My favorite toy

These days Demani's favorite thing to play with are measuring spoons! He clinks them together and sucks on them and waves them in the air! We came up with a new nickname for him yesterday, Happy Handful! He is busy and a handful, but he is HAPPY! Little man is sleeping at the moment :) Here's a pic of him with his spoons! He acts like he is so proud of himself :) I think he likes sitting up and playing.

Dedication

Demani's dedication was today. It was a beautiful ceremony and was full of meaning. I will send a link soon of a friend who took some pictures for us of the dedication itself. Burrill is a professional photographer and I am sure he got some good shots.

It was a nice day out too which was good because Tom and Louise hosted a farewell party for us at their house. Our church friends came out in full force to send us on our way to NY. We will miss these sweet people. The house is officially on the market and the packing and the "see you soon's" have begun. It is a bittersweet time in our lives as a chapter ends and a new one begins.

The pics are of us, some of my girlfriends (Vickie, Abbie, Me, Angel), and of us and Tom and Louise.

All in all it was a wonderful weekend spent with friends and family and dedicating our son to God. God is good all the time and all the time God is good.

Moving, moving, moving

Demani is a rolling machine! He is pretty quick at getting from one side of the room to the other. He is in seemingly perpetual motion!

Demani's newest thing parallels our lives as we prepare to move to Binghamton, New York. Mathwon will be working at Binghamton University as the Assistant Vice President for Development. So life has hit a new point of frenetic...with packing, preparing for a garage sale, saying "See you soon" to friends, chasing a baby, all while trying to keep your eyes focused on the big picture. Pray for us!

Nanan Howard's visit was wonderful. She just ate up Demani and called him the sun :) He does make me smile no matter what! She called me the day after she left because she misses him. She was a big help and I was able to do some work in the basement while she was here.

I had better get back to packing, here are some recent pics. I call the first pic, "The Thinker"

Babble Babble Babble

Demani is babbling away these days. It's almost rare for him to be quiet in recent days! I wish I knew what he was saying! Last weekend Mathwon was in Chicago and Demani and I hung with family. We went to Demani's Great Aunt Nene's house for the first time and Karen, Uncle Jim's daughter, took a great shot of us on the hammock. It looks like Demani really wants to say something in the picture. It was a fun weekend.

This next week Nanan Howard is coming to visit for the week. We are looking forward to her visit!

Other new thing I've realized about motherhood is that the concern never fades and the stress will never abate. At each stage, each moment, there is something new to be concerned about. Did he eat enough? He hasn't gone to the bathroom in a few days, should I be concerned? Why is he coughing? Am I doing enough for him? Is he getting enough sleep? I've realized this will go on forever. I'm not an excessive worrier or anything, and I try to take everything to God in prayer. But I have resigned myself to this new state of being, of being consumed with love for this little man God gave us.