Catching up

A lot has happened since I last posted.  I hate that I've let all these experiences pass without recording them here.  Hopefully I can remember. 

On April 25 we left Texas to move to Alabama.  We were sad to leave because there was so much we liked about being there, but because we found out shortly after we got there (10 months ago), we had lots of time to mentally and emotionally prepare.  We regret that we kind of checked-out as far as friendships and didn't really make much of an effort in that area.  Many years down the line our time in Texas will be a blip compared to everything else that's happened in our lives.

The move and all the craziness that comes with moving is the biggest reason I haven't blogged in such a long time.  The movers came on the 20 to pack up our stuff and then we moved into our new place on May 2nd.  We've been unpacking and orgainzing ever since.  We are proud to say we've done more unpacking and organizing in the 3 weeks we've been here than we did in 9 months in Texas. 

Luke started walking.  Once he started, he had it down.  I'm so proud of him.  He also started saying more words and signing more.  We're still struggling with the eating.  He's pretty picky.  But he had an 18 month well child check-up and his doctor isn't concerned.  Of course it would be great to get him eating anything and everything, but he's growing and learning, so I need to just relax a little bit.  He did qualify for early intervention, so we'll be having someone come out once a week or every other week to help us with his communication and his eating issues.

Micah is continuing to develop words and signs at an amazing rate.  It's probably not that unusual or spectacular, but it's so fun to see.  To help him with his transitions between activities, we started saying goodbye or goodnight to the objects he was playing with.  He was saying bye bye to everything in the playroom before nap today.  Then after I laid him down I could hear him over the monitor saying bye bye - probably to the objects in his room.  It's so funny.

Ever since they were born we've been skyping regularly with my parents.  As the boys have gotten older, they've understood it more and interacted more with them.  Right now my parents are in Japan, and the other night they were able to skype with us (it was morning for them).  The boys loved it.  Last night Micah saw the laptop and started asking, "Papa?"  It might have been "Baba" which is what he's called Grandma in the past.  Unfortunately they weren't available to skype, and neither were their other grandparents.  So Glen went into the office and called us on the laptop.  The boys were not too impressed.

Last weekend we got the boys a small pool for the yard.  We broke it out and they loved it.  Micah loves to be sprayed with the hose.  That was a shocker.  He would stand in the stream of water and when we turned it off, he'd sign more please.  Luke is more content just sitting in the pool with some cups or balls.  Every so often he'll go off by himself for a bit and then return a few minutes later.  That is a kid after my own heart.  It's fun that Micah's enjoyment of rough play and lots of interaction goes along with Glen's personality and Luke's introversion follows after me. 

One funny story from the pool.  Both boys were sitting in the water and using cups to pour water down their chests and stomachs.  I asked if it was cold on their bellies.  Micah went to a lot of effort to pull up his rash guard (shirt) to find his belly and then proceeded to pur water on his belly. 

Luke woke up this morning with a 102.3 fever.  He still was at 102 at noon when I laid him down.  I haven't checked his temp again, but it feels like he's cooled down.  I think Micah woke him up this morning before he was ready, so I laid him right back down after taking his temp and he slept until I went in to check on him at 8:45.  I worry that there's something seriously wrong, so I have a hard time just letting him sleep, which is probably just what he needs.  Both boys did sleep through the night last night, so I'm thankful for that. 

Well, I was going to add some pictures, but for some reason I can't get it to work.  And the boys are up and eating snacks in their highchairs, but they're ready to get down, so I don't have time to figure it out.