Deacon Jeong

Shin is a deacon at our church now. This is a great honor and I didn't want to forget this day and the love that filled my heart when I looked out at our church family. We love Gateway and ask that the Lord would continue to give us His eyes to see, His hands to serve, and His feet to obey. 

Also, we had lunch after church with our SS class and had a great time. ND was tired and made it challenging, but I love seeing, and being a part of, friends who gather as family. 

Friendsgiving

We had a great day yesterday with Eunice, Joel, Laher, and Wei. Then, we continued in our Jeongsgiving tradition of Wal-Mart Black Thursday evening shopping by getting in and out quickly with a great deal on a new TV. We have traveled the last 2 years over thanksgiving. Though I miss my grandparents, it's nice to have such quiet time at home. I got almost all the Christmas decorations put up already. Doing a little bit over 2 days- so nice to have the time for it. We also had a lovely time at Gold Star Park this morning and Hyde Park this afternoon. 

"Helping" daddy

 

Do-Gooders

I haven't read the book this interview refers to, but I was struck by the implications of the topic for Christians.

"They don't feel that they have a choice about whether they should help others or not." Those are words which should be used to describe every single Christ-follower. Every Christ-follower should be known as a do-gooder in some way. Clearly God calls each of us to look and walk differently, but a love of Christ and love for others should be a fairly defining characteristic to the world.

Help In Time of Need

Just saw this article: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/10/06/446380693/hospitals-still-dont-give-moms-enough-support-for-breast-feeding

I was overwhelmed with the reminder of how helpful and supportive the lactation consultants at Baptist East were for Noah and I. This free service from qualified, kind, and dedicated women meant so much to us in Noah's first weeks and months. I hope to write more about this on my blog sometime so I don't forget the experience I had, but basically we had a very rough start and, miracle of miracles, he's almost 18mos and still nursing a few times a day.

Thankful for the services and support we were provided from our hospital, pediatrician, and family and friends.

Story Time

We went to story time for toddlers at the Lowder library on Bell Road today. Loved it! Will definitely be going back next week. They danced and sang, library lady read The Black Rabbit with great energy, they danced and sang again, then colored a sheet with an R for rabbit. There were probably 10 kids there with an adult for each. Very sweet time for making little friends and mommy connections. Unfortunately, I only got one photo. Noah didn't really get too into anything without me holding him. I hope to get better pics when he warms up to the scene.

Baby, You Can Drive My Car

Despite the look of this grump face, Noah LOVES sitting in the car. He loves to sit in the front seat and play at the wheel and tap all the buttons. Car doesn't have to be on. He just likes to feel in control. :-)

17 mos

17 mos old today! 10 teeth. Lots of climbing. Not much eating (plums, cheese, and rice are hits!), loves milk. Loves Wheels on the Bus, mommy, daddy, and "kiki". Hates to be alone. Loves blocks and being outside. Screams, hits, and throws when mad but slowly improving on this... mommy's not great at blogging these days, but hates to imagine that one day this bundle of energy will be a distant memory.