6 Months!

Nolan turns six months old this week! We can hardly believe how quickly the time has flown by. This month he has been a very busy boy...learning how to roll over, working on sitting up (as you can see by the picture with his friend Elle), having his first tooth come in, "chattering" to us (with ever increasing volume!), sleeping better through the night, and going on his first hike seated in a backpack on Daddy's back.

One of Nolan's current favorite activities is to laugh at our dog, Lana, anytime she comes close to him. He thinks she is hilarious right now and giggles even more when she comes up to lick him on his hands or face. Lana is still ambivalent towards Nolan but has been very gentle with him. We love trying to catch these family moments on camera!

This month Aaron did some "substitute" preaching a couple weekends in southern AZ, and Lindsey has been busy back at work in the schools with the 35 or so kids on her caseload. Nolan and Aaron are having a great time together during the workweek, and Nolan has adjusted well to Lindsey being gone during the day (thankfully, we're all sleeping much better again!). Now that we've adjusted to the new routine, we are anticipating Aaron's placement in a synod and getting anxious to find out where the next place on our journey will be.

We were also able to travel to Pasadena to visit our good friends from Aaron's Fuller Seminary days and met baby Elle (above), Nikki and Luke's little girl who was born in June. Our friends, Becca and Andrew, are expecting in January and we were able to visit with them as well. Quite unexpected and very fun that all of us will have children within 1 year of each other! Below is another picture from our trip. Nolan loved going for a hike in the backpack on a trail by the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, CA.