In case you haven't noticed, Grant is quite active! He can sit up and "crawl" his way all around the room now. He is also starting to sleep through the night a lot more often! The past 2 nights he slept over 11 hours! I'm praying he continues that!

Isabel is starting to understand why we discipline, and you can see her actually process things in her mind. On some good advice from a friend with another strong-willed child, we've been teaching her about choices. When we instruct her to do something, we often give her options, (ex. you can either eat the snack I give you, or you can go without a snack today) and she thrives on that. She loves feeling like she has some responsibility. And when she knows the consequences up-front, it's easier for her to make the better choice. Today, she was disobeying over and over, and I got down right in front of her and said, "Isabel..." in a pretty stern voice. She said right away, "The Bible says so," which is her response when we ask her Why she should obey. We still have to discipline most of the day, but we can see her really growing in her understanding!

Jeremy and I are praparing for a garage sale this weekend (hopefully). We will be moving around the end of the year, and we're trying to simplify our lives a bit! Our rent keeps increasing in this house, and with a tight budget, we're convinced renting the house isn't really the best use of our money right now. So we're moving with hopes to save a little and eventually purchase our own home. Plus, we'll be neighbors with the Leonards when they move here! We're very excited for them to come on staff at Heartland, and we still need to pray that Ben finds a definite source of supplemental income that provides benefits for the family.