Christmas Card

As Christmas is just a few days away and I am yet to receive our Christmas cards in the mail so that we can begin to address and send them out I thought I would just post our Christmas card on here for all to see and wait in eager expectation until it arrives and is placed on your fridge :)

Speech

Though sometimes I feel as though the days are never ending I still can't believe that our little man is 21 months old. Before we know it he will be turning 2 and then 18. But let's not get ahead of ourselves right?

With some very difficult things going on in our lives right now that seem to be constantly filling my brain I will try and keep my thoughts as organized as I can...

Before Josiah's 18 month check-up I was worrying a lot about his speech or lack-there-of but at his 18 month check up all was well. His speech had picked up a bit and he was saying the allotted amount of words that they wanted him to be saying. He was at the lower end of the spectrum but was still progressing so we felt comfortable and good with where he was at. Over the past few months it seemed that the words he was saying, he wasn't anymore. Brett and I talked and prayed a lot about what we should do and we had decided we would wait and give him a few more months to see what happens. That was our plan until about two weeks ago when his screaming skyrocketed. We went through about 3 days of it and decided that enough was enough. I called our Birth to 3 Area Connections and they came and did an evaluation. Of course just as we knew he was way behind in his speech. She then referred him to the county where they would do an evaluation on him as well. They came this last Thursday and will come again on Tuesday and then from there we will have a speech therapist come to our house.

Parenting has been THE hardest thing I have ever had to do in my life! It seems that one worry follows the next. Josiah's lack of speech has not only been frustrating for him but also really hard on Brett and I. I'm not sure that Brett has the exact same thoughts as I do but I really do struggle with feeling like I haven't been a good mom. That maybe his delay in speech is my fault. Not only are we feeling the strain of this speech issue but it seems to have made us short with each other and mostly a very short amount of patience for our son. This breaks my heart and I pray that the Lord can give me the patience I need each day to get through this.

We look forward to his speech therapy and are praying for quick results.

And just a quick look at what happens in our house if you don't hear any noise from your 21 month old...

I went into the living room to see what he was doing and I saw him playing and thought, "oh good, everything is fine". Then I looked at his face and thought, "what is all over his face?"

I took a few more steps into the kitchen to try and figure out what he had been into and sure enough he had taken the old coffee filter out of the garbage, apparently thought he would try it and I'm sure quickly realized that it doesn't taste good so why not just rip the bag apart and make a huge mess!

"The Well"

A few days ago I went into town to drop something off at the post office. As I was getting Josiah out of the van a man walked by, we said our hello's and both proceeded with what we were doing. I got Josiah out of the van and walked to the door of the post office where I notice the guy was waiting to open the door for me. I thought, "gosh, what a nice man". He was standing inside and opened the door, I said thanks and proceeded to walk in when he stopped me and said...

Man: "you're the well"
Me: thinking what the heck is he talking about? "No, my last name is Huber"
Man: "No, I mean 'The Well'. " as he points to a poster on the wall
Me: feeling pretty dumb at this point "oh yeah, 'The Well'...yep that's me"

We continue to have a conversation about the poster and how he will be coming to Cafe Church (what the poster was advertising). I was excited to hear he was coming but than thought this guy must think I am an idiot if I don't even know that I am part of the group called "The Well".

I laughed about it later and told Brett the story and we both laughed again. Here's the poster...
About a year ago, Brett and I and a few of our close friends started a worship hour called "The Well" on Sunday evenings once a month held in Mobridge, SD which is a far bigger city than where we all live. Inspired by what most of us knew as "Vespers" from our college days we felt the need for an intimate hour of worship with the Lord which is something unheard of out here. After a lot of planning and seeking direction from the Lord we were able to start it up and have had a lot of positive feedback. The idea is to get all the surrounding community churches together for a time of corporate worship where we put aside our denominational backgrounds and just come and worship the Lord. We have incorporated a speaker/devotional into the hour where we have a new speaker each time and then a time for just silent prayer. It's been an amazing experience being able to be a part of this ministry and if any of you reading this live in the area we encourage you to come out and worship with us through song the last Sunday of every month at the Event Center in Mobridge.

Since becoming "The Well" we've had a few opportunities to use our gifts in other churches as we have been invited. The poster was from a nearby church that puts on a "Cafe Church" every few months and invited a band to come do background music during the cafe part of it and then lead the group in a time of worship after. Brett and I think this is just such a neat ministry that this church does and we were honored to be asked to be a part of it.