HALLELUJAH!

It was a happy day when I discovered this...

Don't worry, it wasn't $69.00...that is the lempira cost :)

After 6 months of searching for creamer (I eventually gave up and began making my own), I finally found some at a different grocery store. One day while we were out and about with Travis and Allison, we stopped at a grocery store on the other side of town to pick up some lunch items. I was walking down the dairy section to get some milk and POW! There it was! It was like a Hallelujah chorus went off in my head. There, right before my eyes, was finally some coffee creamer. And not just some... A LOT of different flavors! We ended up buying two, and Trav and Allison bought two more for us; so we have a total of four. That should last us a while, considering I am the only one that takes creamer in my coffee. Oh the things that can make your day in Honduras.

19 Months of GOODNESS!

I can't get enough of this boy!

It's that time! Another monthly update on my little buddy. He continues to amaze Chad and I with his growth and development. The other day I was looking at him and I felt a tear roll down my cheek. I came to the realization that he was turning into such a big boy. He wasn't a baby anymore! Although I guess he will always be my baby. And I don't think I could love this boy any more than what I already do. Yes, there are many challenges along the way, but there is also so much goodness that come with this little boy of mine.  Each bear hug squeeze and puckered up kiss makes heart skip a beat and go pitter patter.
Here are some milestones for month 19. Again, there are some that he learned to do a while ago and have been repeated, but I am just following this milestone chart.

Mastered Skills: Uses a spoon and fork, runs, throws a ball underhand, enjoys helping around the house..check to all! 

Emerging Skills: Understands as many as 200 words (not sure how to measure this one, but he does know a lot of words), recognizes when something is wrong (e.g. calling his belly button a nose)...check to all!

Advanced Skills: Washes and dries own hands with help, points to picture or object when you call it by name, may know when he needs to pee...check to all!

Daddy helping Asher wash his hands. 

This is the way we wash our hands, wash our hands!

I walked into the office and found this :)

My little buddy!

It's true...I do love him!

I Have Some Reading To Do

So if you know me, you know that I LOVE to read. It is one of my favorite things to do when I have the time. I just did a poll on facebook of the top 100 books to read, and I have 22 checked...I would like to have all 100 checked! Anyway, my friends who know I love to read just sent me some books in the mail; and it looks like I have some reading to do!

My two best friends, Jill and Rachelle, sent me the book Room, a novel by Emma Donoghue.

My mom got me the book, Shepherding a Child's Heart, by Ted Tripp. Chad and I are reading this book together.

My friend Tarrah sent me the other books: So Long Insecurity by Beth Moore, Become Spiritually Beautiful by Sharon Jaynes, and Beautiful in God's Eyes by Elizabeth George. If you can't tell what I struggle with, now you know :)

Tarrah also sent me the book, Belleza Extrema: Experimenta el poder transformador de Dios. Translated this means Extreme Beauty: Discovering God's Transforming Power. I plan to do this book as a study with the girls from the Eagle's Nest.

So there you have it! My book list for the next few months. We'll see how long it takes me to read them all!