Teething, coughing, and other fun things:)

Well, I can't believe I am saying this, but I am STILL coughing!! Good grief! It's subsided a lot over the last week or so, but tonight I had a huge hacking fit again. I am so sick of this! Luckily the kids seem to be healed up, although Adam still coughs now and again (often at 10:30 at night, which has caused him to start a habit of waking up and screaming every night at that time!). Hopefully completely restored health will be upon us soon!

Adam is continuing to do so well at preschool. He consistently joins them in Circle Time, even joining them all on his own! In the beginning, they would get him to join them for a few minutes sometimes if they put him in a chair and pushed him into the circle, but apparently he now joins them for the whole thing by walking into the circle and sitting down when it's time. I have such a hard time picturing it! The teacher, Kyla, said she would try and get one of the students helping in the class on Thursday to take a video of it so we can see. I'm so proud of him! She said he's been noticing what the other kids are doing and trying to follow along. It gives us a lot of hope:). We still have struggles with communication at home, but I am hopeful that these will continue to improve as he gains more skills and words. On the bad days it's hard to be optimistic, but I try to remind myself that the bad days are not as bad as they used to be, and not as frequent, so that in itself is reason to hope!

Nathan has been teething like crazy, which means that he is still not completely back to his happy self. In the last two weeks, he has cut/almost cut 5 teeth. When it rains it pours around here! He's going to have a mouthful of teeth in a few weeks when they all grow in:). Bye bye toothless grin! He is a little squirmer, and has started wanting to stand everywhere. Still no proper crawl, and I'm starting to wonder if he will ever crawl on his hands and knees. I think he will just be an early walker like my other two. There's something about being completely upright I guess! He's babbling like crazy:). I've noticed he's been a bit happier the last few days, and am hopeful that when he's done cutting this batch of teeth that we'll have the return of my happy boy:).

I want to write an encouraging follow-up to my last post on Lynsey's reluctance to give. I sort of gave it a rest for a few days, and on Sunday brought the OCC shoebox with me to church so we could hand it in. I gave it to her and she walked it over to the pile and plopped it on the top, saying, "Good bye toys". I tend to under estimate her sometimes. At some point, she must have decided that it was okay to give this away, and just like that she was able to let it go. She is a special girl all right! She has a mind of her own and while Brian and I have concluded this will likely mean she'll never be a teacher's pet and probably always have some trouble with submitting to authority, I know this will serve her well in her life.