Fred E. Wert
Walk his youngest daughter down the aisle at her wedding...
...and my brother and his business partners sold their business in a very significant transaction. Dad was there to celebrate. I just think how distracting or even awful it would have been to have dad suffering or even have a heartattack at one of these events. Thank you Lord for your mercy. - The way that he would call me and say 'Hey Kenny, how are you doing?' (Kenny was his nickname for me since I was little. He had started calling Jude, 'Juder'. So he would add on 'How's my little Juder and Lauchlin doing?')
- His love for anything golf, football or coffee related. Especially Penn State. Lauchlin said he will miss on our visits Dad coming out of the kitchen saying 'Lauchlin, how about some coffee.' with a big grin on his face (this could happen any time of the day not just morning!)
- His passion for lost and hurting people. His willingness to be a minority politically in his area and community because of these beliefs.
- His great ability to teach and communicate God's word.
- His goofy sayings like 'What the hun!' 'Heaven's to murgitroid.'
- His whistling through his teeth which you could hear at any time. That's how I would track him in a store.
- His laughing so hard watching 'Home Alone' when the little kid is getting the robbers. He would start crying he laughed so hard.
- Seeing him reading his Bible and/or commentary early in the morning.
Those are just a few...I am grateful that we had some special time with him after Jude was born and that he got to meet Jude at all!
The viewing and funeral were very honoring to Dad and below are a few special things that people did. We gave a bunch of pictures and photo albums to my mom's dear friend Yvonne who put together a beautiful display for people to look at when they entered the church lobby.
Also, my Dad used to say 'What the hun!' alot in surprise or emphasis to a sentence and often would say to people 'If I were any better I'd....' and list off a few things that identified the person's situation in life. So, someone put this up on the church's billboard for my Dad. He was well loved at our home church!!
Mostly, I guess I wanted to in a small way honor my Dad with this blog...
I will miss you Dad in all sorts of ways and don't even comprehend all of them yet. I am SO glad that you knew Jesus before you died and now know Him fully. I am so glad that you got to meet Jude but feel pretty sad that you never got to experience him looking up at you with his arms up wanting you to pick him up. I'm also sad that you won't ever meet Priscila in this life. Thank you for being my Dad.
I love you,
Mackenzi
We enjoyed beef vegetable soup and yummy cornbread at the May household, put Jude down for bed and then watched scary movies with zombies in them.
He is showing what time it is when we are leaving for the hospital for me to deliver Jude. It is quite fitting since Jude will be 1 year old next Tuesday. I can not believe this!!! So, I thought this was a fun game. I don't have very many friends who blog so...I tag Cindy, Sarah and Katie. Who knows if they will know that they have been tagged but I tag you all just the same!
We went to Jude's first high school football game on Friday and he seemed to enjoy it for the most part. (It was a game for one of our friend's brother, who is the quarterback for his team and is quite good). Sitting in the 'parents' section' made for alot of cheering and Jude did get scared when there was loud cheering. However, he sat looking at the game for quite a while with interest. Lauchlin and I decided that Jude can play football or be in the marching band, just so that we can come watch games when he is in high school! I really love marching bands!
I have been weaning Jude from formula to milk this week as well. The doctor suggests that in this transition we also replace the bottle with a sippy cup. I just haven't been able to bring myself to do it, I think psychologically it means that my baby is now officially a toddler and it makes me sad! (I will do it soon...I promise!)
I can't believe that he will be 1 year old in a short 2 weeks. Well, I am enjoying his increased babbling and mobility! 
We packed up on Friday and headed to Atlanta to see Aunt Anna, Uncle Calvin, cousin Arielle, cousin Gabriel and Uncle Jon. Jude seemed to get excited as Momma began to pack our things to go. It took us about 7 hours to get there and thankfully Jude slept most of them. However, once we arrived he didn't sleep much. So, the grownups ended up with about 3 hours of sleep the first night.
Arielle and Jude were another story. They were all over each other. Considering Arielle is 2 and 1/2, Jude held his own. His weakness was that he couldn't stand up and so got pushed over alot. Arielle started calling Jude, 'my Jude. She kept asking when Jude was napping, 'where is my Jude' or she would try to get into his room to wake him up because she wanted to play. They became fast friends.
Then, Saturday afternoon, Jude got to meet his Uncle Jon. The beard went over well and Jude kept playing with it. Also, because Jon and Lauchlin sound so much alike, Jude kept staring at Jon because I think he was confused as to why Daddy's voice was coming out of Uncle Jon's mouth.
Lauchlin and I both got to spend some quality time with Arielle. She was able to master our names surprisingly well. She sometimes called us Aunti Mack and Uncle Lauch which sounds very endearing coming from a toddler.
