Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes

It is truly amazing what changes can take place over such a short time! This year alone, Josh has changed jobs, both of us have changed positions at work. The kids have grown so much!! Our friends and family situations have changed. It's just incredible!

Claire is now crawling, and picking up speed quickly!! She has already started trying to pull herself up to various objects-- chairs, boxes, our couches, the fireplace (I guess it's time to put our blanket back to cover the rough edges of the hearth stone again. . .), etc. I love how different it has been to watch both Ben and Claire develop. At the age that Claire is, Ben was already a climber! The same day he started crawling, he began mounting objects. His favorite was the rail across the top of the stairs. He would climb up to a standing position on the bottom of the rail, and play with Josh-- that was his favorite thing to do! Ahhh, how things change.

Ben has begun once again to pass the point where Josh and I can fool him into doing/thinking what we want or need him to do/think. In the past, Josh and I have avoided giving Ben soda by telling him it would make him sick, and it is only good for Mommy and Daddy. Those days are over. Today, during Sacrament meeting, he and Claire were sharing a sippy cup with water in it. Ben told me, very matter-of-factly, "Mom, this ony good for me and Cwaire. Not for you and dad. This make you sick." I could have died with laughter just then. It was a very close call!!

I was just reviewing our blog postings, and realizing the changes that have come even just since the beginning of the blog itself!! I hope y'all aren't bored by my ranting and raving, but I do enjoy doing it. It has become a great release to me, and who knows-- maybe some day I'll come up with something that's really worth writing about!! :o) Stay tuned!