Craziness.... A lot going on

I know it has been awhile since I have posted about anything but Thirty-One, and for that I apologize!  It is time to update you on what is going on in our family....

In Caitlin News....
She continues to grow by leaps and bounds.  She has really started talking and her personality is really showing!  She has started dancing to music, she bounces up and down.  I captured it on video, and one day I'll learn how to put it on this blog.  She loves the song "Farmer in the Dell", and "Old MacDonald Had A Farm".  She can now "meow" like a cat, and "hoot, hoot" like an owl.  She says "I want down" in order to be allowed to get up from the table.  She can say "Thank you" and "you're welcome."  She also says, "let's go", "I love you!", "I want....", etc.  She can say "A, B, C, D, E, F, G"; count one-five, sing "EIEIO", as well as "hello, bye bye, and many other words; and identify pictures when you ask her to point to things in her book.  She is also able to match colors and shapes in her shape sorting toy.  Books are by far her favorite toys and we read all day long.  She has also started watching veggie tales and really enjoys them.  She loves to talk on the phone and she plays and is really starting to pretend.  She still loves playing outside and she is starting to try and pedal her tricycle on her own.  I am amazed everyday  that God allows me the privilege of being her Mommy.  She is still very much a momma's girl, but loves having her daddy around.  He had to travel on 9/19-9/23 to Philadelphia for work and she repeatedly asked for him and when I told her he was working, she would get frustrated-- she finally started saying, "Daddy, No Work!"  However, she still likes playing hard to get with him.  Through it all though she loves him very much and he loves her and I love watching them play together.

In Our News.....
Before too long, Bryan and I will once again start trying to add another child to our family.  We would covet your prayers that my next pregnancy go much smoother than previous ones and that my stay on bed rest would be limited so that I am able to care for Caitlin the way I do now.  we also ask that you help us know how to prepare Caitlin for this change as much as we can, and that we have wisdom to make certain she knows how much she is loved and that we never her make her feel less important or special as a new baby. 

In Other News.....
Bryan's mom fell and broke her ankle last week, and after spending almost a week with her in Linden, she agreed that coming home with me would be easier so that she is not left by herself, as she is having to use a wheelchair and a walker to get around.  She will be with us until October 14th at the earliest, so please keep her in your prayers.

Also, please be praying for my brother Matt and his fiancee, Michelle.  Their wedding date is fast approaching and I ask that you would pray that God blesses their marriage and that He allows everything to go smoothly for the wedding.  Finally I ask that you would be in prayer that Bryan and I are able to encourage them and share with them the joy of Jesus!

Additionally, please be in prayer for the following families who are expanding in response to the gospel by adopting children:
The Hulshof's
The Williams
The Smalleys
The Woods

Finally, please remember to keep my friend Kelly Taylor and his wife Tonia in your prayers as he battles leukemia.  Pray specifically that God will give them wisdom and discernment concerning a bone marrow transplant and that the consolidation chemo that he will have to undergo will not do any further damage to his kidneys.

Thanks and God Bless,

Niki