We are into the schedule, in the thick of it I’d say. We are still debating the house situation and I’m determined not to let it get stressful. It’s so easy to let something that starts out fun, suddenly become burdensome. Change is not what’s hard for me, it’s decisions. I have never liked to commit to a certain course lest I somehow find that I was wrong. I don’t like to be wrong. I look at this house and I love it but I wonder if I would like the neighbors. Can I interview them and see if I like them before I buy? Will the sloping backyard be a huge deal? I just don’t know. That’s why I defer all of this to God and ask Him to please tell me what to do.
School is proving to be exactly what I’d hoped for Owen. He loves to go and loves to show me all the fun things he was able to do. He is enjoying the other kids for the most part. He is a little unused to being on the outside, but that will change. Several of the kids go to church together there at First Baptist Mt. Juliet and as they have already formed their friendships he is sometimes excluded from their play. He always speaks positively though, and assures me that he still likes all of them. I think this attitude will serve him well and I try to encourage him to choose to be happy no matter what.
Ivan and I have bonded a little more. I just can’t say enough about the little character that is Ivan. He is fun to be around and I only wish I could splash his little sayings and mis-sayings onto my screen for you to enjoy. There are too many to recount them all. I will convey two that he seems to be doing a lot lately. Whenever we are in anything close to a dark or overshadowed place he will say…”mommy, it dawk and ‘pooky in dewe.” Which, if you can’t read Ivan means…it’s dark and spooky in there. He also likes to say what he sees along the side of the road. I don’t know if any of you remember the movie, “Forget Paris” and the scene where Billy Crystal’s character is driving around town with his father-in-law, listening to him read the signs as they pass them, but that is exactly what this makes me think of. From the seat behind me I hear Ivan’s little voice repeating…”mailbox, mailbox, mailbox, sign, mailbox, sign, sign, fwag (flag), fwag, sign, sign, sign, mailbox, mailbox…” you get the idea.
Aron is learning and growing and will be 11 months on Monday. This seems unreal, but indeed he is almost a year old. I am predicting that he will follow in the path of his brothers and wait to start walking until at least 15 months. He may surprise me, but at this point…I doubt it. He is still not climbing the stairs. Does God like me or what?
I did a little craft project last week. I was going to wait to post pictures until I had it hung on the wall but who knows when that will be. So I’ll just post my little ARON art now. I have purchased a shelf to hang on the wall and place these on…
That is very cute! I like them in the pots.
I’m glad that Owen is enjoying school and going until noon is just the right amount of learning time and then back home.
Fun pots! And bright and cheery! Awwww.
I can hardly believe this little guy is nearly one. Wow. I feel sad to say I’ve only seen him a half dozen times. But that’s what blog pictures are for, right? 😉
Taking the leap on the house thing just *has* to be a faith oriented decision. That is what we’ve lived the whole past year and a half with our new house. Can I tell you our neighborhood and neighbors are PERFECT?! Didn’t interview a single one, and I’m simply able to marvel and how God lined things up for us to be here and what the ramifications of our move have been. It’s amazing. I wish and hope and pray the same for you guys.
I really like the craft project. Cute! Wow, Aron is almost one. It seems like just a few weeks ago you were recovering and trying to make it through the “rest” period!
Oh my goodness those are adorable. I really might steal that idea for my little man using his nickname (G-A-B-E).
Decoration thievery! You’re so creative!
That’s such a supercute project. I love it!
I have a hard time making decisions too. I love adventure and I love change, I’m just always scared that I’ll have missed out on a better adventure than the one I pick.
Glad to hear that Owen’s adapting well to school life. He actually sounds a lot like my Andrew. Something about those first-born boys that I just love:) It’s so hard when the rest of the world doesn’t see the magnitude of treasure in them that we do.
From what you wrote about Ivan’s “sayings and mis-sayings,” I get the idea that he and Halle speak the same language. I’m torn between not wanting their pronunciations to ever change, because they’re so cute, and yet wanting them to continue to learn and grow. I suppose that’s why God packed so many cute stages into a child’s development. You can gracefully let go of one stage (without a profound sense of loss) because you’re so excited about the next one.
Very cute project. I adore Ivan and all of his cuteness, even if he sounds like rainman in your car drives 🙂