A lengthy round of what’s new.

15 May A lengthy round of what’s new.

Jaeda’s been waking up later and later (read 4:00am and 4:30am instead of 2 or 3am). She eats a full feeding and would sleep again until 9:30am if I let her, but I’m determined to keep her a 1st shift girl. So I wake her up at 7:30 or 8:00 to ensure that she’ll nap twice throughout the day and get a *better* night of sleep. I’m encouraged, though, that there’s only three hours between her current wakeup time and my preferred wakeup time, which means we’re moving in the right direction! Her latest tricks are waving (so last month), signing “all done,” clapping, and signing “more.” She is so.close to crawling–up on all fours, rocking back and forth, pushing herself to a sitting position from being on her belly. Which is exactly how we find her in the middle of the night and after naps; this girl is ready to move! Soon…

Corban’s speech surprises me every day with his complex sentences, increasing vocabulary, and insightful daily connections. He’s now got four verses memorized, and we’ve had fun finding the ones he knows in song form, such as with Slugs and Bugs, our latest favorite songs. He’s growing well into his role as the bossy firstborn: “Calm down, Jaeda.” “Say ‘dada,’ Jaeda.” “Be gentle, Jaeda.” He’s got several books in his memory as well, so sometimes we’ll “read” in the car by quoting books back and forth (oh the unforeseen side effects of reading a book 1,000 times in 1 week). Discipline is still hard sometimes, for sure, but it doesn’t feel nearly as bad as the beginning (age 1-2 years). I sincerely believe our consistency is paying off, praise the Lord!

Oh. Just thought I’d throw in a little more happiness. I found this beauty at my mom’s Mom Barn Sale this weekend. (Seriously, think of a barn that’s highly organized with loads and loads and loads of clothes and toys and books and household goods. A thrifter’s paradise!) It’s for our re-decorated kitchen, which we were thinking of doing this fall. Paint the walls, trim, cabinets; add a backsplash; get a new rug, towels, window treatment. Wow. It’s really unfair that it takes one sentence to type what will take us hours and hours and hours of work! Well, I told James I’d put this in my kitchen box, but he said, “We have it; let’s use it!” The problem is it now makes the kitchen incomplete. With our old kettle, it was just our old one that we’re using until we redo the kitchen. But this. This is part of the new. I warned him that he has just unleashed the beast. I think he shivered as he climbed through the trash looking for our old kettle. Too late, though, poor man. So our new kitchen may be coming this fall…or this summer…or next week. We’ll see how long I can last.