Thursday, March 26, 2009

Well, I can't post any pictures right now because we had to ship the laptop off to get fixed. Something inside isn't working right and it's not charging.

I had to get up at 4:30 this morning to take Nathan to the airport. He called me from the Dillons parking lot after he had gotten gas and his truck wouldn't start. He's been having trouble with this for a while now but he's always gotten it to start after just a couple tries. We were just waiting for this to happen. He got it started after almost giving up and drove it home just after I got the kids in the car. We figured we wouldn't chance it breaking down on him so I drove him anyway. Well he drove there while I slept in the passenger seat and I drove home. LOL! That truck has given us way too many problems.

Anyway, Addison has been doing some new things. She's reaching and grabbing at things. She likes to lay on her play mat which has all kinds of toys dangling from the top. I put a teething toy on that and she likes to pull that into her mouth and suck on it. It's so cute to see her reach for things but not quite sure how to work her hands. I've also put her in the excersaucer already because she loves to stand just like Alex did. She does the same thing and reaches for things but can't quite figure out what to do with them. She can also roll on her side from laying on her back. I've been having her sleep on the guest bed but we really need to get the crib in the office because she's going to be rolling around soon. She had been sleeping through the night for about a week. Then, all of a sudden she was waking up twice a night. Now she's waking up once a night, which I can handle a lot better.

Alex has been doing really good with his potty training. He tells us now every time he needs to go pee pee. He can't seem to get number two down but I hear that takes a little more time. It just seemed to click for him one day and since then he's been doing awesome. It seemed to happen pretty soon after we had him going standing up like a big boy. We give him "dollars" whenever he goes. That's what he calls any kind of money. He usually asks specifically for pennys though which is fine with me. Then he runs and puts them in his "fast jet" piggy bank.

We've been going on walks a lot lately! Nathan all of a sudden got into all of this hiking, camping, survival stuff. I'm glad that it's something fun that I enjoy too and it's cheap since we have about everything you would need. I wish we had cool places to hike out here like Joanne and Jeremy do but we've been looking around at neat places to walk. We just discovered the Sedgewick county park which is huge and has lots of trails and play equipment. We were planning on camping out at my dad's farm for a trial run before we tried somewhere else but it was crazy windy the day we were going to go. We've been finding new routes around our neighborhood and walking farther to go get ice cream at different places. Wish we had a Bogeys! The kids really like it too! Addison seems to dig being outside just like Alex did! I've lost a couple more pounds too not even trying. LOL!

Nathan is going to be gone in Texas for today and tomorrow and then he's going to go out to St. Thomas over the weekend. He's not going to be out on the island for long enough to take good pictures though. :( I'm going to miss him but at least it's not for too long and I get to see him in between trips.

5 comments:

LivG said...

That's too bad about the truck. My car stalled yesterday, but I think it is OK now (fingers crossed).

Sounds like Addison is really growing! Chloe rolled over for the first time today:)

Anonymous said...

Ugh..cars! He he he...that's so funny that he likes pennies the best. I bet he'll be a little Jeremy with his money saving...he he he, if I were his age I would probably like a piece of candy way better than a piece of money that just goes in a piggy bank!

ttsjf said...

Come camping down here!!!! We totally have some woods for you to try out. Lots of firewood and trees and ponds. There might be cows out there.

tsbjf said...

This afternoon I was thinking that I hadn't talked to you in awhile and was wondering what was happening in your life. And you just happened to have a post when I checked tonight, how about that! A lot of bummers though, with the laptop and truck. Hopefully they'll get the laptop fixed in a jiffy so you can post more pics of your cuties! Sounds like Addison is doing all kinds of fun things! I really wish I could hold her.

Go Alex! He's big on the change, huh. I bet he thinks his piggy bank is the awesomest! Everything to be like daddy :) . Still keeping up with all the walking, sweet! That is fun. I hear ya, Kansas has those crazy windy days. Hopefully you'll get a chance to try that tent out!

Did you know that St. Thomas is where my parents were missionaries for a year after they got married? It's too bad Nathan won't be there long enough to take pics. He gets to fly to all kinds of cool places!

Jenny said...

I told Nathan that's where your parents did mission work. We need to catch up sometime soon!