May Day! May Day!

It's been too long since I updated. My days are full of beautiful moments with a beautiful ten month old, growth and ministry with my staff and families at work, and laughs with my amazing husband. This month has had very tough moments as Andy lost his job, but has ultimately been really good because he has been around so much more. We are both catching a vision for a day in the future when we can afford to be a one income family with a stay at home dad. Donny gets very good care and attention from his Daddy, and the dishes miraculously get done while I am at work.

Donny is getting chubbier again this month. I think he is getting ready to grow inches and start crawling to work off the extra chub. At 25 lb he is at the 93% for his age and at 29.5 inches he is at the 75% for height. This little friend of his is two and a half and only out weighs him by one pound.
 
See how he is getting to be such a little boy?
He's got skill! Like holding his bottle with one hand:
 
Ignoring newborn babies (my good friend had a baby last month after being inspired by newborn Donny to start her own family, Donny was totally unimpressed with him)
 
Being generally cute when imitating a grown up sitting on a couch:
 
Faking being upset to get a laugh:
   
and entertaining the parents by taking them for a walk to see the boats on the Columbia:
    

One of our events this month was a dance for the kids in CYT. Donny went along and loved the music. He has started "dancing" in the last couple of weeks. He also took his first assisted steps at the dance. Andy held his hands and he finally got the idea that he could travel if he would move his feet. He is getting more mobile every day. He rolls, twists, wiggles, bounces, and maneuvers his way to the toys that he wants. He isn't crawling yet... although tonight we though for a second that he was on his hands and knees. Turns out he had lunged from a sitting position onto a pile of plastic blocks which temporarily held him up.

Donny talks constantly, lots of babbling and staccato sounds. He loves to imitate Daddy. Tonight he copied a wookie sound and a series of "huh?" "wha?" "uh?" He also says "Hi" "buh buh" and "mama" and waves constantly.

mmmm... I am getting too tired to write more. Here are some pictures of the boy at the dance and with his girafferoo.