Peter's Haircut

Peter had his first haircut last week. All of those long brown curls are gone! (Well they are in his scrapbook, which I think is really kinda gross) His hair is so light. It even looks blonde from a distance!

daddy & me!

It has been a while since we last posted, so (thanks to reminders from my mom), here are some new pictures! Peter is a busy little guy these days. I am convinced that he will not crawl in the traditional way. He has this fast army-belly crawl thing down & is able to get where ever he wants (and where we don't want him to be) with it. He is pulling up, sitting up on his own and getting in to everything! He really wishes he could walk. I think he will skip walking and go straight to running though! When we help him walk his little feet move so fast!

Luke is busy with camp right now. Every other week he leads a 3 day backpacking trip for some of the leadership training kids (poor guy, gets paid to go backpacking!). He really enjoys working with these kids. Summer has gone by so fast. Only a week & a half left! We are looking forward to our first family vacation this August. We have always spent vacation time coming back home. We are going to Twin Lakes, CO where we have rented a house with some friends. I have to admit I am a little anxious about the drive though. 12 hours in the car with 3 kids under the age of 2 shoud be interesting.

We have really enjoyed this summer. It has been much more laid back than past summers. I have been working a few days a week for some friends of ours who own a photography studio. (You should check out their website www.picturemestudio.net They have taken some great pictures of Peter. To look at the proofs use the password freeman) Luke's mom, who is a teacher has been keeping Peter while I have been working. He loves all of the love & attention he get from his family.

6 months later

We can't believe how much Peter has changed in the last 6 months! The first picture is him @ 3 days old & the next is @6 months!

Uncle Eric's Graduation

Uncle Eric graduated from college and we celebrated by eating dinner at the Olive Garden! Peter got to meet my cousin Charlie & see his great-grandma again.

Peter's Baby Dedication

These are outside our church after the baby dedication on Mother's Day. Our desire for Peter is that he would be a man rooted in God's love & grace- that he would really grasp God's love & grace & be able to share those with others.

Ephesians 3:16-19
16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Finally an Update! (and an internet connection that works)

Peter is such a happy baby- a true joy to everyone he meets. He loves being outside, watching his dogs and big kids, & being tickled! It is so hard to believe that at the end of the month he will be 6 months old! Half a year! He is starting to sit up on his own & is trying very hard to get into crawling position. For now he scoots pretty well in an army crawl. Now that our internet is working we hope to put pictures up more often!

Peter's first Easter egg hunt! He had a little help from Dad!

Peter has started eating real food! rice cereal, bananas, sweet potatoes, squash, and applesauce! Bananas are his favorite- he gets upset when they are all gone. At Peter's 4 month visit he was 25 1/2 inches long & weighted 15 pounds!

Due to popular demand here are more pictures of the cutest little guy ever! He really is a very happy boy!

Ice Storm Survivors!

We made it through the ice storm. After a couple days of keeping the wood burning stove stoked we now have electricity. Things are getting back to normal around here, and New Life Ranch is on track to have thing cleaned up pretty quickly. Check out our NLR missionary support page (www.freemansupportinfo.blogspot.com) for more ministry news and ice pictures.