Good times here on Serpentine Way!
Sunday John didn't have his meetings in the morning so we were all able to get ready for church without any stress (doing it by myself is a little hectic). Our church meetings were great and then it was over. John took the boys home while I stayed for BYC. Our meeting was a lot of fun, Bishop Bradshaw is great! We discussed upcoming activities, girl's camp (Jolene Bradshaw is our camp director) and got approval for our fundraiser that Heidi and I are in charge of. We are going to teach the girls how to make corsages and then sell them to the men in the ward to purchase for their wives to wear on Mother's Day. I think it will be a lot of work, but fun too! I'm excited to learn how to do a little flower arranging. Heidi will be our teacher, but I learned that Jolene Bradshaw is great at flower arranging, too so hopefully she'll be on hand! After our meeting I realized that I didn't have a car to drive home so I walked. Part of the walk was with Danny from the YM and the rest was by myself in super high heels. Fred Jensen stopped and gave me a ride from Sego on! He's a nice guy and we had a fun conversation. The last thing he said to me before getting out of the car was him telling me to ask John if "he's a retard". That's because John hadn't shoveled all of our driveway yet.
Sunday afternoon my parents came down for a fun visit and then took Oliver up to Mantua to stay the night. Oliver was so excited that he wouldn't take a nap all day, just anticipating Papa & Cindy! Parker and Karlee came with them which made it more fun. Parker complained of being bored less than 5 minutes of being at our house. He's going through a bored stage in life right now. With Oliver gone we had an easy evening. We had fun celebrating Luke's birthday, talking with family and eating the most delicious brownies I've ever eaten (seriously!) In fact, I've been craving brownies ever since.
Monday we did not get to sleep in. We got up and did our usual Monday things, except that John was home. So, after Lincoln went down for a nap I exercise at home and John went to the gym (with Mark? I think they played raquetball for a couple hours). Later in the day we did some serious shopping at the mall. I got a few new things! John got a couple new things. The boys got nothing.
After shopping we went to Mantua for a couple hours, visited, played, ate, and brought Oliver back home. I was happy to see him again and have him back at home.
Tuesday felt like Monday all day, only a really good Monday. I'm not sure if it was the beautiful warm weather that put me in such a good mood, but we were all happy and content all day long. Oliver played outside in the morning for a few minutes (because our reading class was cancelled) and then he took an early nap (fell asleep while I was exercising and he was watching a movie). After lunch we spent a couple hours outside in the warm sun. Oliver took out 2 little animals and had fun 'burying' them in the snow (they were never fully buried, except once and we never did find that animal. He also enjoyed finding sticks (called them alligators) and throwing them into the water in the gutter. I read several articles from the Ensign while playing with him (linc was napping). I made dinner early (by accident) and then John left for the gym with Mark and I took the boys shopping for an hour and a half. We had a great time shopping (at Old Navy) and both boys were cute and entertaining the whole time. I purchased several things and was pleased as punch when I came home! John got home about the same time as us so we all sat down to eat our dinner together. Now we are just hanging out, playing, etc.
Lincoln has been learning so much lately that I want to write it all down. First, his communication is getting so good. He says several 'words' now including: dada, mama (only a couple times), baba, and other nonsensical babbling phrases (rara, dee dee, lala, etc). He is understanding a lot of things too. I can say, "Where's Lincoln?" and he immediately plays Peek a Boo. I tell him to bobble his head and his head starts bobbling side to side. I ask him if he wants a baba (bottle) and he about goes crazy until I make it (then he doesn't drink much of it). I tell him to bounce and his knees start bouncing so much he almost has his feet off the ground. He is getting really good at moving around on his tummy, though not crawling. He has started pulling himself up to standing all the time at new places (the couch, the side of Ollie's bed, and his usual spots). He is cruising along the furniture more and more, getting comfortable on his feet. He can sit himself back up from his tummy. He is waving all the time when he hears 'bye bye' or when somebody else waves to him. He fake coughs. He loves to use his pointer finger to touch small things (buttons, light switches, food) and occasionally points to the things he wants. There is probably more, but that's all I can think of right now. He is so much fun and constantly makes me smile or laugh and he is learning so fast! I'm so glad to be his mommy!
Oliver still amazes me with the things he can do and say. I don't think there is much he can't say. He pronounces words accurately and clearly and says long sentences and has long conversations with me (that he initiates). Today I was downstairs folding clothes and he went upstairs to finish his yogurt. I could hear a strange noise and was ready to get up to see what it was and then I heard Ollie yell, "Momma, get the phone! Get the phone!" Sure enough, the strange noise was my phone vibrating off the counter. Oliver is starting to get more independent these days too. He goes to nursery all by himself and stays the whole time! I check on him a few times and he's always playing, having fun. He will play by himself (which isn't new), but he'll do it in a room by himself. He goes downstairs by himself to get toys and often stays to play. Today I heard him wake up from his nap so I went in to get him and he said, "Go Away!" So I did and he played in his crib for several minutes before climbing out and coming to get me! So cute and fun!
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