(1) My husband is now a fully ordained minister - the ordination service on Saturday was a wonderful experience, one I hadn't had much opportunity to consider the significance of, given the events of the last few weeks. But sitting in the auditorium, the gravity of the moment began creeping up on me. There were lots of family members and folks from our current church, and several from former churches (including Matt's youth leader, from the church he grew up in). It's been a long road, taking more than 10 years: initial ministry inquiry process, seminary, being commissioned, and now finally ordination. We are proud of his hard work and thankful for (all) God's grace and blessings.
(I have just ordered a DVD of the service - I will have to review the sacred moment of the laying on of hands, and the charge by the bishop, because although Simon was as quiet as a mouse David was screaming his head off, so I only caught about 50% of the main thing)
(2) Oh yeah, David is walking. He has been cruising forever, and over the past couple of months has done a number of these "lunging steps" described in his Gross Motor Skills book, where he stands up, takes one or two lunging steps toward the couch, and catches himself on the edge. But yesterday, he began standing up while holding a toy, throwing the toy on the floor about two feet away, and taking 4 or 5 steps toward it. He must've done this 25 times yesterday, maybe 15 times today, and today he was sort of bouncing back and forth, from one foot to the other, along with some music on the TV. So, quite pleased is this mama ... oh, and, David had a follow-up hearing test today; there were no noted changes and his hearing loss continues to be minimal, so hurray for that too!
(A late-filed photo of David on his 2nd birthday, at the local library)
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