Birthdays and College Visits

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE MARK!
WE LOVE YOU AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU SOON!

Josiah is 10 months old today and we feel like time is flying. Soon he'll be in kindergarten, then driving, whew. So, we figure it's never too early to start thinking about that college education. I, Amy, took him on his first campus visit (well, really second, since he was at Lindenwood so much in St. Louis) this week! We actually went to visit my cousin Molly, who is a freshman at a NC school. It was a gorgeous day, we had lunch and toured a bit of campus.


Now, if he can just learn his ABC's...

I want to marry it

Is it bad to be in love with an inanimate object? I pretty much love my new camera so much that I want to marry it. Sorry Andy! Here are some of the first shots from the weekend. I'm just beginning to learn the new settings, so hopefully the pictures will keep improving!

Early Birthday

I know, I know...the Wood family has been missing from the blog world for a few weeks. My excuses - the first week was cold & rainy and Josiah was sick, therefore no fun pictures. Then the second week was warm & sunny and we were playing outside all of the time, therefore no time to take pictures. We're back and we'll be taking lots of pictures from now on...

My (Amy) parents came to visit this weekend - to play with Josiah, help in the yard, and celebrate my birthday a little early. That's right - if you've forgotten and haven't gotten all of those fabulous presents, you still have 6 days.

My present from them was a COMPLETE surprise, as you'll see from my expressions below. They got me a new camera! I think the pictures speak for themselves...

Thanks for a fun weekend and a super-fun present!

A Few of My Favorite Things

No, I do not have any raindrops, roses, or kittens...just wanted to share a few of my favorite things with you. I actually captured them on camera over the past few days...

Bella and I have become great buddies since we moved. Add Josiah and we make quite a team. Whenever Josiah wakes up from a nap, Bella follows me into his room. The first thing we do is throw up the shades and look out the window at the world. We discuss trees, rocks, birds, squirrels...all of the important stuff. It's a pretty adorable sight, if I do say so myself.

I love cooking & baking and aspire to be fabulous in the kitchen...I'm learning and thankfully Andy is patient :) I absolutely LOVE fresh, homemade rolls (who doesn't) and was able to bake some for Easter dinner.

My boys and their books. Even though we ALREADY graduated from seminary, Andy has been constantly studying over the past few months in preparation for ordination (it's almost done, it's almost done). This past weekend, Josiah decided to help him write a paper. I think he's reading some theological dictionary...he had this very serious look on his face the whole time. I guess we might soon be moving on from Goodnight Moon and Freight Train!



Hope you enjoyed this peek into life at the Wood household. You're welcome to join us at the window anytime!

Easter

Josiah's first Easter was fun...the Easter Bunny brought a fantastic present...our friend Tyler!! He flew all the way from the Midwest to visit us and celebrate Easter. It was a chilly morning around here, so luckily Josiah had a new sweater from Mimi to wear for the day. Our first Easter service with our Redeemer family was great, then we had lunch and spent a relaxing afternoon with friends.

Checking out the Easter baskets

The boys before church

Family pic - For some reason, Josiah wouldn't really look at the camera at all over the weekend...too curious about everything I guess.

Playing in downtown Raleigh on Monday


Thanks for a fun visit, Tyler! It'll be great when you move here and we can hang out all the time :)

Gram & Pop came to play

Gram & Pop came to play this weekend...we had so much fun! We did some yardwork - conquering vines & shrubbery in the backyard, watched the ACC tourney, found a yummy Mexican restaurant, and of course, played & played with Josiah.

Here's the boy, enjoying the gorgeous weather and playing with his new giraffe, courtesy of Gram

And here are Gram & Pop with their favorite grandson :)

Thank you so much for all of your help in the yard and for such a fun weekend!

I LOVE living in the South!

Note: If you are currently living in snowy St. Louis, you should maybe skip this post. Just because I'm gushing about NC today doesn't mean that I love y'all any less or don't miss St. Louis. I still do. I just happen to really like where I am now :)

Some reasons why I LOVE living in the South:

- People wave back when you wave to them on the street.

- Grocery store clerks ask if they can help you to the car with your bags.

- On my run this morning, I ran past a man who was working in his yard, talking on the phone, and still greeted me with "How y'all doing today, God bless ya."

- Today was sunny and in the upper 70s...I wore my jean skirt and flip flops. FLIP FLOPS in MARCH!!! There is such goodness in the world sometimes.