Future Callings?
I know that it’s probably meaningless but wouldn’t it be neat if when the boys are older we could say, “We always knew Logan was an artist because he started learning his colors at 18 months old, while Forest we knew was going to be a communicator because he started learning his letters at 19 months old.”
Sometimes you just have to do it
Traveling on an airplane by myself with the twins for the second time this year. Man have we become quit the airplane travelers! Three trips last year and this is the second one this year, with possibly one more to come in November. Only this time the boys can say “airplane” (in their own way) and know that they fly in the “sky” (Logan says sky really well), which they point up to. Earlier this year I was FREAKED OUT at the prospect. I was nervous and at various points even cried in fear of the potential for insanity. But there was none. They were sweet and took naps. This time I’m very blase about it all. I mean, I’ve done it once already, right? I fear the unknown in a big way. Not unknown cities or people, but unknown situations.
This time we are flying during their bed time. The bad part of that means hanging out in the Vegas airport with 2 - 20 month old toddlers and all their “just before bedtime” crazy energy. I’m hoping that the Southwest Airline folks will let my mom have a pass through security to help me wrangle them pre-boarding, but since they don’t have to (which I think sucks) I have to be prepared for whatever comes. I have the portable DVD player and loads of snacks. We bought some new cars, motorcycles and books just for the trip. It’ll be just fine (won’t it?).
The Importance of Trees
I will never again live in a house with no trees in the backyard. The new house’s yard feels like home already.
Tidbits
Have I mentioned:
Logan has four top front teeth, two bottom front teeth, and 3 molars.
Forest has four top front teeth, four bottom front teeth and 1 molar. He just got the second set of bottom teeth over the weekend!
Forest can do somersaults. He understands the word and does them. Now if we could just teach him to be aware of his surroundings before flopping his body over.
Logan is actively calling me Mom. Up until now the boys haven’t ever really called me by a name. Forest has demonstrated a couple times recently that he knows the mom sign and the name but still doesn’t use it much. Must be because I’m always around that they don’t need to refer to me. And they have two daddies so ‘dadda’ was first and most important to express in word and sign.
200 Square Foot of living space can be a lot. Our new place is awesome. I love how we set everything up and it feels very cozy. The boys’ bedroom is so much larger with lots more area for them to play in. And every move should just be across the driveway. Especially if you are moving when it’s peaking at 105 degrees. But we did all the moving Friday evening and Saturday morning and have almost everything in it’s place, on the walls and baby proofed! Brad and I are kinda over achievers.
Edit:
I went to the grocery store this evening after Brad got home and when I returned from the store and walked in the door, Logan was saying “Mom” and Forest was doing the sign for “Mom”. So I guess I have to stop complaining now.
Prayers Answered
Thank you to everyone who prayed for my brother in law Jason and his job search. He was offered a position running the Porsche/Audi dealership in Beverly Hills! Swank! So thank you for sending good thoughts his way!
Tuesday Updates
For those of you praying for Tuesday, here is her mother’s blog so that you can keep up.
Because Owls make me Giggle
I know that I said I don’t have a lot of time right now. And I don’t. But I’m making time for this because it’s in the name of OWLS. I have always thought owls were pretty cool but have recently found them around me, a lot. Brad and I seem to both have a unique relationship with owls as a totem animal. And Forest says “owl” in a way that I can’t even attempt to put down here. It’s all kinds of extra vowel sounds and super sweet and I fall madly in love with him over and over each time he says it. So when I found out about this lovely lady who makes the cutest felt owls, I fell in love again. And then I found out that she’s doing a GIVEAWAY, that like, I could win! Well yeah, so that’s the be all end all. So please make note of future gift ideas for Dawn. Cute felt owls from thewillowtree’s etsy shop.
In case you read this blog via RSS reader or the direct emails, I wanted to make you aware that at times like this, when I don’t have time to write real blog posts, I still use twitter. You can read what’s up in our life either from the twitter feed on the right hand side of the blog’s main page or at twitter’s site directly (if they aren’t overloaded).
Prayer Requests for Family
We’ve had a lot of drama in the family recently that require prayers.
First I’d like to ask for prayers of gratitude because even though my inlaws live within 10 miles of the epicenter of yesterday’s earthquake, no one was hurt and all of the damage to the house was cosmetic. It’s a good thing that my mom in law convinced my dad in law to get earthquake insurance when they bought the house a year ago!
Second, I’d like to ask for prayers for my brother in law, Jason and his job search. Jason is a salesman, the awesome kind. The kind that listens to what you want and not only sells you a car but also becomes your friend that you invite over for Thanksgiving in the process. Seriously, he’s just that great of a guy. He’s also at the point in his career where he’s ready to take on the managership of an entire dealership, after years of working his way up and proving himself. He’s earned a great deal of respect with a particularly fine European car company after years of hard work. So much respect that when a dealership owner was talking to the company about opening a new dealership in Phoenix and said Jason’s name, the company’s North American President said “Don’t bother interviewing him, just hire him.” So Jason was offered his dream job, opening a brand new dealership as the GM, a move from California to Phoenix where he could afford a huge new 4 bedroom house for his family. Unfortunately, after giving their notification of moving out, after finding their dream house and putting down deposits, and just one week before the movers where coming to pack up their belongings, news came that the dealership was not going to be built after all. No, really. I can’t believe that even happened, but it did. So this past weekend Jason and his family, including three beautiful daughters, moved everything into storage and moved in with my inlaws. He’s got a lot of interviewing activity already and the jobs all look awesome. (I’m personally rooting for the motorcycle dealership because Brad and I have always wanted a motorcycle and this particular shop makes some SEXY bikes.) So please offer up prayers for Jason to find another dream job and home to live in, proving that this all happened for a reason and that there is something even better waiting for them.
Expectations
We move this coming weekend. So I expect I’ll be spending my time entertaining toddlers (the usual) and packing up things we don’t need to use, like books. I apologize in advance for the amount of quiet that will be on this blog for the next few weeks. We move and then a week later head off on vacation. Knowing me I’ll have something to say, I always do. But I wanted to set expectations anyway.
