:Father's Day:

We had such a great time celebrating last Sunday what a great daddy that the Lord has given us in Andrew! I took HJ on Friday to walmart to get his gift and she was so excited to help me pick everything out. She kept it all a secret too! Even the things that we made him. When we were in Walmart she was singing, "happy daddy day to you, happy daddy day to you, happy daddy day to you." She said she was practicing what she was going to sing to him! We made his favorite, biscuits and gravy for breakfast, and then a delicious lunch, then we spent the afternoon playing before we had our launch team gathering.

Andrew- I am so glad that you are my babies' daddy! We are so blessed! You are awesome. Thank you for your love for us and for how you lead us and point us to Christ! We LOVE you!

.more horse riding.

 There is a guy who is part of Mercy Hill that has horses at his parents house, so we took him up on his invite for us to come out to his house one night! It was so fun. HJ was loving life around the horses and AP had a great time just running wild.

:1st haircut:

This was pretty monumental.... HJ has never had a haircut, so this was a for sure first for us! I didn't want to do it, but it was so long over his little ears and was starting to become a mullet in the back. So Saturday night Andrew and Bobby went to cutting! Bobby wanted to give AP the "5-6 special", which is what he does with Andrew, but we decided to just use scissors. AP was a great sport! Its not perfect, but it was free, fun, and he looks handsome!

I felt like I was squeezing his cheeks off, but I was so scared he was going to move!

"someone help me!"

AP looks pretty nervous here!

 *Thank you Tamara for being the photographer for this event!*

::Happy Birthday AP!!!::

this picture is TOTALLY him..NEVER still!

My sweet little man is ONE! What??? That is craziness! He is a such a sweet boy... He is ALWAYS smiling, he even smiles when he has a double ear infection. He is changing so much each day. Here are some things that he says:
"momma, momma" (as he is grabbing onto whatever i am wearing!)
"dadadadadadada"
"ballll, baaallll"
"bye....bye" (as he waves both hands at the same time)
"muh, muh" (more)
"tant too" (thank you)
"dog, dog"
"baby, baby"
"nigh,nigh" (night night)
He will make a "ruffing" sound for dogs, always points to the sky when he hears an airplane, quacks for a duck, roars a big roar for lions, and has quite a loud scream when HJ is chasing him!You have to watch him because he likes to play in the toilets and will try to climb into the bathtub even when there is no water.

 He will give high fives, give kisses (full of drool), blow kisses, clap non stop when you say good job, dance(by bending his knees) when he hears music,
He is figuring out cause/effect of things. I love sitting and watching him figure out things on his own. He loves playing chase, trucks, being outside, laughing, being tickled, HIS MOMMY!, nursing(not sure when this is going to end- won't be like the women in TIME magazine though!), he mimics anything that HattieJo does. He is doing a good job exploring new foods these days. He had fried okra last night and tore it up...i even tore the fried part off most of it and he still ate it. His favorites are club crackers, watermelon,waffles/pancakes, sweet potatoes, squeezable applesauce and other baby foods that you can squeeze.

AP,
 I can't believe that I am doing a post for your 1 year birthday! It seems like just yesterday I was laying in the hospital bed, watching Say Yes to the Dress and pushing you out! Little man, we love you so much. We are thankful for the full year of life that the Lord has given you. What a blessing to see you growing and changing each day into all that God has created you to be. We can't wait to see what He has in store for you. We pray that your heart would be softened and come to know and serve Him at an early age. We are thankful for a year of good health, lots of laughing, snuggling, kisses, smiles, and so much more. We love you and thank God for you!

Love, 

Daddy and Mommy

oh and your BIG sister ADORES  you too!

::the littles of Mercy Hill::

 The kids had a blast themselves at our gathering! Pretty sure that HJ and Jonah have a crush on each other! haha

:Mercy Hill- our first gathering:

 Last Sunday (June 10th) we had our first launch team gathering here in GSO. It was A.MA.ZING! It blew my mind! There were over 50 adults at our house..it was such a blessing!There were lots of new faces and lots of old faces...we were missing a good chunk of our regulars too. I just stood back amazed and praising the Lord for how He has provided every step of the way, and how He is going to use each person to reach someone here in GSO. We had such a great time of fellowship and time in the Word. We had another gathering last night here and it was just as wonderful! Here are some pictures from the first gathering.

Please continue to pray for us in this journey that the Lord would continue to bring people to the Mercy Hill launch team who are excited and ready to be on mission in taking the Gospel to those who haven't heard right here. Also that we would be able to begin forming relationships as we live locally! We are having our first vision dinner this Thursday night for people who are interested in hearing more about Mercy Hill!!!

.just another day.

.my view these days!..he NEVER STOPS!.

Typical attire for HattieJo these days!

they LOVE to play with each other...a game of chase!