And on Sunday.... we REST!

Nate is home! Yeah!! He had an amazing time, and I hope that he will post some stories here soon about his experience not only with the homeless of San Francisco, but the youth of Wayne County! Some very powerful stories of how God changed lives and used people! I'll put another post up with the link to his photos next.

So while Nate was gone, life went on here at the Mills' house! And some wonderful things happened!!! This past week, after a few weeks of potty training, and me about to pull out my hair and give up. Toby is about 85% Potty trained!! I say 85% because we still have a diaper at night, and he's still working on number two, but overall he is doing amazing! It just clicked for him on Thursday, and he has been dry since then! Go Toby!!

Another note on the Toby front... he is talking like crazy! It is amazing how far he has come in just the past few weeks! Nate has commented all day about how clearly he can understand him, and how he has been making more complete sentences. It really is cool! We have big plans for this weekend, the one year anniversary of his coming home to us... but more on that later!!

Also, last night, literally as Nate was boarding his final flight, Drew lost his first tooth! We knew it was loose when daddy left and Nate said "don't pull it until I get back". But Saturday night, he was eating an apple and it got very loose! So Taylor took it upon herself to give it a good yank, and out it came!!

Here is our smiley, toothless boy!
Another very interesting thing about this... I took a look back at when Taylor lost her first tooth, and her and Drew were Exactly The Same Age! They were both 6 1/2 years old (within a week or so). I just thought that was neat!

So, it is time to go back to cuddling with the family. Bed time is soon. I just wanted to let you all know that Nate is home, Toby is nearly potty trained, and Drew lost a tooth! Quite an exciting weekend!

God is Good