I can hardly believe it is already close to the end of January! The days have been flying by and some days I can't seem to catch up! My long list of things I want to do is definitely never ending, but occasionally I just have to stop and breath and enjoy the moments! I wanted to write a blog because I haven't in way too long... I think I'll share some of the wonderful highlights with y'all!
Daniel, our almost 3 year old (in only 3 months - can you believe it?!), is full of wonderful moments again and again! That boy makes us laugh and laugh every day! His facial expressions are awesome... Whenever he thinks something is weird or he is looking intently at something, he totally arches his eyebrows. Lol. Sometimes it's hard to believe he's only 2! He has also been extra cute lately when people ask him questions. If he doesn't know the answer right away he says "Hmmm..." and puts his index finger up to his chin like he's thinking about it. He's also expanded his vocabulary quite a lot... He loves repeating most of what he hears now. This afternoon and evening the kids were helping me clean our house for a house showing tomorrow morning and afterwards I told them thank you so much for their help. Daniel then gave me the biggest smile and said "Did you appreciate it really much, Mommy?!" How cute is that?! I told him that I definitely did appreciate it really much! He is also very caring and if one of us ever gets hurt he asks right away what he can do (usually offering to get an ice pack for the hurt one - because you know that makes everything all better)! He still loves reading... I don't think that'll go away for a lifetime! He could seriously have people read to him all day and be good with that, even if it is the same five books over and over! He has now memorized so many books that he will sit down and "read" to Lydia, which is the cutest thing ever! I'm getting very excited to start teaching him preschool things in the next month or so - he and I will love it! We'll just see how much Lydia enjoys doing some activities when I get started with Daniel... :)
Lydia, our 16 1/2 month old, is also growing up a storm! She has been learning so many new words every day! And she is so adorable when she talks! One of the cutest things she says are "No, No!" which she mainly says to Daniel when he's doing something she doesn't think he should be doing... This happens quite frequently. Lol. ;) She has been a big cuddler lately and loves giving me big, long hugs which is amazing! She also puckers up and gives kisses quite frequently, although her older brother is already saying no to kisses most of the time from almost everyone. :( One of the cutest things lately that Lydia enjoys doing is singing and dancing with Daniel up in front of our fireplace, on their "stage"! She loves doing almost everything with Daniel (if she wakes up before him she will rush over to his door and say "knock, knock, knock, knock" (yes she just says it... doesn't really do the knocking) until he wakes up and comes out! Lol. Her favorite book lately has been "Brown Bear, Brown Bear", which she loves to bring to us constantly to read to her! Sometimes I forget that Lydia is now the age Daniel was when I had her... It's so weird at times because whereas I definitely saw him as a big boy when she was born, I still see her as my little baby, but definitely a growing one! :) I love when she lets me just rock and rock her at night! She is such a wonderful, dear daughter!
We are still busy, busy with support raising. We have been praying a lot lately that our full 100% will come in by May, and we are excited to see God continue bringing together our support team! I am getting SO excited to head over to Denver and get to know the students on the Auraria campus! I'm excited to be able to start looking at homes (once this home sells!) to rent, and just to start the next chapter of our lives! We are currently at 39% committed monthly support, which is super exciting and it is also awesome to know that there are so many others who have told us they want to start giving! Our God is so mighty and it's been so great seeing Him work through all of this!
Scott and I have also been doing great! I just started back on Weight Watchers this past week and have been doing the Couch to 5K program for my exercising. I feel great already and I'm excited to get healthier! Scott and I are looking forward to two weekends from now because we are going to Glenwood Springs for the weekend for some us time! My parents volunteered to watch the kiddos for us, and we are SO excited to have this time together to talk, rest, pray, and get ready for these upcoming months! We haven't planned out exactly what we'll be doing yet, but we'll be staying in some Hilton Hotel because we have points from our credit card which is pretty awesome! :)
Well, I wanted to say much more but this'll have to do for now. Scott is in Denver this afternoon until Thursday so that's why I had time to sit down and right a blog! He is seeing his brother, Geoffrey, tomorrow, which will be so nice since we haven't seen him since Thanksgiving! I have to wake up early to get the rest of the house ready, kids fed, and out of the house by 8:40 before our house showing! And I think I'm going to go make a fruit salad for me to eat before bed... I just worked out an hour ago so I'm starving! :(
Have a wonderful week!
