Thankful!

I'm so Thankful! Eric brought some papers home from school and I saw that he had been writing his name on his own!!! (he is mild-moderately autistic.) He had tried fairly recently when we went to Utah a month ago and he didn't have the right letters or anything, but now he's got it!!! I never dreamed he'd be able to do it this year! I have to say that I just love his teacher! He sure has been thriving with this particular teacher this year. This event is a nice reminder right before Thanksgiving that we are so blessed! It reminded me of the time when Eric was about 2 years old and he came in on Mother's day morning and said "M-oh-mmy." It was the first time he had ever said "mommy" and meant it as my name. He didn't say it again for many, many months or even a year after that, but I cherished it!!!!!

Balloon Festival

We went to the balloon glow this year. Usually we go to the launch, but we decided we craved sleeping in even more! The boys each got a balloon that had a little blinking light in it. Ethan kept pretending to launch his balloon like a rocket and every time he did Eric would scream at him thinking Ethan was going to lose his balloon (which was tethered to his wrist and Eric's was tied to his pants.) Claire just took it all in. We were not sure if it would scare her, but she was quiet the whole time. The DJ did a count down every time the balloons were to "glow." The boys loved that too! "5-4-3-2-1!"

It's Officially Flu Season

Today we were sitting in sacrament meeting and I was thinking to myself "Wow! The boys are being so reverent!" They had just blessed the bread and Eric even let me help him fold his arms (which is extremely rare.) Claire was sleeping soundly in her car seat. Then she started to wake-up, she coughed a few times and she looked like she was going to fall back asleep. Well, Eric wanted to play with her and I was trying to keep him from bugging Claire. Then all of a sudden all this puke came shooting out of her mouth! This is the first time she has ever puked like that. So, of course she had had some cereal and sweet potatoes that afternoon. It was a sight to see. Jeff said, "Is she OK?" and I said No and asked him for the keys then promptly left sacrament before the bread even got to us. I went straight home and started the Hazmat clean up! She had her bath and went right back to sleep. Poor thing!

Family Picture

I Love Having a Daughter!

I am having fun with all the cute frilly things that you do when you have a little girl! This is a pic of Claire and I one Sunday when we were doing a family picture at home.