Updating . . .

I had a parent-teacher-conference today with Joey's teacher and speech therapist. It was only good news! They both informed me that Joey is doing extremely well. They described him as a very social child, happy, funny, smart, and sweet. Apparently, he has two best friends in his class, Daniel and Steven. I've heard Daniel's name before, but not Steven. As a parent, this makes me so excited! My son is growing so quickly into a very intelligent person. He's his own person with a wonderful personality. He's easily likable and generous. He's very gifted, kind, and creative. They say one of his favorite activities is to sit and make different things with play dough and show everyone. He is very well mannered, too! They say everyday he tells them, "thank you for . . . " He tells his speech therapist everyday thanks for a great speech session. My little man is adorable! Does this mean that we're doing something right? A big fear as a parent (at least for me) is if I'm going to totally screw things up somehow. I know it sounds kind of ridiculous, but being in charge of a life is a very scary thing and I feel honored and blessed by God that he chose to allow me to bring two lives into this world. He knows me best!




Clarissa is slowly starting to combine two words. I know it's crazy, but I'm seriously going to be worried about her speech until she's speaking grammatically correct and in complete sentences. When does that happen? I'm a very impatient person. I want to have timelines. Seriously, though, she's doing great. It's so amazing to see the differences in Joey and Clarissa. Last week we played with some friends and I noticed Clarissa is quite the social bug. Joey has always preferred to play the way he wants to play. He's fine if someone wants to play with him, but he doesn't need someone there to have fun. Clarissa seems to be the opposite. Oh, I think this means we'll be having thousands of slumber parties when she's older. Hmmm, maybe I'm just a tad emotional tonight, because all I can imagine is my kids getting older and it's a scary thing. I'm not scared because of the unknown, but I'm scared because . . . well, how can I have two children that will eventually be an age where I have memories?



The other day I was talking to a good friend of mine Tina. My family and I moved to where my parents still live TWENTY years ago and many of my friends have been my friends for that long! Terra and Tina are the two that stand out from the others. They've each been apart of my life for so long and I can only hope and pray that my kids will have friends like that. Terra has been apart of every major thing in my life. Seriously, when I think back at anything, she's there. She was my maid of honor. She was the first person I told that I was pregnant with Clarissa! Tina has always stood by me and though we've lived far apart from each other for most of our twenty-year relationship I know I've always counted on her.

Okay, enough sappiness. Maybe it's the music I'm listening to right now. Maybe it's the movie I'm watching (Fireproof). How is it Kirk Cameron is still so young looking and you know he's not. Yes, he's got wrinkles, but how does he do it? I'm hoping that I still look like a teenager when I'm his age.

Anyway, on with the updating . . . Levi had his checkup at the vet's office today. We actually got a little concerned yesterday. His "good" eye seemed to be bigger yesterday. He no longer has sight in his other eye, so we're making sure we keep on top of things with his other. Luckily, the vet only had good news for us. His "bad" eye is doing great. He has lost sight, but there is no sign of glaucoma. That probably means he never had it, but it's still great news. His eye has actually shrunk a little more than it was beforehand and that makes his other eye look a little bigger. His "good" eye is still "good." They drew blood and will get all of the results tomorrow, but so far the prognosis is good.



And because the family blog wouldn't be right without a picture of Keith . . .




Gosh, I am a blessed woman! Look at beautiful my children are and how hot my husband is! By the way, Keith had just finished sanding some sheetrock (drywall).