We have been so busy the past 2 weeks! Our little Justin was baptized today and we are so proud of him to make this choice. He was really nervous leading up to today since in our church we baptize by full immersion and he was afraid of having his dad push him under the water. Everything went over really well though and it was a really special day. Of course when I wanted to take pictures the battery on my camera died (you think I would be better prepared). We did get one picture beforehand on Chris's cell phone but I don't have it uploaded yet. After the baptism we had over 50 people over to our house for a luncheon and we had a great time.
It sure was busy leading up to today. As I have mentioned before, I decided to redecorate the living/dining room and I needed to have it done before today. So I spent the past week and a half painting, sewing and cleaning up the painting and sewing. It is not completely done yet but hopefully I will get it done in the next few days and then I will post pictures.
On Tuesday Justin came home from riding his bike with a mouth full of blood and a bloody arm and leg. He had fallen off of his bike and hit his mouth on the edge of the handlebars. We took him to the dentist and got an x-ray and found out what had happened. All of his baby teeth on the top are ready to fall out any day and the handlebar shoved one of his baby teeth up into his gum and it is sitting on top of the permanent tooth that is ready to come in. The dentist (who is also our neighbor) said to just leave it alone and it will fall out when his permanent tooth comes in... OUCH! The poor thing had a swollen lip and mouth all week. Thankfully the swelling went down before today so everyone didn't have to see him like that.
On Thursday Justin had his first Pinewood Derby for Scouts. Chris and I both had no idea the amount of time that goes into making a derby car and getting it ready to race. Unfortunately Chris has been slammed with work and church lately so I ended up doing most of the car from painting to drilling extra weight into it to sanding and balancing the tires. The long hours paid off though... he got second in every heat that was run... not bad for a bunch of complete rookies! Next year we will start a few weeks before the derby and not a few days before.
Now I will spend tonight and tomorrow recuperating from the marathon week before baseball starts on Monday and dance starts again on Tuesday. It never ends!
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it doesn't ever end, does it? i feel the same way. A big congrats to Justin for being baptized. That is such an important day in a kids life and hopefully he'll remember how well it went and all the work his mommy put into his luncheon. Our church also lets the dad immerse the child and it's such a special thing for a dad to do.
Can't wait to see more pictures.
Geez, Laura, you didn't tell me about Justin! Poor thing, that's pretty scary about his teeth. I thought they looked a little funny today but didn't pay much attention. Thanks so much for the party. I'm so proud of Justin, and your living room/dining room look GREAT!
Love,
Mom
Congratulations Justin! A baptism and pinewood derbie, he's at the top of his game! Can't wait to see pics of the living room!
I'm exhausted just reading about all that you have been up to. Hope things calm down a little for you, so that it will officially feel like Summer.
Congrats Justin on the baptism and the pinewood derby!
I am anxiously awaiting the pictures of your beautiful rooms.
How exciting for Justin! You guys have had a lot going on lately. I can't wait to come see your living room. Let me know when things calm down a little and we can head your way.
busy mama does it all! Party planner, home decorator, seamstress, photographer, nurse, winning derby car builder...you're making us all look bad here LOL You're such an awesome mom, lucky, lucky kids!
Hi Laura,
Congratulations again to you & Chris & Justin. What a highlight in parenting. What great parents and what a great choice Justin made!
great job pitching in on the pinewood derby too. Congrat's doing so well.
I read your post Sunday moring. That afternoon in our sunday school lesson with 7 year olds we talked about baptism and I thought of Justin. All 3 of the boys and 1 girl had real concerns about their baptism day too. Mainly going under and apparently not passing out. I assured them that they will do just fine, just like Justin Means did.
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