wood

5th anniversary is the anniversary of wood. I saved the ring of wood nick cut off from our christmas tree and I've been planning on etching something in it for him. Haven't done it yet. Maybe this week. So, Nick surprised me and booked us a couples massage and then we went to dinner at Johnnie's. so nice. Sandy got us the table right in front of the live piano. so nice. wow, that was a good five years. wonder what the next five will bring.
Nick is gone this week. We already miss him. Joshie is doing so well with his potty training. It's slow...and for some reason I find the whole process quite frustrating. I'm usually quite patient...but I can't seem to figure this one out. I hope we make it through the whole week. Usually, I need Nick to take over when he gets home from work cause by that point I'm ready to kill Josh. I know it's only Monday morning, but so far so good.
Charlee is nine months old. She goes to the doctor later this week so I'll have stats then. She's petite, and has some crazy hair. We love that girl.
We've been watching old family videos lately. Both Josh and Charlee just laugh at the baby on the screen. It's funny to watch. Our sunbeam is getting better. We didn't have to sit with him the whole time. Yesterday he got to help with sharing time. He went up front and got to put a glove on. Well, guess what his favorite thing is at home now? He begs to wear "a hand" all the time. We only have big dirty work gloves and I don't want sap everywhere...so I guess we'll go to Target today and get him some "hands". He has so many new words. It's so refreshing. If it weren't for his speech delay I wouldn't have celebrated what he is capable of. That's been a gift though all of this journey of speech and classes and assessments and testing...I appreciate him more. Things happen for a reason. I think I had my miscarriage (before char char) because Joshua needed more time. We were able to focus on him and start getting him into some speech classes. So so so thankful for 'unanswered' prayers.