Call It What You Want...

That I love my boys???

I haven't written for a while so I just thought I would include some funny stories on what the boys are up to.

Adam turned four months on Friday. His favorite person is Mark. Yes, Mark is more favored than Mommy, but that's okay. Sunday he chose to skip his morning church nap; he was being passed between two of our good friends, Kristen and Brianna, and their friend during service and was far too excited to nap.

Mark has done it again with cars. A couple months ago we were walking past a driveway in our neighborhood and he pointed at the car there and announced "Grampa car". Turns out, yes, Grandpa Larry drives a Chevy Lumina, just the car that was in that drive (though I should add that the next time we saw it, after Mark had seen Grandpa's car with its dashboard alligators, Mark was a little upset that this car didn't have "lizards" too). 
Last week we walked past a truck in the same driveway and he called it "Shawn truck." I was pretty sure the truck our friend Shawn drives is a Dodge Ram, but, okay, I'm sure a Ford F-150 is similar. So when we got home I called Linda and asked her what kind of truck Shawn has. Don't you know, it's a Ford F-150. Sort of pitiful when the 2-year-old knows better than mommy what sort of vehicles people have...

And -- this one's for Grandma Sarah (get out yer Kleenex, Ma)...

I was putting Mark to bed Friday night and he pointed up at the candle from his baptism. "Can'le. Church."
"Yes, Mark," I said, "that's from church. That's from--"
He interrupted me. "Ba-tized. Water. Head."
How do you know this stuff?!?! I had to tell Pastor Wade this story. His jaw just dropped. "He gets it. He's only two, but he gets it." It just amazes me what he gets.
I told him about how Pastor Doug made the sign of the Cross on his head and on his heart, and so now Mark points to his head and says "Cross," then then points to his chest and says "Heart." I so love that little boy.

(The candle in Pastor Doug's hand is the candle in question.)

On that note, Adam will be baptized at our church, Bethel Lutheran, at 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 31. If you're in the area, you're more than welcome! If you don't have a church and would like to check ours out, you're welcome for that, too. Pastor Heather and Pastor Wade will be officiating in this baptism.