2010
January--Our precious Malachi turned one and his daddy turned 28! Malachi's walking steps quickly turned into running ones. He gave up nursing and fell in love with a warm bottle of "moo juice".
February--We found out we had another little monkey on the way!! (Happy Valentine's Day to us!) We were ecstatic after finding out we were pregnant and in disbelief that it happened so soon! God is good!
March--After an inexperienced driver ran a stop sign, Molly, Malachi, and "the speck" were in a bad wreck, totalling Molly's car. Praise the Lord we were ALL safe and "the speck" checked out fine! Molly went down to Galveston with Steve to meet Pete and Lorie DeWorken (the founders/operators of One Mission: Galveston).
April--By God's provision, the insurance companies settled the wreck fiasco and it worked out for us to get a much more accomodating car for our family: a Mercury Mountaineer. After MUCH prayer, we made the decision to join the One Mission staff and both gave our resignations. Malachi's new favorite word is "Ball!"
May--After 7 months of constant ear infections, Malachi got tubes put in! Success! Malachi gave up the bottle, we celebrated five years of marriage, and Steve moved to Galveston on May 1st to begin working while Molly, Malachi, and "the speck" stayed to finish the school year and pack up the house.
June--IT'S A BOY!!! Molly goes on the annual family vacation to North Carolina but had to go without Steve this year. Boo! Upon returning, it's packing time! Steve found the perfect rental house for our needs! On June 25th we are back in ONE house as a family after two months of craziness! Welcome to the island!
July--Time to unpack! Steve was working practically non-stop at this point, running constant groups of hundreds of volunteers every week. Malachi began cutting his molars...AHHH!!! Molly and Malachi spent a lot of time on the beach!
(Malachi eating a tar ball after the oil spill)
August--The summer rush ended and we drove to Virginia to meet the One Misson Board and to spend some quality time as a family and with Pete and Lorie (they are from there). On our way back, we stop in North Carolina for a few days of absolute NOTHING (woo hoo!) and relax as a family. Upon returning to Galveston, we were greeted with enormous health insurance bills. Boo! Malachi discovered movies during this month! Disney Pixar...thank you!!
September--We painted Zeek's room and got it all set-up for him and finished getting things ready for his upcoming arrival. Molly had the unfortunate experience of a root canal this month. Malachi's all-time favorite word continues to be "ball!"
October--Ezekiel Kaleb Milillo arrives on the 25th!! 7lbs 7oz and a healthy 21 inches long! We bid farewell to income this month as did the rest of the One Mission staff. Malachi becomes a big brother and our family of four is complete (for now, at least).
November--Turkey time! Thanksgiving was a bit different this year: our families came to the island and we had one big Thanksgiving at the Mission! Molly had to sit out from her usual Black Friday shopping this year, but we received the news this month that we were approved for a new private health insurance plan that was less than half of what we had to pay for just Molly and the boys!! Wahoo!!
December--Malachi was approved for Medicaid!!! After getting his approval letter, we applied for Newborn Medicaid for Zeek. Our first Christmas on the island was truly impactful and amazing! Some incredible people (most of whom we haven't even met) blessed our family tremendously by providing not only needs for us, but they even fulfilled our wants!! Wow!!!!!! Molly celebrated her 26th birthday and Malachi's favorite word remains to be "BALL!"
The incredible outpouring of love from the Hastings Bible Study class at Bear Creek!
(taken at my mom's house before we brought it all down to Galveston)
So that's our 2010 wrap-up! Sorry it took us until the middle of January to get it done, but things have been nuts in the Milillo household! We will keep you updated with the happenings of 2011!!!
Keep checking back!
Living and loving the call,
the Milillo fam
the Milillo fam
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