Hmm, how to recap over a month??? (sorry it's been so long).
Update on our plans. Our current plan, we are praying through, is to rent our home (instead of sell). It will be available June 1. If you hear of any prospective renters our way! We are in downtown North Bend, our home is 3 bd (study could be 4th bd), great open family room and living room, large level lot (.34 acre) and a large, heated 800 sq ft shop (originally built to house a firetruck... so we're told by our neighbor).
We are enjoying being here in the meanwhile! Here's what the kids are up to.
Kara!
Kara loves to keep up with all of us. She is constantly on the go so she still can't keep up with her caloric needs (is waking at night for a bottle... for her that's a good thing, though - for Mommy and Daddy... well...). She is only on one large tube feed, at 9 p.m. So that feed is very sustainable for our family long-term. Her pulmonologist said we do not have to come back in until she is 6 or 7!!! for lung function test. Wow. What a blessing.
Kara seems to be our most strong-willed child. We are thankful God gave her that strength to overcome, as surely it has been an ally this past year. She is also incredibly sweet. A few days before she turned one, she started walking up to give us "leg hugs", and she loves hugging and kissing her brother & sister when she wakes up from naps.
Kara walking around with Katie's panda bear hat (which Katie put on her)
Oh yeah, the only thing better than sunglasses... 2 pairs of sunglasses!
Mmmm... chocolate cupcake on my birthday!
Hooray! We have a piggy-nose picture of the other kids at this age, and we got one of Kara.
Great job, Daddy!
Crazy hair!
Kara has a name train to match Connor & Katie's, yay! Thank you, our friends. Now Mommy needs to paint it to match.
Katie! Our precocious little 2 year old. She has recently been singing make-up songs quite often. On a 45 minute drive, she almost sang for all of it.
"Daddy, do you want to hear my song about the toothpaste?" "Toothpaste, toothpaste, I love you. Connor brushes his teeth with you." then...
"Daddy, do you want to hear my silly song?" "Silly Sally went to town, eating backwards, upside down! *laugh laugh*" and this one was the other day...
holding her water bottle which has a straw that folds down into the lid a 'hiding straw' "Don't let Sata (Satan) *blows hard* the hiding straw!" (an adaptation from "this little light of mine" the verse about "don't let Satan blow it out"
I have a hard time remembering that she's only 2... she can do so much: e.g. completely dress self (socks, shoes, pants, shirt, jacket including zipping) and get on/off potty without a step.
One of Kara's new acquisitions from her birthday party. Katie needed googles "to go swimming" last night.
Papa reading to his girls. Kara LOVES books, just like C &K. She often brings a book to any adult who will read. (She also has an intuitive sense of how/when to pose for the camera)
Connor!
What would we do without big brother? He sees what needs done, and does it. He is very thoughtful, kind, and a good protector of his sisters. He is an astute observer. When we go on a walk, Katie would prefer to run with Mommy whereas Connor likes to sit on the stroller and take in everything within sight. He is often going to find things Kara might like to play with, and if he gets a hat for himself, he asks Katie if she would like hers too. He and Katie have fun in their make believe world and stories. This morning they donned backpacks to go to the airport to visit Grandpa Fred.
He has told me a few stories about his "sister-in-law". Apparently she had a very scary run-in with another car in a dark tunnel (no lights!) and was in a crash. She also lives incredibly close to her church (unlike us who live about 30 min. from our church - he decided this on the way to church yesterday). If we ask who his sister-in-law is, he's a bit puzzled. So, we asked if she has a name, and he said "no." Guess she's just like the generic "my friends do 'such and such' ". This definitely is going in the journal so we can laugh about it later.
A Valentine's Day treat, thanks to Aunt Irma. We loved making these chocolates. We did it again for favors for Kara's party - so fun for the kids (and yummy for everyone!)
Connor loves that Kara!
We are so blessed to have Grandma Dot here now (which, in part, explains me taking the time to blog!) She is so willing to read, and clean. I, particularly was blessed Friday/Saturday to sit in the sun for about 20 minutes during naptime (yes, we had sun!!) since the dishes has "magically" been cleaned!
