We have an announcement!

We are moving to the sunshine state! We have been praying for months... make that years, for the Lord to provide a ministry opportunity for Will when he has completed seminary and that we would have clear direction on where to go. The Lord has answered our prayers and we are joyfully following his call.

A church in Arcadia, Florida called Calvary Baptist Church has called Will to be their Student Pastor. Although it will be difficult to leave Louisville (where I have always lived) we feel confident this is where the Lord wants us and are excited for the opportunity.

Arcadia is a small town, near Ft. Myers, Sarasota and Port Charlotte.

We have known for a few weeks, but waiting to post until they voted Will in, which they did this morning.

Will and his dad are driving all our earthly possessions Wednesday and he will start this weekend. Liam and I are are driving with my mom to Charleston, South Carolina where my sister will have her second little one on Monday the 24th, and they are closing on their new house the 20th, so we will stay for about 10 days and help them move and love on the baby!

Then Will is going to fly to Louisville, so he, Liam and I can all make the final drive down to Arcadia together. It's all really chaotic but we think it will work out well.

18 months

Liam is now on the other side of 1- headed towards 2. He is so much fun, he adds so much joy and laughter to our lives. He gets soo excited to see someone he loves! He dances and turns around in circles and claps his hands and yells and says "hi". He is saying no, hi, bye, go, that, mom-mom-mom, dad, yeah, all-done, more. He is still pretty quiet on the word front though, he seems to listen and take it all in, and he does lots of jibber-jabber and yelling (in a happy and sometimes not happy way).

He is getting really attached to a few toys, he has this red fire truck and sings about a puppy, that he wants to hold and play with all the time, he cries for it, etc. Then today my mom gave him a little white jeep and he did the same thing. He is also really attached to his little blue "taggy" which is a huck and stella term I copied for his Little Giraffe brand blanky.

We have been slowly weaning the binky and he is doing really good.

We haven't started any potty training but will at least get a baby potty in the next 6 months.

He is getting his pants on and off and trying with his shirt, putting socks on and off, trying with his shoes.

He still loves cars and trucks and he still loves taking things in and out of a box, basket, etc. He loves playing with dirt, mulch and rocks, he gets them and puts them in the back of his cozy coupe truck and "hauls" them around outside.

He really enjoys the playground we met my good friend Lindsey and Liam's future wife ;) Julia today and they had so much fun, they were super excited to see eachother!

He also thinks pushing his stroller around is so fun- which is cute but he never wants to ride in it anymore. He thinks he is so big.

He also feeds himself with a spoon now, and he is actually good at it.

He has some big transitions coming up and I think he will handle them beautifully.

At his check up he was 26 pounds and 34 inches... 50th percentile and 75th percentile, like always.