Where do I begin? This week has seen a lot of "new" things.
Tonight, while at the home of some friends of ours for dinner, Justin helped himself to the dog food. He was quite pleased with himself until part way through chewing he discovered he didn't like it and started crying. Daddy had to dig it out of his mouth and convince him that drinking some fruit punch would help make it go away faster. He LOVED their little jack russell mix. He was all about being as close to that dog as he could, even as the dog jumped all over him. He and the dog wanted to play w/the same little red ball, so that made for loads of laughs. And just within the past few days his talking has really come a long way. Altho it is still very much baby talk, he very noticeably is trying to repeat things he is hearing. For instance, he has been saying "oh man" and what sounds like a combination of "one, two, three, GO" and "ready, set, GO" as he throws a baseball and then runs after it, or just runs with it and tackles/crashes into something. If you count or say it with him, he waits until you say GO before he actually does anything. I have never heard him say "hi" or "bye" before, but he has been saying both all day, sometimes accompanied by waving. And probably for the past week he has been walking 95% of the time. We put him in size 7 shoes, altho he probably only needs a size 6.
Both kids enjoyed the Easter egg hunt at our church yesterday. Austin was very pleased with the number of eggs he found. We are doing one in our backyard (weather permitting) w/Matt's family next Sat. Austin can hardly wait. We tried explaining to him that Easter isn't just about plastic eggs and candy, but that Jesus died and came back to life 3 days later. He thought for a minute and then said, "We can peak around Jesus to look for our eggs." Needless to say, we have more explaining to do. He is very funny to read to. He will hold the book and open it up and begin to read, first telling us how good of a reader he is. He puts together several of the bible stories we have read recently into a couple of sentences. For example, recently we read about Jesus walking on water and Lazarus. Austin's shortened version went something like this: "Jesus walked on water and then his friend died, and the girl cried. The end." Other night time stories we read he knows virtually by heart, like Jack & The Beanstalk.
Austin, Justin, and their cousin Savannah at the Easter egg hunt at our church yesterday.
