Bon Voyage To My Girl

I'm am so excited and so proud of my good friend, Stephanie for taking a leap of faith and following God's call on her life.  She's leaving soon to volunteer with Mercy Ships in West Africa for a year.

Steph has always had a heart for missions and she has such a sweet spirit that I'm not surprised she has found herself on this path! I know she'll be awesome part of their team.

I've actually known about Mercy Ships for a long time; they are an organization that uses hospital ships to deliver free health care, community health education, mental health programs, agriculture projects and care for terminally ill patients without access in the developing world. You can learn more about this awesome organization here: http://www.mercyships.org/ 

She's on such an amazing journey and I can't wait to see what God does in her life and the lives of those she'll be serving.  If you want to follow her sure-to-be-exciting journey, check out her blog at Adventures Across the Atlantic.  

We love you Steph, we'll miss you and will be praying for you!!!

Micah is 11 Months Old

Sorry I'm late on this post but as we discussed before, it is impossible to take pictures of Micah by myself. . . so I was waiting on some backup.

 Sporting my new do!

Micah is doing great!  His eleventh month has seen several trips to visit family and friends, his first trip to the beach, playdates and swim lessons and Mothers Day.  He's gaining weight (yay) and doing great.  ;)

Riding in my daddy's first wagon

His main mode of transportation is still crawling.  He is definitely a great 'cruiser'.  He can hold on (or barely hold on) to anything and walk around.  He has even taken a few steps on his own, but it's more like a half step before he falls down.

 I like to move it - move it!

Cutest boy ever!

He is eating us out of house and home, he is such a great eater.  We're so thankful that he's not a picky eater, hopefully it stays that way! He's like his momma in that he's not a huge breakfast person.  He has a bottle, yogurt, some cheerios and that's about all I can get him to eat.  He makes up for it at lunch and dinner and eats a ton!  I really don't know where he puts it. 

Yum Yum!

He's been sleeping great for a long time now, but for some reason his sleeping patterns have been all messed up lately.  Starting early May, he wasn't napping very well and wasn't fully falling asleep until really late, like 10pm.  I have no idea why.  He seems to be getting back on track now, so that's good for mommy!

 Taking a nap in a hammock.  Mommy really wanted to join me but she didn't want to wake me up. 

So sweet when he sleeps!

Micah was so sweet to me on Mothers day.  He gave me a very pretty heart necklace and signed a card with his handprint and his very first signature.  What a sweet boy!  I have a feeling he asked his daddy for some help, so that was sweet of daddy to help.  ;)

 Love my little boy!! (Best Mothers Day pic I could get.
Ironically he wasn't that into me on Mothers day,
I couldn't even negotiate a kiss, haha)

 Eating sand with my cousin Jace

 Our little shark!

 

Meeting my cousin Snick!  I didn't really like him that much.

I learned to go upstairs at the beach. . .
now if I could only get down.

 Stay on the couch?!  Yeah right!

Hey there!

What Happens In Vegas. . .

. . . Stays on Facebook and YouTube forever.  HAHA.  Luckily we didn't do anything on our recent trip to Vegas that would be embarrassing if it just so happened to be posted online.

We are so blessed (and extremely thankful) to have family available to keep our little guy so we could have a few glorious days away.  I really enjoyed sleeping in, coming and going on our own time, getting dressed before noon (on my part, Curtis is always dressed before noon), eating my food before it got cold, and even taking afternoon naps.  Oh how I was spoiled.

 Love this guy!

We stayed at Caesars and it was SO beautiful.  I've never stayed in such a nice hotel room, I loved it.  It was quite a hike from our room to the lobby, but there was a Starbucks on the way (in the hallway) so if I needed a pick-me-up. . . there it was! 

 Caesars 

 All of the buildings in the pic are a part of Caesars

 Even the bathroom was beautiful!

We spent our mornings having a long breakfast/brunch on the patio at restaurant at Paris (the hotel).  Then we'd walk. . . and walk. . . and walk. .  and then walk some more.  If you go to Vegas, be prepared to walk.  We went to all the different hotels, looked around, did some shopping, some eating, and some relaxing. Luckily the weather was beautiful, not too hot at all, so the walking was nice!

 We ate here every morning

 Looking up from our breakfast spot

The first night we went to Fremont street, which is an entertainment district in downtown Vegas.  They had live music, street artists, zip lining over the street, and of course more casinos.  There were several very talented artists there! I would definitely recommend going there at night. . . just because of all the lights!

 Fremont Street

 Live Music

The second night, we saw the Cirque De Soleil show LOVE.  It's the beatles show.  We had awesome seats.  The show was really fun and I of course loved the music!!  It was like a party!

So close to the stage!

 A lot of fun!

The third night we went the The Wynn and saw the show La Reve.  It's a water/acrobatics show.  We really enjoyed that show as well.  The set designs and coreography on these shows is really amazing.  I can't imagine how much work goes into those shows.  They sure are fun to watch!

 The stage before the La Reve show started. . . pretty cool!

The stage after the show was over

The Wynn was one of the prettiest hotels I've ever seen.  It was also one of the most expensive we found in Vegas, which is why we didn't stay there.  :)  They had several restaurants and we ate at a Asian food place that was decently priced and decently delicious, haha. 

Inside the lobby at The Wynn.

Inside The Wynn

Here are a few more pics from our trip.  I'm so happy and thankful we were able to get away for a few days.  But we sure did miss our little guy.  Reportedly, we did so good and was on his best behavior without us.

 We had dinner with these guys one night

Water show at the Bellagio

 I got a new shirt while I was there. 
Alone time shopping therapy was awesome!

Oh on a side note. . . Caesars had an escalator that was curved.  Never seen that before!

Leaving. . . on a jet plane
Love you Babe!!