Recent September Highlights

Hi loved ones, we're back! Here are some recent highlights and photos:

1. Jonny is already going to start his 4th week at his new job and it has been going very well. Though there is still a lot to learn, he started doing some lab work last week which he enjoyed. We have all adjusted very well to the new schedule, thank God.

2. Daniel had his 18th month check-up this past week. For the first time, he showed that he remembered the doctor's office because he started crying as soon as we walked in. He calmed down quickly but cried each time the nurse entered the room or the doctor. Thankfully he recovered quickly after getting 3 shots and did not experience any side effects. His latest stats are: Height: 35 inches (95th percentile); Weight: 29 pounds (80th percentile); and Head Circumference: 19 inches (70th percentile). In the doctors own words: "You've got a giant!" He grew 2 inches in the last 3 months (though I think they may have measured him wrong, he's more like 34 1/2 inches); no wonder he has been eating sooo much recently!

3. I was so excited recently to discover that one of our neighbors, who lives on our street, not only went to college with but is best friends with a very close friend of mine from when I lived in Sri-Lanka! What a small world! We are planning to get together soon to share photos and memories of this dear friend!

4. Our church has started serving us in a most wonderful way! The singles ministry have started to babysit for us married couples with small children twice a month in our homes so that we can go out and meet together with the other couples. So this past Friday, we had our first outing together as a couple and had so much fun! Jonny and I hadn't been out together at night since Jonny's mother visited us when Daniel was 7 months old, so you can imagine how excited we were. And the babysitting worked really well - we just put Daniel to bed before we left and he had no idea we were even gone! We feel so blessed by this, thank You Lord for Your church!

5. Daniel is currently obsessed with watching videos of himself on the computer. As soon as he sees our laptop he says over and over again: "Baba? Baba?" (That's how he calls himself, "baby"). He likes to sit on one of the dinning room chairs and focuses intently, smiling and clapping his hands with excitement! The funny thing is that I didn't realize that the person to enjoy the videos of Daniel the most would actually be him! So it's wonderful to see that all our efforts to document his development has been bringing him so much joy.

And here are some photos showing more highlights:

Dinner with the Simms - we hadn't seen them in a while so it was so nice catching up!

Matthew and Daniel played really well together even though Matthew is 2 years older. Daniel loved wearing the fireman's hat!

Matthew and Daniel


Morning run!




Devesh and Daniel having fun running! Devesh is the son of my neighbor who is the best college friend of my close friend from Sri-Lanka. Who would have thought that one day, these two little guys would meet? Small world!



It is so cute to see them holding hands together; they love each other!



Devesh hugging Daniel - Daniel loves it but doesn't know what to do so just stays still! :-)


Snack time during another recent walk...


Daniel watching videos of himself on our laptop. Did I say obsessed? And look at him sitting so well on our dinning room chair! Such a big boy now!

The boys playing at a recent cook out with friends

We're very thankful for this group of friends that we are getting to know more and more from our church. The amazing thing is that most of us have boys around the same age! So much fun for Daniel too!

So until next time loved ones! In the meantime, wishing each of you a wonderful week ahead!