children's book and am loving how its turning out!

Isaac is doing SO well!
*He's a fast crawler!
*Can stand up while holding onto something and 'walked' holding onto Mommys hands around the coffee table 6 times last night!
*Has learned to 'clear his throat'-something everyone should hear
*Loves to sit on his knees

*Can wave, clap and is working on blowing kisses

*Loves to eat puffs and real green beans
*Says 'Dadada' when he's full and happy & will say 'mamama' when he's tired, upset and hungry...isn't that funny?
*Plays with daddy--they chase each other--its so funny, i'll have to get a video of it!
*Takes 2 naps a day and is working on using a sippy cup...this one has a straw

Loves the water

*HAS SO MUCH PERSONALITY!

*It takes two of us to give him a bath--the child wants to go head first and play in the water--Bathtime is truly a wrestling match!

*has started 'singing'? (i don't really know what you'd call it?)
*has been upgraded to a big boy car seat! We got this one b/c of price/cuteness/takes up minimal space/has storage and it converts into booster (one less thing to buy!) Safety is key too but they ALL have to meet certain safety standards--

Isaac is kinda 50/50 with it...He likes sitting up and seeing things (even though he still has to be rear-facing) but again it doesn't cradle him like his infant seat--We're all learning =)
This is at school...the feeding line (heehee) He's not happy b/c i'm standing RIGHT THERE and i'm not feeding him and i'm not picking him up...notice his buddy Braeden (right) chillin with his foot up =)

My big boy is wearing a lunch shirt so his cute clothes don't get food all over...

*He loves to look around and people watch! (Waving at Aunt Britt during lunch at Chickfila)




Matt and I are having a blast being parents...even if it takes us longer to clean up nowadays =)

"Where the boat leaves from..."

First let me say, "AHHHHH!" I'm so behind on posting pictures! okay, here are some I've managed to load...and the sad thing is they aren't even from my nice, expensive rebel xt, they're from Matt's phone...okay Lemler's, among other reasons, we're joining your "PPP" club...

AHOY MATEYS!! Isaac took his first boat ride yesterday on Grandaddy's Key West! It was so fun--We left about 8:15 and were out on the Mt. Dora chain until about one ish...


When it started to get too sunny, we put the biminey top up and it was perfect! Believe it or not we didn't spot ONE alligator but saw lots of birds and a turtle as well as a sea plane land and take off right in front of us!
We are soooo water people =) I've also been loving the Zac Brown band (thank you Georgia cousins) and have a new fav song, 'Where the Boat Leaves From' which should be playing now--so turn up the volume and have a listen...and check back to see photos of Isaac and his beautiful friends, Abbie Peters and Alaina Lemler-We had a wonderful time hanging out ladies, its just impossible to load anything with dial up right now! =)