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The Ruth Review: February 2011

Posted in Uncategorized by Worrall's World on February 20, 2011

February, 2011

Oh Dear Oh Dear!

Well we really intended to keep this blog up-to-date. At least we did not plan to have you wait so long for another update of the Ruth Review! Sorry for keeping you in suspense.

Where do we start?

Ruth has been steadily getting stronger and stronger. Her fine motor skills (picking up things with 2 fingers, signing etc) and gross motor skills (creeping, crawling etc) are getting better and better every day.

Ruth is still creeping most of the time. There are times when she decides to crawl. She is also moving from one piece of furniture to another by herself.

We have been trying to be consistent with using sign language with Ruth. She has picked up the basic signs like “eat”, “more”, “bath”. “all finished”, “help!” which are now a common part of her vocabulary. We want to expand the signs she uses and understands, this seems to work well for her in communicating.

She has gone through some really cute stages this year too. She now plays peak-a-boo quite well. She has not quite mastered the idea that you aren’t supposed to peek in between your hands, but that ends up being soooo cute!

One of the more intriguing behaviour we saw this year was her “evicting” her stuffed toy from her bed before her afternoon nap. It was very cute and didn’t last too long. We think that she worked out that when she chucked everybody out there was nothing to play with when she woke.

Our little girl is now a traveler too. During the year we were able to get to celebrate the 50^th Anniversary of “Bethel Chapel” in Pointe Claire, Montreal. Bethel Chapel is the “home” church of the Jordan’s and have supported the Jordan’s since they joined YWAM in 1976. Bethel Chapel have included us in their support for which we are grateful. The folks at Bethel Chapel had not met Pete or Ruthie so we decided it was time to made the trip. Ruth did very well considering her routines were completely messed up. She made friends with the folks sitting in the rows behind us on the flight from Calgary to Toronto and the train ride from Toronto to Montreal and back. Ruthie won the hearts of lots of friends and relatives in both Toronto and Montreal.

In November we were on staff with YWAM Associates Renewal Gathering in Kona, Hawaii, and, again, Ruth did very well with all the traveling we did. We found out in Hawaii that she likes island music and dance. Her hands start moving in rhythm with the music and it doesn’t take a lot of imagination to see a kind of “hula”. We look forward to the time when she dances with her cousins.

Thank you all for your prayers as we continue to work with Youth With A Mission Associates International – our monthly support, as of January has been cut in half, but God continues to provide each and every need we have.

We will attach a few pictures of Ruthie so you can see how she is growing up. She is cutting her 4 eyeteeth right now, which is not a lot of fun for her, but she is a trooper!

Much love Pete, Laurie n Ruthie