Climbing and Walking

Janna is now able to climb. She likes to climb up onto the futon by herself! It is very interesting to me how she wants to climb everything but refuses to let go of my finger to walk. She can walk we have seen it in small spurts. We are waiting for the day something really exciting makes her just go walking on her own. Once she is confident in herself, we are in trouble. Right now we are able to keep tabs on her easily. She would go up and down stairs for hours if we let her luckily we don't have stairs in our home.
She is enjoying chasing Molly the dog around house as long as I hold her hand. She chased Molly through out the house the other day batting her cup full of Cheerios as Molly slowly backed up the whole way. I think Molly was deciding if the food was worth being hit over the head with the cup by Janna. Molly better watch out when she lets go.

Health

So since we got Janna healthy, Isaac and I had to get sick. I ended up having strep and Isaac had bad allergies and a sore throat. We are all better and healthy now but it was a rough week.

I appreciate a healthy household so much more than I did before. We are back to our normal schedule and I am very thankful.

Let Me Out

I took this picture one evening( a couple months ago) while playing with Janna and putting clothes away. (I am a multi-tasker when the opportunity arrives). I put the laundry basket on its side for Janna to explore and also to block the door that lead out of the room. She crawled in and got so upset and started screaming because she couldn’t find a way through / out of the basket. I reached in and directed her backwards to show her how to get out and even go around the basket.

I started to think…Obstacles get put in our way but God is always there to lead us out, around, or even through. Sometimes you have calm down and let him show you the way. Just as Janna had to quit screaming long enough for me to show her the out of the basket.

I have had many challenges / obstacles put in front of me but once I learn to calm down and trust in God all has worked out. Some days are easier than others to stop and listen, but no matter when you do stop he will always be there to listen.

Oh to Teeth

We are working on our "I" teeth right now. They are apparently very painful. We have 12 teeth now. So after the I teeth and the two year molars we might have a break. This would be wonderful since we have been teething since we were 3 months old.

Labor Day Weekend

I think that this weekend was apptly named, although most people used this weekend to relax, back to school shopping, reading, cooking out of with friends, etc...I feel like I labored all weekend. I had planned on taking a trip with Janna to a lake to feed ducks, then to the library, maybe a trip to the grocery store. I had really wanted to scrapbook at night and catch up on what I have been behind on,but my plans got changed....


Friday morning I woke up feeling weak, achy, bad back pain, ....I tryed to go to work, but ended up having to come home and straight to bed. Then we got a call from daycare that afternoon saying Janna was sick. Oh great. Luckly by Saturday I was feeling just tired and stuffy so I was able to take care of Janna. We went to the doctor's office on Saturday and she had a double ear infection, bad cold, and her "I" teeth were coming in. We got amoxicillin for the ears plus some numbing drops for the ears too. Janna basically screamed and didn't sleep all weekend. She had her fun cuddle moments at times. She quit eating but was still drinking juice and water. Mommy was the only one that could make her quit screaming at times, but sometimes I didn't even work. So by Monday night there had been no improvement and Tuesday morning I took off work since it was Isaac's first day of classes. Tuesday morning was a straight out screaming due to pain (mostly) for three hours. I got an appointment for that afternoon at the doctor office. Janna's ear infection hadn't gotten better so we got a new prescription for Augmentum. Tuesday night Grandma Hopper came down to help out since Isaac had a meeting that night. She took Wednesday off to take care of Janna so I could go back to work. Janna started feeling better by Wednesday night so the Augmentium worked. Now going to bed and bath time are still rough and we are trying our best to get back on our routine. Janna is eating like normal now and feeling more like herself. She still gets tired faster and has a runny nose.



Since are better now maybe we will go to the library and the lake this weekend. Thank you all for your prayers.

A bad word?

Last night I was taking Molly our dog out to use the potty and the little red headed girl who is about 7 years old yelled to a boy her age, "I am going to tell my daddy you said a bad word". The little boy said no I didn't say a bad word, it is only bad when you "oh H___" but not when you say the devil is from Hell. I didn't stick around to hear the Dad's response but I went in immediately and ask Isaac how he would respond to Janna if she asked the same question.

Isaac and I both have memories of when we said our first bad word or of what we were told was a bad word. I just hope that Janna's first bad word is as innocent as ours.

body parts

We are teaching Janna about body parts. She can point to her nose, ear, mouth, belly, hair. We are working on eyes and feet currently. Yesterday we were playing where is your ____? She pointed to her nose and then we said where is your belly? She pointed to her belly, then she pointed to my belly, then we asked where is Daddy's belly ...she point to Isaac's belly and he made the off comment yeah it it is hairy. Immediately her hands went to head and rubbed her hair. We got a big laugh of out something to innocent.