The Vestal Family: Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Philippians 4:3-5

This is such a fun stage in Andrew's life, and Tim and I are cherishing each day we have with Andrew. Since our family is just a few weeks (maybe days?) away from becoming a family of four, we definitely want to tuck these memories away of how precious Andrew is now before things get a little more hectic and exciting with 2 little boys in our home.

Andrew is 14 months old now and is proving to be quite the cautious boy. He's been trying to walk for the last 2 months, but is still hesitant to take off on his own. He loves to push his red Pewi bike around the house or hold Mommy or Daddy's finger to give him a sense of security. The last couple of days, though, he's really made some bold progress and even dared to walk across the living room all by himself. There were 2 new events in his life that may have influenced his little mind after he had time to process - we went to small group gathering with lots of older walking toddlers that he wanted to keep up with and he got promoted to Toddler 2 class at church where everyone else is walking. I was so happy that he's no longer in the Crawlers class at church... I think this was holding him back a little and not challenging him.

Andrew is extra giggly these days and finds humor in so many things. Miles is still his main source of humor throughout the day, and he spends countless time throughout each day going over to Miles to roll around on his belly, press his head to Miles' head, and just love all over him. He thinks everything Miles does is funny... except when Miles gets excited about his ball and knocks Andrew over, which happens every day.

New words are learned every day, and Tim and I are laughing this week, because a very popular new word is "Bobby" in our house. We have no idea who Bobby is, but he's mentioned several times by Andrew each day and always accompanied with a laugh. He must be a funny guy :)

Charlie is still growing and getting perfect reports each week from the doctor. So far he's measuring up at almost 7 lbs at 37 weeks along, has long fingernails and flowing hair from what we can see of the sono pictures, and is measuring in the 70th percentile for growth and size. We're so excited to meet him! We are still amazed that God has chosen us to be the parents of 2 little boys. We are praying every day for a safe and easy delivery, and that Charlie is a good eater and sleeper when he arrives.

We have a new nanny at our house who started working at the end of May. Amanda is wonderful so far, and Andrew is starting to get used to having her around and feeling comfortable with her. We still miss Tita very much, and I think the transition has been very difficult for Andrew. Tita has come to visit us each week though, and we hope she will always be a part of our lives.

Andrew has gotten to visit the pool several times already since it opened after Memorial Day. He loves the water, and Daddy plans to take him to swim lessons next weekend! Andrew loves watching the other kids and also getting to see Delilah at the pool. Delilah is so patient with Andrew and very nurturing of him when he falls or gets frustrated. We're thankful for her sweet, patient and loving spirit :) Baby Tabitha, who will be here this fall, is already so lucky to have such an awesome big sister.

Here are some pictures of what we've been up to lately!