A walk in the park...

A few weeks ago we took advantage of the beautiful weather and had a picnic on campus. Like I've said in previous posts Jack LOVES being outside. On this day we put him in his new adorable overalls (Thank you, Aunt Heather and Uncle Dave) and enjoyed the beautiful Abilene day. Lately, Kris and I have been talking about not being such paranoid parents and just letting Jack experience things. Jack's played outside many times but I've always tried to keep him on the nice and clean blanket. It may not seem like a big deal to some that I just let him crawl around on the grass (video below) but it was difficult for me at first. When I put him on the grass and let him take off the thought did go through my head "oh no, what if he crawls on a sharp stick or something bites him" and then I thought to myself, "really, Amanda". I really need to stop being so paranoid. You can read articles and books about parenting all day long but it's hard to know when to let your baby try new and different things. Anyways, by the sixth kid I'll have it figured out or, we'll stop at three and I'll never figure out this parenting thing:)
On another note, we heard back from Tittle/Luther and just like everyone else they aren't hiring because it's just too risky to take on a new person. BUT, today Kris went to another place and had a really good conversation with the owner. I'll keep you posted. We know the Lord is our provider and he'll continue to take care of us, so we're not too stressed about this period in our lives.

Enjoy...
Let me say a couple of things about this video. 1.Jack is so well trained at staying on the blanket that it took a while to coax him off of it. 2.I barely have enough time to blog so there's no editing in the videos, which means it's a little long. and 3. Jack's so BIG! 4. Mom, enjoy this video and know that we miss you!!