What a roller coaster of a week! As many of you know Jon and I attend First Baptist Church Maryville and were present during the service in which our pastor was shot and killed. We are doing well, but the week has had it's fill of emotions. Please continue to pray for the Winters' family, our church family, and the shooter. We know that God is in control of all things and trust His plan.

Sorry to start this entry on not so happy news, so moving on to something that is happier. The boys are doing great! Justus is getting so big and is learning more and more everyday. He is starting to recognize more things and remember them also...including people that he doesn't see on a regular basis. It's amazing to see how much he remembers. It seems that lately Justus has been a little more clingy with me. I'm not sure what the cause is, but he definitely hates when I leave him at the YMCA or at the nursery. He has been clinging to me when I go to leave and starts to cry. I don't know if he sees his brother getting picked up all the time and wants the same or if it is something else. At home he has been pretty good. Time out seems to be working a little, but I still don't think he fully gets it even though we try to explain it to him.

Matthias seems to be getting bigger...maybe going through a growth spurt. He is getting so tall. I can't believe he is almost 17 months old. Where has the time gone!?! He is becoming a little more independent, which is kind of nice in a way. He is starting to like to walk when we get out of the car. He isn't very good at holding hands yet though, so we are working on that. He just likes running around like a wild man : ).

The pregnancy is going well. I feel as though my belly has really "popped" in the past few weeks. I actually am starting to look pregnant rather than like I just gained weight. Charley is getting stronger and I can see her moving around now pretty easily at times. Jon and I didn't make it to any garage sales this weekend, but we know there will be plenty of them for us to choose from in the coming weeks.

This weekend was a pretty busy one. The boys went to my parents house Saturday and stayed the night. Jon and I got to paint the boys room and organize/clean out our storage shed. The boys room turned out really well. It's a light blue, but it is pretty vibrant. We thought it would be much lighter than it is, but we really like it. We ended up getting rid of quite a bit out of the shed and it felt great to get it all organized. We are planning on having a garage sale in the next few weeks so that we can clean it out even more.

I really need to post some pictures. Hopefully I will have time to do that sometime this week.