This is going to be a quick
post (mostly pics), but it's a doozy -- lots has happened since our last
post.
Lisa's b-day was last
Friday and so we had a couple nice / relaxing dinners (or as relaxing as any
meal with two small children can be). Ate some cake. Blew out candles. Opened
presents. Tons'o'fun.
The big present was that
Baby J decided to start crawling on Lisa's b-day. She wasn't 100% sure she
liked it for the first hour or two, but now, after a few days of practice, it's
become her preferred mode of getting into mischief. She's also figuring out the
whole clapping thing, which is darling. After months of thinking we'd find a
tooth, we finally feel one actually coming in. And as an added bonus, we've
started to put J on the potty seat after meals and have had several successes!
Suddenly all these milestones that seemed so far apart with E are rapid fire
with J.
It's been over three weeks
of living with E's cast and we're all getting along pretty well. He's going to
be shocked when the get well presents stop being delivered on a near daily
basis...which should be soon, since his cast is scheduled to come off this coming
Thursday! We are so thankful for all those gifts as they've really helped in
keeping him entertained and off his feet during this healing process.
One thing that didn't work
out so well was a Flight Simulator App that Opa downloaded. The first time he
and E were "flying" they ran out of gas over the ocean and crashed.
From what I understand, it was a fairly traumatic experience. They are not
planning to do any more flight simulations for quite some time.
Halloween was fun, even trick-or-treating
in the cold drizzle. We looked good with J as Pooh Bear, E as Tigger, Lisa with
Eeyore ears/tail, and me as Christopher Robbin -- though I think most people
thought I was just silly wearing a short sleeved polo and blue shorts in that
weather). E got the hang of asking for candy and J just liked all the
attention. They both got a $5 bill from the neighbor, so we went to Target the
next day and each kiddo painstakingly selected a single toy within the budget.
E even paid the clerk himself.
While Oma & Opa visited Tante Ness &
Uncle Tanner (and puppy, Kippen) at their new house in
Anchorage, Nana & Papa punched in for baby sitting. All those involved had
a great time which included trips to the airplane museum, their lake house, the
library, and the park. The goodbye was not as sad as most, since we'll be
seeing them for Thanksgiving!
And a quick, funny story to
leave you with. The other night E was playing on my phone while I got dinner
together and I heard the familiar Siri beep. Then E said, "What does the
fox say?" Siri, the master of understanding, replied. "There's no
need for such language." I nearly burned myself on the stove from laughing
so hard. Now, asking Siri has become a favorite game of his. About 25% of the
time she gets it, but the rest of the time, she reprimands him for cussing at
her.
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