We have had a large motor skills week. Will learned to ride a two wheeler and Sarah learned to walk. Hooray!! They are both so proud of themselves. Will gets this I'm so cool look on his face that is priceless.
Sarah has been close to walking for a while but yesterday she figured that she didn't have to just dive into my arms after a few steps. She could keep walking and steer to get where she wanted. She still laughs the whole time she is doing it. Still not steady though. I get scared if she gets to close to furniture because if she falls she'll get hurt. She has a scrape on her forehead from the sidewalk outside where she was walking behind a scooter and fell. She is cute and happy and has figured out the joys of Cadbury's Mini Eggs.
Will is into Star Wars. When Coray was giving his talk in Church, Will was watching him closely and then looked at me and whispered, "Am I going to be a man when I grow up?" Cute except that he has decided against it and has chosen to be a Star Wars clone instead just not on the same team as "Darf Vader". I wish I was three again. He figured out the two wheeler in two tries. Coray was cleaning out the garage and I took the training wheels off an extra bike we had and asked Will to come try it. He wouldn't let me let go but I showed him how to balance. Then Coray helped and did let go and Will could do it. So we walked over to the park where there is a big basketball court and he rode his bike for an hour. He loved it. He still goes a little too fast and turns a little too sharp for me to not worry but he hardly ever falls. The bike is a little too big for him so he can't start by himself. To stop he swings his leg over to the side and jumps off the bike running. Very cute and brave for the most cautious of my children.
Jonathan's soccer team is still undefeated in indoor. We will see if they can carry it through to spring ball that starts in a few weeks. Mostly he is counting down the days until August when he can start football. Hopefully he won't be disappointed. I think I will get him in a BYU football camp this summer. He loves it.
Abby set up her first lemonade stand this year. We have lots of construction traffic and realtors, etc. and all are very nice to stop. She is already planning for the parade of homes and plans on making all kinds of money.
There is a lot of potential for AE. Things could start happening here soon. I just hope to somehow get in a Hawaii trip before Coray finishes the Airport contract. Maybe for our 11th anniversary since our tenth came and went without much acknowledgement thanks to new house, new baby and all kinds of stress. We shall see.
We are doing well and love hearing from you all.
Mindy
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
2007-03-18 Michelle's Update
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March 18, 2007Hi Everyone,
It is another beautiful day here. It's been great. It makes me excited for the summer. We have spent our days jumping on the trampoline, riding bikes, going for walks, playing at the park, drawing with our sidewalk chalk, playing red light green light, and just sitting outside on the porch. SO NICE!!! It is supposed to cool off this week again. We all got sunburned yesterday. Oops. I forget how easy it is to get sunburned here. The sun feels good though.
We are getting excited to come to Utah on Friday. The girls talk about our LONG drive to Utah often. They have a nice list of snacks they want me to pack in the car. And they want their pillows and blankets too and will demonstrate for me how they will fall asleep in the car. I doubt that they will though. Justin I am hoping will. He has weaned himself to one nap a day. It's about 3 hours long, which is wonderful. He is also on whole milk now and faces forward in the car. He's a big boy, that's for sure.
Justin turns 1 on Wednesday. He has been full-time walking now for about 2 weeks. He refuses to crawl. He hardly ever falls down anymore except when he tries to run. He is getting better at running. It makes me laugh to watch him do it. His right arm moves in circles while he does it and half the time he ends up face planting. He stand right back up and keeps on walking. He is no longer allowed in the baby room at the YMCA now that he is a walker. Kind of sad. I bought him his first pair of tevas, which are very funny on him. For the first few hours he had them on he refused to walk, but he refused to crawl too so he just stood there. Kind of paralyzed and not sure what to do. So he would squat down. Then stand back up. Pretty funny. He is walking in them fine now though, but much slower. When I take the shoes off he runs away from me as fast as he can laughing. He claps his hands together and says "yea!" over and over. He also says pancake (my favorite), car, mom, dad, bottle, and more. Hans still asserts that gong means hungry. He eats three pancakes and a sausage link for breakfast. Then most of a yogurt and half a pbj sandwhich for lunch. A snack. And then more dinner then either of the girls. He enjoys his mealtimes. We had a party for him for his birthday last night and he LOVED the cake and then was wired. He had two whole peices. He ate every last crumb. He has started pulling the tops of his bottles off and dumping the milk everywhere. This is why I had to take the seats out of the van and steam clean the carpets and wipe all the seats and windows down. Thankfully we have leather seats.
The girls are well. Katelyn calls Justin Bustin boon. Not sure why. It's funny though. This morning while I was getting ready for Church I overheard the girls playing that their babies were spirits in heaven coming to Earth. So cute. And Ashley was singing "I lived in Heaven" in her opera voice. Katelyn has completely mastered the two-wheel bike. It's crazy to watch her ride around on that so fast and she is so little. I have to really speed walk to keep up with her. Ashley, on the other hand, prefers to walk. She is still a little scared of her bike, although she rides it just great. They have had fun with the nicer weather and it's wearing them out. They are really tired at night. I love that they can get so much exercise.
Hans has been busy meeting with dental consultants. He also finished our TV stand, which looks great. It looks better then the picture I gave him to copy. He's wishing he didn't do such a good job because now I want him to make me end tables and a coffee table. He is planning on doing the radon while I am in Utah and then onto crown moulding. I have a never-ending list of projects for him, which is why he's been meeting with dental consultants. He says he needs someone to help him do everything since he doesn't have the time.
Well, hope all is well with all of you! We're excited to see you this weekend,
Michelle
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Heavily Processed Food Makes Pathetic Nutritional Claims
A delicious yellow cake with creme filling covered in white icing and trimmed with fudge stripes. Twin-wrapped 10 to a carton.
CHATTANOOGA, TN—In a move that industry observers are already calling desperate, McKee Foods today unveiled new packaging for Little Debbie Zebra Cakes that attempts to emphasize the snack's feeble nutritional value.
"When people think about getting five percent of their niacin intake, we want them to think of Zebra Cakes," said spokeswoman Celeste Freid, who showed an early prototype of the new design's bright bold claims that Zebra Cakes offer "some vitamin C" and contain "almost one percent of your recommended thiamin mononitrate." "People will know just by looking at the box that every 200 Zebra Cakes fulfills their daily fiber requirements."
Though consumer Max Swindel, of Westport, MA, claimed the new approach is a "waste of money," he did concede the snack's original claims of "Delicious!" "Yummy!" and "Scrumptious!" were dangerous understatements.
2007-03-12 Mindy's Update
It is 2:36 a.m and I can't sleep so lucky you guys. No big news to report. Life goes on here whether we want it to or not. Will hasn't had a very good start to his week. He had a fight with Nana's toilet and lost . Poor guy can't pee without screaming bloody murder. Now I think he has an ear infection. He spent our first 80 degree day wrapped in a blanket taking naps. I will get him into the doctor tomorrow and hopefully he will be on the mend. Jonathan is making a few neighbor friends. He started a new soccer season and is still undefeated. He is ending his losing basketball season. He learned a lot though and shows some promise to at least being as good as his mom :)
Abby is getting taller everyday. She is close to mastering the back walkover at gymnastics and is going to be an elephant and a flower in her Alice in Wonderland recital.
Sarah is getting close to walking. She can walk on her knees which looks really funny. She is a busy body. She loves exploring in our cupboards, particularly the kitchen cupboard full of poison. Needless to say, the cupboard is now empty. She has figured out how to go down our stairs, climb up and slide down our little slide and how to climb in the bath and turn the water on. She loves the bath.
Coray is now the stake referee and gets to ref all the YM/YW games. Just one more thing to add to already too full plate. We are anxious to landscape and will start taking donations. It turns out it is very expensive if you actually want bushes, flowers and trees and a swing set. Oh yeah and grass. Maybe some day.
Our spring break is April 18-20 and we would love to take a trip to Boise. We would love to see the Ashtons and the Egberts at the end of March too.
We love you guys.
Mindy
Monday, March 12, 2007
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
2007-02-25 Mindy's sermon on humility
Introduction: Met at BYU, married eleven years in May, Jonathan 9, Abby 6, Will 3, Sarah 10 months.
Moved in the ward the day it split in November. Figured we would be safe from speaking since nobody knew who we were. But we were called to speak on humility which didn’t surprise me at all because I am the perfect example of humility and no one else could give a better talk on it than I could. Actually humility is one of those traits that if you think you have it you don’t so you need to try to develop it without ever thinking you developed it. This talk, as in all the talks I have been assigned, have taught me what I needed to learn at that time in my life. I am thankful to a Heavenly Father who knows me better than I know myself and who wants me to become better than what I am.
At this time in my life I am doing children. They take all my time, energy and emotional strength. On a lot of days I feel like almost anyone could do a better job with my kids than I am doing. My tendency is to surrender and say my best just isn’t good enough, I can’t do it. And I think that has to be humility right. There is no pride in thinking I am doing a mediocre job as a mom. But from this talk I have learned I need to work on my humility. I was putting my role as a mother higher than God’s role as a Heavenly Father. I was thinking I should be able to give and do everything for my children that they needed. In reality I don’t have what they need most. They need a Savior; they need the Atonement. I need to be more humble and recognize my dependence on my Savior not only for my salvation but also for my children’s. Of course I can’t do everything. I can only do my best and my Savior will make up the difference.
So I have started working on becoming more humble. To be humble is to recognize gratefully my dependence on the Lord—to understand that I have constant need for His support. There will never be a time in my life when I will be beyond the need of protection and care of God. I need to recognize my dependence on God, but I need more than just a knowledge and testimony of my dependence on God and my need for a Savior. I need to learn to subject my will to His will. I need to recognize that God’s ways are infinitely superior to my ways and learn to allow Him to mold me into what He wants me to become not what I want to become.
I think we all want to be good and faithful servants. We all want to be saved. Elder Oaks said that the Final Judgment is more than what we have done. It is what we have become. Elder Eyring said “the things we do are the means, not the end we seek. What we do allows the Atonement of Jesus Christ to change us into what we must be.” The gospel of Jesus Christ is a plan that shows us how to become what our Heavenly Father desires us to become. Part of that plan is agency. God will not force us into the people He wants us to be. He desires to preserve our agency. We must be teachable enough to allow Him to bring to pass our immortality and eternal life. That is why humility and meekness are crucial. They offset our agency.
Elder Maxwell said “The Father and our Savior desire to lead us through love, for if we were merely driven where They wish us to go, we would not be worthy to be there, and, surely, we could not stay there. They are Shepherds, not sheepherders.” Compare that with Satan’s plan where we had no agency. Our agency is essential to becoming perfect, so our humility is essential to complement our agency. We need to be humble enough to follow where they lead.
Reaching our potential and becoming perfect is often achieved more readily by suffering and adversity than by comfort and tranquility. When Joseph Smith was in Liberty jail he pleads with the Lord for peace and protection from his suffering. He was promised that “thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; and then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high” (D&C 121:7–8).
Though maybe not to the same extent as Joseph, all of us experience some measure of the refiners fire. A truly humble person would accept the Lord’s will for our lives. Instead of shrugging our shoulders in surrender and complaining or wishing it away, we would square our shoulders. We would ask what we should learn, what we are being taught. Then, through the justice and mercy of a loving Father in Heaven, the refinement and sanctification possible through such experiences can help us reach what God desires us to become.
Jesus Christ is our greatest example of humility. In that premortal council Jesus meekly and humbly volunteered to aid the Father’s plan, He said, “Here am I, send me.” (Abr. 3:27.) Elder Maxwell said, “Never has one individual offered… to do so much for so many, as did Jesus, when He meekly proffered Himself as ransom for all of us, billions upon billions of us!” Jesus said to the Father, “thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.” Contrast that with Satan who said, “I will do it, wherefore give me thine honor.” Satan wanted to rule and Christ wanted to serve. Jesus wanted men to come to Him and Satan wanted to be above men.
Elder Amorim in an Ensign article spoke about Christ’s humilty. “From the moment of His birth, the Savior taught humility through His actions. The great Creator of all things (see John 1:3) condescended to be born into the humblest of circumstances. He entered mortality in a shelter for animals and was laid in a manger, a crib that was also used for the feeding of animals. His first visitors were humble shepherds (see Luke 2:7–20).
As Jesus began to perform miracles in Galilee, His fame spread throughout the region. Many people flocked to Him, some desiring to be healed, while others were simply curious. To the sick and afflicted He often said, “Thy faith hath made thee whole,” emphasizing the role of the healed, rather than that of the Healer, in the miracle of healing. 1 And when a leper came, saying, “If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean” (Mark 1:40), Jesus healed him, saying, “See thou say nothing to any man” (Mark 1:44). Jesus repeated this instruction after many of His miracles, reflecting a deeply held desire that His miracles be done and received in humility and primarily in private. 2
Following His miraculous feeding of the 5,000, some among the multitude wanted to make Him their king. Such popularity and power would have severely tempted or corrupted most people. But Jesus ignored the intoxicating influence of the praise of the world, departing into a mountain to be alone (see John 6:15). On another occasion of grand public acclamation, Jesus rode triumphantly into Jerusalem. The crowds shouted words of praise, spreading before Him their cloaks and tree branches (see Matt. 21:8–9). However, Jesus chose on this occasion to ride upon a donkey, a recognized Messianic symbol of humility (see Zech. 9:9).
Service is always an opportunity to cultivate humility. Jesus demonstrated this when He knelt and washed the feet of the Apostles. “Know ye what I have done?” He asked them. “I have given you an example, that … the servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him” (John 13:12, 15–16).
Finally, in His hours of greatest suffering, Jesus subjected Himself to the Father. And in perhaps His greatest act of humility, He allowed Himself to be hung upon the cross. His last words in mortality typify His teachings on humility. After Jesus uttered the words “It is finished” (John 19:30), He also declared that His Father’s will had been done (see Joseph Smith Translation, Matt. 27:54). He then bowed His head and gave up the ghost.”
During His mortal ministry, He always acknowledged that His strength came because of His dependence on His Father. He said: "I can of mine own self do nothing. . . . I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me" (John 5:30).
Though ever supernal in His achievements, Christ always, always gave the glory to the Father whether in the first, second, or now in the third estate. He was and is Lord of the universe, who under the direction of the Father created “worlds without number” (Moses 1:33). Yet He was willingly known as Jesus of Nazareth, the carpenter’s son. He always knew who He was! He meekly partook of history’s most bitter cup without becoming bitter.
A joke Elder Maxwell used was if the meek were to inherit the earth, they would have to start being more aggressive about it. People think of meekness and humility and a weakness. It is not a respected character trait in the world. But humility is an acknowledgment that our talents and abilities are gifts from God. It is not a sign of weakness, timidity, or fear; it is an indication that we know where our true strength lies. We can be both humble and fearless. We can be both humble and courageous. Humility is self respect instead of self centeredness. In humility we can offer our talents and time and self with which we are blessed—to be at God’s and His children’s disposal. In fact that is all we have to offer him. He wants our hearts but He won’t take away our agency and so we have to offer them freely and willingly.
After Moses had a vision and beheld the world and the creation and then the presence of God withdrew¸ he said, “Now I know that man is nothing, which thing I never had supposed.” (Moses 1:10) He had felt the power of God and felt more keenly his own weakness and dependence. But he also knew he wanted to be near that power and glory. He knew he was a Son of God and that his dependence and trust in Jesus was where his own power would lie.
The Lord will strengthen us as we humble ourselves before Him. Bishop Edgley said, “Humbly submitting our will to the Father brings us the empowerment of God—the power of humility. It is the power to meet life’s adversities, the power of peace, the power of hope, the power of a heart throbbing with a love for and testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ, even the power of redemption. To this end, the Savior is our supreme example of the power of humility and submissiveness. After all, His submitting His will to the Father brought about the greatest, and even the most powerful, event in all of history. Perhaps some of the most sacred words in all the scriptures are simply, “Not my will, but thine, be done” (Luke 22:42).
I am thankful for my Savior. For his humility and strength in doing the Father’s will. For His sacrifice for me.
Testimony.
Mindy Christensen
February 25, 2007
Moved in the ward the day it split in November. Figured we would be safe from speaking since nobody knew who we were. But we were called to speak on humility which didn’t surprise me at all because I am the perfect example of humility and no one else could give a better talk on it than I could. Actually humility is one of those traits that if you think you have it you don’t so you need to try to develop it without ever thinking you developed it. This talk, as in all the talks I have been assigned, have taught me what I needed to learn at that time in my life. I am thankful to a Heavenly Father who knows me better than I know myself and who wants me to become better than what I am.
At this time in my life I am doing children. They take all my time, energy and emotional strength. On a lot of days I feel like almost anyone could do a better job with my kids than I am doing. My tendency is to surrender and say my best just isn’t good enough, I can’t do it. And I think that has to be humility right. There is no pride in thinking I am doing a mediocre job as a mom. But from this talk I have learned I need to work on my humility. I was putting my role as a mother higher than God’s role as a Heavenly Father. I was thinking I should be able to give and do everything for my children that they needed. In reality I don’t have what they need most. They need a Savior; they need the Atonement. I need to be more humble and recognize my dependence on my Savior not only for my salvation but also for my children’s. Of course I can’t do everything. I can only do my best and my Savior will make up the difference.
So I have started working on becoming more humble. To be humble is to recognize gratefully my dependence on the Lord—to understand that I have constant need for His support. There will never be a time in my life when I will be beyond the need of protection and care of God. I need to recognize my dependence on God, but I need more than just a knowledge and testimony of my dependence on God and my need for a Savior. I need to learn to subject my will to His will. I need to recognize that God’s ways are infinitely superior to my ways and learn to allow Him to mold me into what He wants me to become not what I want to become.
I think we all want to be good and faithful servants. We all want to be saved. Elder Oaks said that the Final Judgment is more than what we have done. It is what we have become. Elder Eyring said “the things we do are the means, not the end we seek. What we do allows the Atonement of Jesus Christ to change us into what we must be.” The gospel of Jesus Christ is a plan that shows us how to become what our Heavenly Father desires us to become. Part of that plan is agency. God will not force us into the people He wants us to be. He desires to preserve our agency. We must be teachable enough to allow Him to bring to pass our immortality and eternal life. That is why humility and meekness are crucial. They offset our agency.
Elder Maxwell said “The Father and our Savior desire to lead us through love, for if we were merely driven where They wish us to go, we would not be worthy to be there, and, surely, we could not stay there. They are Shepherds, not sheepherders.” Compare that with Satan’s plan where we had no agency. Our agency is essential to becoming perfect, so our humility is essential to complement our agency. We need to be humble enough to follow where they lead.
Reaching our potential and becoming perfect is often achieved more readily by suffering and adversity than by comfort and tranquility. When Joseph Smith was in Liberty jail he pleads with the Lord for peace and protection from his suffering. He was promised that “thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; and then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high” (D&C 121:7–8).
Though maybe not to the same extent as Joseph, all of us experience some measure of the refiners fire. A truly humble person would accept the Lord’s will for our lives. Instead of shrugging our shoulders in surrender and complaining or wishing it away, we would square our shoulders. We would ask what we should learn, what we are being taught. Then, through the justice and mercy of a loving Father in Heaven, the refinement and sanctification possible through such experiences can help us reach what God desires us to become.
Jesus Christ is our greatest example of humility. In that premortal council Jesus meekly and humbly volunteered to aid the Father’s plan, He said, “Here am I, send me.” (Abr. 3:27.) Elder Maxwell said, “Never has one individual offered… to do so much for so many, as did Jesus, when He meekly proffered Himself as ransom for all of us, billions upon billions of us!” Jesus said to the Father, “thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.” Contrast that with Satan who said, “I will do it, wherefore give me thine honor.” Satan wanted to rule and Christ wanted to serve. Jesus wanted men to come to Him and Satan wanted to be above men.
Elder Amorim in an Ensign article spoke about Christ’s humilty. “From the moment of His birth, the Savior taught humility through His actions. The great Creator of all things (see John 1:3) condescended to be born into the humblest of circumstances. He entered mortality in a shelter for animals and was laid in a manger, a crib that was also used for the feeding of animals. His first visitors were humble shepherds (see Luke 2:7–20).
As Jesus began to perform miracles in Galilee, His fame spread throughout the region. Many people flocked to Him, some desiring to be healed, while others were simply curious. To the sick and afflicted He often said, “Thy faith hath made thee whole,” emphasizing the role of the healed, rather than that of the Healer, in the miracle of healing. 1 And when a leper came, saying, “If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean” (Mark 1:40), Jesus healed him, saying, “See thou say nothing to any man” (Mark 1:44). Jesus repeated this instruction after many of His miracles, reflecting a deeply held desire that His miracles be done and received in humility and primarily in private. 2
Following His miraculous feeding of the 5,000, some among the multitude wanted to make Him their king. Such popularity and power would have severely tempted or corrupted most people. But Jesus ignored the intoxicating influence of the praise of the world, departing into a mountain to be alone (see John 6:15). On another occasion of grand public acclamation, Jesus rode triumphantly into Jerusalem. The crowds shouted words of praise, spreading before Him their cloaks and tree branches (see Matt. 21:8–9). However, Jesus chose on this occasion to ride upon a donkey, a recognized Messianic symbol of humility (see Zech. 9:9).
Service is always an opportunity to cultivate humility. Jesus demonstrated this when He knelt and washed the feet of the Apostles. “Know ye what I have done?” He asked them. “I have given you an example, that … the servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him” (John 13:12, 15–16).
Finally, in His hours of greatest suffering, Jesus subjected Himself to the Father. And in perhaps His greatest act of humility, He allowed Himself to be hung upon the cross. His last words in mortality typify His teachings on humility. After Jesus uttered the words “It is finished” (John 19:30), He also declared that His Father’s will had been done (see Joseph Smith Translation, Matt. 27:54). He then bowed His head and gave up the ghost.”
During His mortal ministry, He always acknowledged that His strength came because of His dependence on His Father. He said: "I can of mine own self do nothing. . . . I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me" (John 5:30).
Though ever supernal in His achievements, Christ always, always gave the glory to the Father whether in the first, second, or now in the third estate. He was and is Lord of the universe, who under the direction of the Father created “worlds without number” (Moses 1:33). Yet He was willingly known as Jesus of Nazareth, the carpenter’s son. He always knew who He was! He meekly partook of history’s most bitter cup without becoming bitter.
A joke Elder Maxwell used was if the meek were to inherit the earth, they would have to start being more aggressive about it. People think of meekness and humility and a weakness. It is not a respected character trait in the world. But humility is an acknowledgment that our talents and abilities are gifts from God. It is not a sign of weakness, timidity, or fear; it is an indication that we know where our true strength lies. We can be both humble and fearless. We can be both humble and courageous. Humility is self respect instead of self centeredness. In humility we can offer our talents and time and self with which we are blessed—to be at God’s and His children’s disposal. In fact that is all we have to offer him. He wants our hearts but He won’t take away our agency and so we have to offer them freely and willingly.
After Moses had a vision and beheld the world and the creation and then the presence of God withdrew¸ he said, “Now I know that man is nothing, which thing I never had supposed.” (Moses 1:10) He had felt the power of God and felt more keenly his own weakness and dependence. But he also knew he wanted to be near that power and glory. He knew he was a Son of God and that his dependence and trust in Jesus was where his own power would lie.
The Lord will strengthen us as we humble ourselves before Him. Bishop Edgley said, “Humbly submitting our will to the Father brings us the empowerment of God—the power of humility. It is the power to meet life’s adversities, the power of peace, the power of hope, the power of a heart throbbing with a love for and testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ, even the power of redemption. To this end, the Savior is our supreme example of the power of humility and submissiveness. After all, His submitting His will to the Father brought about the greatest, and even the most powerful, event in all of history. Perhaps some of the most sacred words in all the scriptures are simply, “Not my will, but thine, be done” (Luke 22:42).
I am thankful for my Savior. For his humility and strength in doing the Father’s will. For His sacrifice for me.
Testimony.
Mindy Christensen
February 25, 2007
Monday, March 5, 2007
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March 4, 2007Hi Everyone,
Attached are some pictures of Justin. He is growing big. He is 20 lbs and some ounces as of today. He got to spend the morning with Hans at the Urgent care with his 7th ear infection. He's had a low grade fever all week, but I thought it was related to other things. But the past two days he has been miserable and inconsolable. Not the Justin I know and love. He was getting his four molars as well so who knew it was his ears...again! So now we get to do tubes. He is my only baby to have ear infections and need tubes. For that I am grateful. He is miserable. He started walking about three weeks ago. He can walk all the way down our hallway to the kitchen, which is quite the distance. He is impressive. As of a few days ago he isn't walking or standing steady either. Should have also clued me into the ear infection thing. He figured out how to back down things finally. He is very proud of himself. He likes to climb up things like the stairs or slides and then back down them. He also loves to wrestle with Katelyn and Hans. He is much more verbal and tries to say things all the time. He loves to eat except for the last week due to the ears, and loves to stand up at the table with us. He is one on the 21st.
The girls are well. They amuse me. Ashley said to Hans, "Why aren't you going to school anymore?" He says, "Because I graduated. Remember? That's why we moved away from Maryland to Colorado?" Ashley says, "I guess I just didn't notice." It was cute. I'm glad she didn't really notice all the stress and transitions too. Now she says things to me like, "Justin never got sick until we came to Colorado" or "it's always cold here in Colorado, not like Maryland." Then I ask her if she likes it in Colorado and if she'd like to stay forever and she says, "hmmm...I guess so. It seems like a nice place." She is growing big. She is my super helper. I really don't think I could do it without her sometimes. Not really fair for a 28 year old to be relying on a 4 year old, but I felt better about it this morning when I was talking to her about that and she said, "mom, I have plenty of time to play. I just play, play, play." How did I get such a mature, well-adjusted person?
Katelyn is still my spunky three year old. She is starting to need friends of her own as Ashley's aren't cutting it anymore and she gets bored when Ashley is at school. I try to play with her as best as I can. She likes to coach me on my English. She says, "Mom, say mar...(I say it)...Now say ker, (I say it)...Good job, mom!!! You just said marker!" She is a good cheerleader. If I do anything she applauds me. It's quite nice:)
Hans is so great to me. He has been so helpful. I'm so grateful I have a husband who spends time with us and enjoys being with us and the kids. He gets tired, but he keeps on going. I'm impressed with him. He has a lot going on right now. He did fix several cavities on me this week as well. It's fun to see him there at the office working like crazy. He never has a minute to sit down. It's crazy. I'm worried that when he gets his own office he'll be bored. The company took us out to dinner on Friday night, which was great. Why do I enjoy a free dinner so much more then one I pay for?
Hope everyone has a good week.
Love, Michelle
2007-02-26 Michelle's update
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February 26, 2007Hi Everyone,
I don't usually feel this way about a week, where I'm glad it's over. But this one I am glad is over.
I'm grateful for my kids. They are great.
Hope all is well for all of you,
Michelle
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