So, now we're home and in the daily grind of life again. Danny is busy with work, guard, school, school and more school. It takes up a lot of time. Nate had a eye appt today. His vision was up to 20/25 which is fabulous from were we started at like 20/400 when he was 3. We're very happy with his progress. So the Dr wants to keep him patching 4 hrs a day and see him in a month and if there is no more improvement then we'll drop to just 2 hrs a day until we are finally weaned from the patching. But we're thrilled with his vision at this point. Josh is doing well in school. We are working on his alphabet and him recognizing his letters. He doesn't tell me a lot of what he learns at school because he says it's a secret. You'd think that would raise some red flags but he tells me that about his church lessons too. He's just a stinker, super stubborn boy. Colton is working on his speech. It really has come ten fold since this summer. He's trying really hard to say things. We have flash cards with the alphabet on one side and pictures on the other. So, we go through the alphabet with Josh and then we do the same with Colton on the pictures. He really has a desire and thirst for words right now and we are super excited. Next on the agenda is going to be potty training. We want him trained by June for our trip to Yellowstone. Audrey has mastered her army crawl; she has now moved onto trying to stand. She wants so badly to pull herself up onto things. Currently she has a big scrap on her cheek because of her efforts to stand. She loves our piano, she will sit there and "sing" while she plays. It's so adorable, she's so adorable. And well, me, you can sum it all up in one word: mom. Whatever mom's do, that's what I'm doing. My work never ends. But I'm trying to find little treasures in life. I've been spending more time on the floor with the kids just playing and laughing. My house has suffered from it but my kids seem a little happier. Just this afternoon, we were geocaching in the woods and all 3 boys were running a head of us into an open meadow. I watched as they ran and marveled at the sight. It was a moment in my life that I wish I had had a camera to capture the image of them in the beautuful fall scene as they then stopped to look at a ditch. It was a picture that could have summed up my boys' curiosity, innocence, vivaciousness for life all in one. It's just hard to explain what I was feeling. And of course my Audrey girl was happily playing in the stroller as I pushed her. I guess it was a moment in my life of quiet contentment and joy. So, with that, I think it catches everyone one for now.
Here are some pictures that I took of the kids before our camera went on the fritz- (hehehe, like the pun there?) I just needed a new post to look at.
I wanted one of all the kids lined up like this but notice we have no Nate.
Oh, wait there he is. What's he doing over there? He's mad at us. He's refusing to get in our picture because something was said to tick him off. I begged and pleaded for him to join us to no avail. Only when the other kids had enough pictures and the camera put up did he want to take a picture.
Josh loving his "gull"
Colton loves his little sissy.
She's the light of her daddy's eye's. Daddy love's tickle time.
My Josh and me. I love that little boy's smile.
2 comments:
Boy you guys look like and sound like your having a lot of fun and being busy at the same time. Is colton bigger then josh? or is that just the picture? Have a great week. I see on the news you guys have some great weather today.
oh, maybe when you come to Yellowstone you can come by here, or we could meet you there for a day. It's only two hours from us and we go there on a regular basis....let me know if we can work something out!
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