January
Wow. Here I am writing about another January, the 3rd
one on this blog. It’s crazy how much has changed between then and now. Tannin
is now a rambunctious toddler who loves to line his cars up on the stairs and
who is slowly being potty trained. He’s testing his limits every day, both
physically and when it comes to the rules of the house. J He loves to help and will
spend all day following me around helping with dishes, clothes, and taking care
of his baby sister. Speaking of whom, now we have Alana! Our little girl is
growing so fast! She’s 5 months old, sitting up one her own, and eating baby
food. She loves to play on the floor with her brother and “talking” as loud as
she can. Lol This month Tannin started taking gymnastics at a local gym. He’s loving it! There’s no formal classes yet but he enjoys the “mommy and me” time when he can go jump on the trampolines, swing on the bars, and practice his forward rolls.
Tannin has completely given up his Paci. Up until this point he still used it at night but he was starting to get sores around his mouth from sucking on it all night so we decided it was time for it to go. One night before bed I cut the tip of it off before I handed it to him. By cutting the nipple it allowed air into the paci so that he couldn’t create the suction that you need in order to get the good feeling. He thought it was funny and kept asking us if he had the wrong paci. We assured him that it was his and after a couple of nights he stopped asking for it.
Over the weekend of the 15th we had a friend from Jackson Hole Bible College, Caleb, come down from where he is stationed in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. We had fun just hanging out and catching up with each other. He worked with the family horse and had a good time getting away from work and relaxing.
My (Olivia’s) birthday was on the 25th. It was weird not having Richard home during the day. Since we’ve been married we were in college so he was with me all day on my birthday in classes and such. Now that we’ve graduated and he’s working his cabinetry job I’ve had to get to him being gone most of the day. The kids and I celebrated by taking a walk in the woods to climb trees and then we came together as a family that night for cake and ice cream. Richard made me a custom t-shirt with the kids’ handprints on it and all of our initials and he let me know that he was working on something for me in the shop but it wasn’t ready yet. He’s lathing me a wooden jar and it’s coming along very nicely. He said it was an M&M jar so I asked him if that meant he would continually keep it filled with candy. Lol No such luck. J These gifts also came with a beautiful letter that I think was probably my favorite gift…if not, it was definitely a close second, we’ll have to see what happens with this jar. ;)
The month ended on a bitter sweet note with the passing of Richard’s Grandpa Reimer. While he will be missed we were all glad to see him finally leave his body of suffering and go to be with his Savior and the love of his life, his Annie. She had gone on before him some years ago and he missed her dearly. Richard will be heading up for the funeral soon but that is a story for another month… J
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