Dear Laura, At nine months old you are bursting with new skills and abilities all the time. In the last few weeks you’ve figured out how to get onto your hands and knees. You quickly added rocking back and forth, crawling backwards, and now the tentative crawl/dive forwards. It won’t be long before you are…
Moments
First Week Home
Transitioning from our week in Utah has been a little rough. We’ve all agreed that one week was too short to be ready to go home. It takes us two weeks to feel that pull to return to normalcy. We’ve also had the hardest getting everyone back on EST. Being two hours behind the rest…
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Emily and Nathan were at school with their bibles and Emily would “read” a scripture and have Nathan repeat word for word, teaching him how to read. It was nonsensical but it sounded very scriptural. Andrew came home and cleaned off his bike and Emily ran out so they could clean hers too. Nathan helping…
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Laura has discovered her hands. Anytime they pop into her line of vision she intently stares at them. A few days ago I saw her with both hands up like she was playing the piano. Emily has been really gentle with Laura but also enjoys Laura being a little bit bigger and stronger. I often…
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Emily made this mobile out of sticks and pinecones a year ago as part of Joy School. Her friend’s new babies arrived shortly after but she patiently waited 8 months to excitedly share her present. Laura is finally starting to appreciate it. Playing with peg dolls and acting out a story (either Frozen, Nutcracker, or Chronicles…
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Last Friday I went on a early morning run by myself through some nearby trails. The tempreture was ideal and the sunrise so perfect I couldn’t help but snap a few pictures as I went. Nathan is starting to be more adventurous at the park. Last week he began walking outside without holding my hand –…
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Last night Nathan while I was nursing Nathan he sat up and pointed to a picture of Jesus. He said something that sounded like Jesus. I followed with, “Jesus”, which he repeated a few times. He went back to nursing, then sat up and pointed again. “Jesus.” He later found another picture of Jesus in…
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In July our neighbors found the biggest caterpillar we’ve ever seen. They put it in a jar and we spent the next 48 hours watching it spin it cocoon. It was a fascinating process. We discovered after a few days of neighborhood excitement that this particular moth spends the entire winter in its cocoon, so…
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Emily’s baby has a little red dress that my mom made for it around the time Nathan was born. She realized that she had a matching red dress and really wanted to put it on and take pictures with her baby. Then we realized that Nathan was wearing red too. Once everyone was in their…
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I have a goal to run a half marathon by the end of the summer. I feel like the act would officially put this last year of physical craziness behind us, as well as keep me focused on truly strengthening my body to get better. Emily and Nathan are becoming quite the training buddies riding…