From a friend

We got this email from our friend Diana in our "New Parents" Sunday school class:

When I went to pick Brynna up from the nursery today, Zach had a hold of her pink piggy lovey. He was holding it and chewing on the ear exactly the way Brynna does. When I got it from him he got very upset. He screamed, threw himself on the floor, turned red, and had real tears! You would have thought I'd just stolen his most precious possession! It was so cute and funny. Brynna said she totally understood. She loves Piggy too!Thought you'd like that little story. - Diana

We are now working with Zach on his pig blanket separation anxiety. :-)

You'd be happy!

On Saturday, Isabella and I were coming downstairs. She got her foot stuck in her blanket and thought it was funny as she tried to come down the stairs anyway. I said ,"Honey, don't do that. You could trip and fall down the stairs and land on your head." She said, "That would hurt me." "Yes it would," I replied "it could hurt you so bad you could even die."
With out missing a beat she said, "Oh! Then I would go to heaven with Jesus and you and mommy and Zachers would be so happy!" I then tried to explain that while, yes, we would be happy that she was in heaven, that we would be very unhappy to not have her here anymore and would miss her a lot. "Ok- I be careful" was her response.

Feeling icky

Zach woke up with a fever for the third day in a row today. Poor little guy has been running a fever since Sunday morning. He is still remarkably happy for being so warm, but I'm sure he'll be glad when he gets over whatever this is. We've been talking to the nurse daily and if he still is hot tomorrow, he'll be going to the doctor to see if they can figure out what is causing it. Hopefully it is just a little virus that will pass.

After 2 weeks...

After 2 weeks of negotiating and terminating the contract once, we have finally finalized our contract on our new house. We'll close on May 22 and move in shortly after that. Now we just have to get everything fixed in time (they are doing some work on the siding and fireplace as well as servicing the AC) as well as get our blinds ordered and figure out everything with the new cabinet doors. We are also moving to a new office space at the end of May. Today I (Chris) was out buying paint and trying to get everything done for that. When it rains, it pours!

Thanks for your prayers for our new house. Don't stop yet. :-)