There is not much new happening up here in Alaska. Spring is finally coming. The trees are blooming and the grass is working on turning green. It has been drizzly all week, which is good for making the world green. The sun is rising before 5:30am and setting long after 10:00pm. Just this evening, I was feeling the desire to call someone from home, just to talk and chat about the day, and I realized that it was already 9:30pm here, meaning 10:30pm at home. It looked so much like 6:00pm that it reminded me of having dinner with the family, then meandering out to the porch to visit in the slightly cooling summer evening. Not that the temperatures reflect that fantasy, but the daylight does.
The countdown is on....only 40 days until my sister-in-law, Angela comes to visit. I am just short of marking the days off the calendar in bold red ink, but I think I will try to contain myself to a quiet countdown. I will try to wait for just a week, or five days, to start counting down with Joey. He can kind of wrap his mind around those numbers.
Since getting his fishing pole, and practising with Daddy nearly every night, Joey can't wait to go fishing. Daddy calls him his "fishing buddy." Joey walks around the house saying, "You am my fishing boy. We go fishing, will be fun."
Joey has started being very declarative in his affirmations. When asked a 'yes' or 'no' question, where the answer is 'yes', he answers with a very firm 'YES.' Not even a 'yeah.' As if it is of the utmost importance that you clearly understand him. He also puts a complete phrase to his answer. For example: "Joey, did you sleep well?" "Yes, I did sleep well." "Do you know I love you?" "Yes, I do know." He is no longer answering with one word answers. He is very 'grown-up' in his answers.
Baby Nick is also growing up so fast. He has become a much happier little boy. I love that he is going to sleep on his own, and for the most part (knock on wood) is sleeping through the night. If I can feed him for the last time between 9pm and 10pm, I can lay him down after he eats and he will usually sleep until around 6am. The nice thing is, there are several days I am lucky enough to lay him down in bed with us for another hour before he demands to get up and eat. That allows me a more gentle, slow waking...which is very nice. Occasionally he will get up far too early, but when that happens, he will usually go right back to bed for another hour or so and I can lay down again for a bit.
He has become quite proficient at walking along and between the furniture. He also enjoys walking with the push-walker. He will go up and down the length of our house as long as I am walking behind him to help him 'steer'. You would think that a baby who can't steer could walk a straight line...but I suppose small obstacles in the way and the shifting of his weight changes the course of his path. Not to mention that he can't make a 180 degree turn, so once he hits one wall, I have to turn him around till he hits the other wall! The more confident he gets, the closer he will be to walking on his own.
I was loading the dishwasher while cooking dinner last night and Baby Nick kindly offered to help. He would thoughtfully remove the dirty spoons and lick them clean. I asked Nick to remove him so I could finish more quickly. I watched Nick walk back to the living room with the little helper and turn around and sit down in the recliner. About the time I saw him sit down, I saw Baby Nick back at the dishwasher grabbing at the spoons!! Man, he is fast! I said, "My helper is back." And Nick couldn't believe it. "I JUST put him down." I also can't eat my own food without Baby Nick demanding that I share with him. I can try setting him on the floor so that I can eat, and on the way down, he is twisting and turning in my hands, trying to get his mouth closer to the food. I was trying to get Nick's attention as to how ardently Baby Nick was trying to get my food, and in the process, almost lost a full grown-up bite to Baby Nick, he got that close before I was able to pull the spoon away.
Well, it is very late, and I still have my Bible study blog to do. I will wish you all a blessed and restful night and pray your Friday will be the same.
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