Are we there now?

Yup, I have finally been shamed (uh, I mean, motivated) into keeping a blog. So, welcome to "are we there now?" I was going to use "are we there yet?", but the url was already taken. I'm glad, though, because "now" actually works even better than "yet" to describe us.

I chose "are we there now?" because John and I are both 30 year olds who are more or less still in school, and still talk about a "real" job in the future tense. So often, we are tempted to look ahead to this time, only to forget all of the wonderful things that God has for us right now. The biggest of these, of course, is Evan who is now 7 months old and growing up so fast that it scares me sometimes (Evan also motivated the blog title because I'm sure it is what he must think when we drive 17 hours to Grandma and Grandpa's house). Anyhow, I've just come to realize that if I am always thinking ahead, life will spin past and I will be left wondering where it went, so I realize that I need to make a conscious effort to live and enjoy every single day with love and thanksgiving.

Okay, enough personal philosopy and on to the part that you all signed on to read about . . . EVAN! As you all probably know, his favorite hobby right now is putting things in his mouth. When confronted with a new item, the first goal is to try to fit it in his mouth. I gotta give the little guy credit for persistence in the face of adversity, as highlighted in the picture above. Evan has also begun to take quite an interest in Nicky lately, and Nick to his credit has become okay with letting Evan pet him for a little while. It's very sweet.