Blog Prophesy

It's always nice when something you can sort of see coming, actually happens. Not that we have the gift of prophesy (although we've been scary accurate on a couple of things lately), but it's something definitely cool. Just over one year ago, Marc went to Orlando and purchased a SpongeBob Square Pants 6-month old outfit at the Universal Studios Store. We didn't know if we would raise a boy or a girl so a nice unisex outfit seemed just the ticket. Well, it's come full circle. See www.vasquezaddition.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html and then look below:

Pretty cool. Actually, really cool.

Jakob will now sit up on his own and has graduated to taking baths in the tub without needing the mini tub and loves to splash. It continues to be fun seeing him try things for the first time and see the wonder and amazement that goes with simple things like making water move:

Last weekend, Jakob's grandma Peg came down from Iowa to see him and they spent all day Friday together playing and enjoying the day. Kim and her mom went to a baby clothes sale at Metro North Mall on Saturday and then went with Marc's mom Delene to the new Liberty Olive Garden to eat. Kim got sick in the new bathroom and ended up coming home with her food packed to go rather than enjoying it at the restaurant. This was great for Marc who then had a nice dinner that night and lunch the next day. (Marc would like to send out a warm public thank you to her) Kim spent the evening under the weather but is feeling much better now.

Our Vineyard small group has multiplied a few times and continues to grow. That same Saturday, Marc went with individuals from each of the new small groups downtown to Grand Boulevard to a church on 9th and Grand that serves the "sojourners" of Kansas City. While many are houseless, at this mission there are no homeless, because most find this church home and call themselves sojourners. We delivered food to the mission, worked doing chores, went on a walk around the area to see the parts of Kansas City not so pretty and then learned more about the mission. Before we left to go downtown, we all met together to have lunch and prepare ourselves for the work that lay ahead. Leah, one of our leaders, took this photo:

Jakob continues to wow us and keep us on our toes. We've decided that since his favorite game is now "Jumpy, Jumpy, Jumpy" in both his bouncy toy and on laps, that his powerful legs won't settle for crawling. He's going to walk. The time change on Saturday made for a rough going for this little boy. He was off his schedule Sunday and Monday nights and he let us know about it. Sure, the photos below are cute and make him out to be model material (mom's get your daughters in line now or face the mob later), but we'll refer to them as the "before" shots:

This week Kim is frantically trying to complete her IEP's, Map-Alternate portfolios, Summer School recommendations and Career Ladder before next week when she finally gets a break from school. We're hoping her Spring Break has good weather and provides a time of relaxation before the final days of school begin to stack up.

As many of you know, we've set up the blog to send the individual pages to visitors who sign up at the link on the upper right side. We hope this offers another way for you to get up-to-date information on Jakob's travels and new revelations.

Thank you so much for continuing to visit us. In the upcoming weeks we will celebrate our first Easter and Marc's first birthday with Jakob. Soon, May will be here and his adoption will be complete!

More soon.