special things

hello,

i wanted to record a few special things today:

1. my sweet samuel rode his bike for the first time without his training wheels. he has been begging us to take his training wheels off and we have been putting him off telling him that he probably needs to be older or we will have to go get the tools out, etc. but kyle finally took them off and he did it!!! he is so proud and so excited! his exact quotes are: "i can ride my bike with two wheels!" AND when i told him how i just couldn't believe it, he responded very nonchalantly "yeah...it's impressive." it is impressive and it makes me sentimental about how he is growing up.

2. i have officially stopped nursing benjamin...i think!? i've been nursing him only a night for over a month now. he loves it so much and it's our special/sweet/ funny time together. i think i have told you about how much he loves his boppy. he gets so excited when i take him into his room, turn on the "rain" sound machine, sit down and pull out the boppy. he literally giggles and smiles. we have our little moments while he is nursing too. he'll look up at me or laugh or grab my nose or pat my neck or play with my hair. he is 14.5 months so i guess it's time. :( i nursed samuel until 14 months and i was ready to give it up but something now makes me reluctant. and it's not like he is my last baby. i just love spending that time with benjamin. there are some pluses to weening like freedom and change in routine at night...for example kyle put him down tonight and that is a sweet time for them to share....since he has probably only done that 3-4 times since B was born. (which if you are doing the math you will realize i have not been away from benjamin for more than a night at a time and probably only a few times in his 14 months....YIKES...i need a girls weekend!) anyway, i just wanted to "journal" this so i wouldn't forget.

3. benjamin is finally repeating words....he said "mamma" "dada" "daddy" "mom-me" he loves to "talk" but rarely do we know what he might be saying. he also loves to roll his finger over his lips and make noises. i taught samuel the "sprinkler" dance the other day and today we were dancing in the car to the beiber (oh yes!) and samuel and i started doing the sprinkler and so did benjamin! he loves to copy actions or tricks more than repeat words. it was cute!

4. and finally....we closed on a new house today! we are moving! we are not only moving to a new (new to us) house but we are moving to the house i grew up in. we are thrilled and i think it is still soaking in for me. we won't move until we do some reno-projects so it's a little delayed but we are so blessed and i think i am overwhelmed with how special this is for us. we can't believe God has allowed us this huge blessing. samuel is very ready to move...he asks us over and over "when are we moving?" "i want to move today!"

that's all for me for tonight...i'm beat...going to sleep :)