January08
Mommy misses her kids
I have been working a lot. A lot. When I walked into the house today, Jordan squealed with excitement. She scrambled up the stairs. She babbled to her heart’s delight. She missed me. I’ve been swamped at the beginning of a new semester – There has been a culmination of projects that need attention at…
Read More +Special Daddy Moment
Jordan needed to cross the parking lot with her dad tonight. So her dad asked her to hold his hand… She immediately lifted up her LEFT hand. LEFT. So he held onto her prosthetic hand and walked to the car together. Wow.
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So… Yesterday I had a moment to myself. I was able to take a really long shower. You know, the kind you take when you don’t have any concerns. You know, the kind when you don’t have to wonder if one of the kids is climbing on top of the kitchen table or drawing on…
Read More +Word explosion
Jordan talks. She doesn’t just talk, she has exploded with words. Everything she sees she days: “WHATSTHAT?” That’s the fast version of asking “what’s that?” If she knows what it is, she says, “yeah.” If she didn’t know what it was, she’ll repeat the word. In the last couple of days, she’ll walk up to…
Read More +Silly night
In between my non-stop attempts to launch a new website and taking care of the kids… Jordan got sick for a day and came back remarkably quickly 24 hours later. I’m not sure how you can wake up with a 102.7 fever and feel better by the next day. But heck, Jordan did. After work…
Read More +Quick update
I haven’t been online much because I’m desperately trying to launch a new website for work. At the same time, I’ve tried to continue the potty training message to Jordan. Unfortunately, our success on the first day has not continued. Jordan has peed on the floor, she’s sprayed water from her potty baby doll’s bottle…
Read More +Let the potty training commence
I jumped into the potty training experience today. Jordan started talking about it after church today. She actually wanted to sit on the potty. So while she was napping, I bought a training potty that actually plays MUSIC when something hits the potty. So when Jordan peed into it TWO TIMES today, that potty played…
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