I’m still trying to catch up from last year and I don’t know if I will ever be caught up, but I can try! Here are some things that I am thankful for:
Going shopping for Kiera + Blake with birthday money given to them
The hat that Blake got given by a kind elderly man while at a store
Another cute hat
Standing!
Painting nails
The ornaments that the kids were given to hang on the tree
Fun $1 cups
Silliness
Her first lost tooth!
Getting more pictures than ever from family and friends
Kiera has started drawing a lot more since she started school. These make me smile.
Aren’t I attractive? ;)
Jared is lookin’ pretty hot, too! I’m glad she likes us. I like her, too!
Can you tell me what these last 4 are? I had trouble with them and she had to tell me what they were.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve updated specifically about what’s going on with each of my kids these days, so I figured I should do that. I’ll start with Kiera.
She is really enjoying school just like her Mom used to. She is starting to read and actually sound out words and recognize them, so that’s exciting for me! It opens up a whole new world! She is starting to spell words, too. It’s mostly the 3-letter words that she gets right but she’s off to a great start. She enjoys playing with the TinkerToys set that Blake got for Christmas and she makes things like these often with very little or no help:
I’ll update on Blake next
Blake is at an interesting stage. He bugs his sisters a lot and has trouble listening, but he makes us laugh a lot and adds a lot to our family. I find it very interesting how different he is from the girls. I recently finished reading “Bringing Up Boys” by Dr. James Dobson because I was feeling like, “I don’t know what to do with this kid!” He is a morning person and is often up around 7 a.m., which I know isn’t bad, but I am not a morning person and would prefer closer to 8 a.m. He also wants me to climb into his bed and cuddle with him every time he goes down for a nap or at bedtime. He always needs a hug, to give each other hard kisses on the cheeks and an eskimo kiss. I try to cherish those sweet times.
And then we have Haley:
She will be 18 months old next week and still isn’t walking, ha ha! She is taking after Kiera in the very late walking department. She is walking when we hold her hands and she can even do it if we just hold one hand, so I know walking by herself isn’t very far off. She is starting to climb more. Yesterday, I watched her climb onto a kitchen chair and then up onto the table. Yikes! One of my favorite things is she’ll reach her arms toward us and say, “Ug! Ug!” which means she wants a hug. So sweet! She is talking more and more as she tries to repeat the things we say. She says: Hi, ba-bye, na-night, Mama, Daddy, peese (please), tays (thanks), cheese and she’s constantly asking for muk (milk). I know there are more words that I’m not remembering but those are her main ones. She likes playing with the kids laptop we have, even though she doesn’t understand any of the games. As soon as she hears music, she starts dancing. My cousin said at Haley’s baby dedication that she will be a dancer, so we’ll see if that happens. It definitely looks promising! I can’t believe that my baby will be 2 years old this year. I’ve never had a 2-year-old and not had another baby.
So, that’s where my kids are at. I’m still struggling with health stuff and waiting for another round of blood tests, as there were a couple of concerns with my last round. I’ve been fighting a lot of fear with Scripture and worship. Work is going pretty good for Jared and he will be taking a 4-week course this spring, plus getting flown across the country to attend a seminar, so that’s cool! In spite of the trials I’m going through, God is still so good!
