Please don't tire of praying for me!

I found out on Monday that Faith's last day is next Thursday. Her mom decided to move to Florida so that she and Faith's daddy could be a family. I am sad because Faith has really settled in here, and her and Samuel for the most part really enjoy each other. I am also a bit worried because that will put me down to one part-time child. I've been there before, and it wasn't good financially, but we made it through by tightening our belts and praying for God to bring another child for me to care for. I don't want to take on a ton of children, but one would be enough for us to make ends meet with. If you could pray that God will care for our situation and send a child or two my way I would really appreciate it!

This Saturday Samuel is getting his first big-boy haircut. I am only letting him get it trimmed a tiny bit, because I love his hair the way it is, but the back is getting sort of long and the bangs could be straightened up a tiny bit. We are taking him to Cortland so that the barber that cut Bob's hair, his dad's hair, and Bob's grandpa's hair can give Samuel his first haircut. We are also going to take a photo of Bob's grandpa, and have Samuel sit in Bob's lap in the barber's chair with the barber so that we can get some generational photos. Hopefully Samuel won't be too freaked out about it!

Samuel's sign language is going well. Besides Please, he knows the sign for Bird, and every time he looks at our bird or a bird elsewhere, he will give the sign for bird. He is also doing well learning Thank You. He doesn't do it on his own yet, but as soon as I do it with him, he repeats it. It's quite exciting :) It is so fun to be able to communicate with him and see understanding dawn in his eyes! He is still working on walking, and will take multiple steps with prompting, but crawling is faster and easier for him still, so it is his choice mode of transportation.

We are going to a birthday party for a friend at church and the kids are pretty excited about it, especially Wayne- it's all he's been talking about!! They are going to have the Reptile Company there with lots of creepy crawlies to touch- right up Wayne's alley! Hopefully Isaac will like what we got him, but since his mommy blogs, I'm not going to say what it is :)

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!