I'm 33 weeks pregnant this week. Word!
This is where Adam spends his days, in Paccar Hall.
Snack break.
In other news, Sienna seems to have been reborn in the last few months. This time, she was delivered by a stork from the Planet of Sweetness, Good Sleep and Obedience. I don't know where the sweetness came from. She's one month away from being 2 and I've been gearing up for horribleness. Instead, she has graced our home with the sweetest, silliest, cutest little temperament. Sure, she can cry and whine with the best of them, but overall, you can get plenty of hugs and kisses and giggling from this girl. We can't get enough. We also decided to try crying it out again about 3 weeks ago for the first time since she was about 1. Miracles occurred, my friends. Miracles. She cried three nights for 1 hour each. The next two nights were 15 minutes of crying each. And the 2 weeks since then have been, for the most part, lots of uninterrupted sleep. Here's what happened to change things for all of us: she finally understands some things! We were able to explain that she doesn't get warm milk, and when she wakes up at night, she doesn't need to cry - just find bunny and duck (dunny and guck) and the blanket and go night night again. It's also helped that she is finally showing a slight attachment to something (dunny and guck). Now, she tells us what she's going to do every time she goes down for a nap or bedtime, "No cwying." Smart girl! Which leads me to her obedience. I can see that she really wants to please us. She knows what timeout means and if I'm getting short of patience with her, she'll say it herself, "Timeout? Timeout?" Maybe she's starting to like it! She is also a little peach when it comes to putting away her toys before bedtime and kneeling for family prayer (although she thinks nothing of getting up to take a lap around the kitchen or jump on the couch). But she tries. And it's soooooo cute to see her trying to be like us. Ahhh, I feel so good having another child at this point because I can see light at the end of the tunnel that is nearly 2 years of a little human who can't do or get much out of life. I mean, babies are cute, so cute, and I can't wait to snuggle a newborn again. But I am truly relishing the experience of watching Sienna emerge from babyhood into the complicated world of adults.
Well, with cherry trees blossoming and a perfect child among us, things are looking up around here. We've also got new carpet coming to replace our ghetto stuff and our landlord has agreed to cut down the tree out front (yay, more chances for sunshine inside). Adam has more time this quarter to get out on his bike and watch cycling regularly. I'm doing yoga a couple times a week and learning to enjoy walking on a treadmill (you can read!). It even feels warm outside from time to time! Come on real Spring. You are so close!
