We've been meaning to post for quite a while but really life has been quiet with not much significantly different going on.
But a few things of note recently.
First, Da is now into the third trimester. We're still looking at a late delivery for "He Who Has Not Yet Been Named." We had names for Ben and Simon by this point, we have a few options but nothing is jumping out like their names did.
Second, Da just got a new vehicle. Unlike me she was more than happy to go used, we ended up with a 2006 Chrysler Town and Country Mini-van. (Picture soon) We didn't go looking specifically for any make. We had a price range and a couple preferred manufactures. Let me heartily recommend CarMax in Sandy for buying Used cars. We were in and out in less than two hours, and that was with looking over their stock of mini-vans, deciding we liked this one better than a couple a year newer, and Da taking it for a test drive. I've never been through such a quick purchase process at a dealership for new or used, not even when I paid in cash for my truck was it this quick.
The boys are both cute, growing and learning. Ben is partially potty trained, he usually tells us in time to avoid accidents. Simon is learning and using new words almost daily, and sometimes rather complex work combinations are dropped so quickly we have to pause to make sure we heard what we thought we did. On vocab, Ben is also learning more, he's currently working on adding pronouns to his speech which makes prayer time interesting. Where before we could prompt him with "Bless me to sleep well." And he'd repeat it, now he says "Bless you to sleep well." So he understands first and second person and uses them correctly even when we don't.
The boys are both starting to play together a lot more. Just the other day I came down the stairs to seem them working together to carry a larger item across the family room. The funniest part was they were both grunting and commenting like it was heavy yet I've seen each of them individually carry that item around. I tried to get it on video but they were done by the time I got back down there with the camera.
Otherwise things are going good.
Hopefully I'll post again soon and include pictures.
Happy Valentines Day
Dirk
4 comments:
Well since Benjamin and Simon are both bible names, how about, Peter, Mark, Paul, Seth (I Always liked that name) or Bartholomew.
Glad things are quiet! That is good!!!!
Oh I like Seth! I thought that was really cute about Ben and Simon working together to lift the "heavy" object. And yay for partial potty training!
Third trimester, wow, I hope my pregnancy goes that fast!
It was so fun to see the boys tonight - even though it was just for a short second. Simon surprised me with his talking!! And when prompted to say Grandma he grinned and said Maaaa. That tickled me pink. Ben was looking so good too and the new van is beautiful - I thought it was brand new!! And it has and automatic door opener - with just a press of the button!
Hurray for the mini-van! Big cars and families just have to go together.
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