August
Welcome back folks. Here’s another edition in the life of
the Reimers. There were a lot of changes that have happened for Tannin during
this month, but first I thought I should catch you up on all the things he
started doing during July. I was so consumed with telling you about all the
things that Olivia and I did that I forgot about our little man lol. In July he
had his first upper teeth break through, by the 27th he had started
clapping, by the 29th he was using the sign for “all done” to get
out of the waves, and he rode the kiddie carnival rides at Splash Adventure
Waterpark.
As for this month, he stood up without pulling up on
something on the 4th. Around this time, he began walking. It started
out pretty wobbly, but soon he was getting the hang of it. At 9 months, he was
acting like a 2 year old. By the end of this month, he began to say “Dada,”
when referencing me or pointing to me. Oh ya, and he’s pointing at stuff now!
When he wants us to see something, he’ll point at it and start his baby talk J He’s so cute!
On the 6th, we had the staff kickoff. I had just
started interning in the kitchen and so got to help bring things to the park
where we would be doing the picnic. Once there, I got to play some games with
the guys while Olivia enjoyed talking with the ladies while keeping an eye on
Tannin. Tannin was already walking fairly steady by this point and he was
trying to get into everything he could. He loved the playground there!
Then, on the 12th, we started our mentorship with
the Barths. They’re teachers at the college here and we’ve enjoyed getting to
know them. The next day I got to pick my school routes that I would be driving,
and ended up taking one that included one of my schools from last year! J I was excited that I
would only have to learn 1 new route for the morning and afternoon instead of
2!
The rest of the month was just full of busyness. We have
been trying to get it under control, but each day is filled with something,
whether we plan for breaks or not. So now, I get up at 5:30, drive until 8:30,
intern from 9-1:20, and then do my afternoon school route from 2-4:30. Then, I
get to come home to my lovely wife and son and enjoy them for a few hours
before I start it all over again….then again, this would be an apt description
of many married men in America, so I really have nothing to complain about,
lol. Olivia, on the other hand, has to deal with our little monster during the
night. Since I have to get up so early in the morning, she deals with most of
his stuff during that time. Then, during the day, she worked in child care
where she could spend some quality time with Tannin and the other babies. After
that, she would come home, only to have to continue her child care in taking
care of Tannin. Oh the life of a mom! I don’t know how she does it! I joke that
she’s Supermom.
I’m working on revamping my blog into a fully functional
website that will be much more user friendly and easier to navigate. In
preparation for writing the material, I have been reading many books and still
have many to go. My hope is to begin writing within a month or so, but we’ll
see. I’ve organized the topics to be more logical and included a courses page
which have the different topics in order of building from the foundation to the
top. My goal is to provide Christians with a free resource to learn the basics
of what they believe so they can more effectively reach the world and
understand what the Christian life is all about.
On a final, random note, Tannin started sleeping in a
toddler bed on the 30th. The first 2 nights were rough, trying to
keep him on the bed instead of sleeping on the floor, but it seems to be
working now. J
