Time is Flying

This blog has been awfully silent this last month.  Life has been busy.  Jut was gone the last 3 weeks of January.  He left on January 13th on a mission trip to India.  He returned home at 2 AM on Saturday, February 1st.  He had a great trip and came home with many stories to share.

One thing he brought home was some spiderman costumes for the boys.  Aren't they cute?!  He brought E and I home some Indian apparel.  It isn't nearly as fun as spiderman, but it is much prettier.

We survived the absence.  The last week of being stuck inside due to snow storms and frigid weather made us a little crazy, but it went well overall.  If we hadn't been in the middle of deconstructing a house, it would have been fairly stress-free.

This is a picture of the house about half way through his absence (Jan 25th)...and it got so much worse before getting better.  If we ever figure out how to get the pics off of the i*Phone, I'll upload some pics of it at its worst.  Today, there are first floor walls and ceilings above two-thirds of the lower floor.  Hopefully, they can get a ceiling up before the next storm hits this weekend but the weather isn't looking conducive for much work getting done.  This frigid weather is crazy!

E lost her 3rd tooth while Jut was away on Saturday, Jan 25th...and lost the fourth last Friday night... February 21st.  If you look closely...she hasn't lost it yet in one picture.  It is dangling. I was talking to Jut on the phone late Friday night and she came downstairs with it hanging like this.  She managed to get it 'back' into place while we were chatting.  But, it was very apparent that the tooth fairy needed to be put on notice that it was coming out SOON!

Her fourth one came out while Jut was away too.  He was just at an elder's retreat, but he wasn't home.  Her fourth was the first tooth that she pulled all by herself.  Previously, I had pulled 2 and Jut had pulled 1.  She was very proud of herself for pulling it.

X isn't being picture cooperative...so he doesn't have a single shot.  He's doing well.  He scared us with a trip to the ER on Feb 3rd.  C gave him something to eat, which ended up being a remnant of a cashew from Jut's India snacks.  So, he got a quick trip to the ER and an IV.  But, thankfully, it was a mild reaction that really just made him feel nauseous.  He loves doing school and has 'knocked out' all his capital letters.  He can recognize all the words for his colors.  He's doing great.

C is his crazy little self.  He stopped saying 'bensing' this week for the word 'basement'.  He always was wanting to go to the bensing to get toys and all of a sudden, it became basement.  It was like how X called windmills 'windmiddles' for so long and then just switched.  Some milestones are so bittersweet.  I am sad to see my baby growing up.  Caleb says all the time, 'I'm not a baby/bubby/sweetie/etc, I am CALEB!"  He is too cute and too funny for my peace of mind.  But, he still LOVES trains and loves to cuddle.  So, he does have his sweet moments when he's not finding mischief.

On Valentine's Day, we finally got outside to play in all the snow.  I dug out some 'snow forts' for the kids.  They had a ton of fun playing in the snow.  The boys played in the biggest one for a long time with their construction and digging vehicles.  It was like a huge sandbox for them.  They made E mad because they kept knocking snow back into the 'fort'...so I just dug her another one.  It was a good time as we just enjoyed being outside for the first time in what seemed like forever.