Proud

I can't help but to be incredibly proud of our little family. Our children amaze me on a perpetual basis. Sometimes it seems that our kids may go to bed one night without a certain knowledge or ability and they wake up the next morning and all of a sudden they just have it. Leah constantly impresses us with her brightness and abilities. She is at the top of her class and is like a sponge ready to soak up new information all of the time. She is my dayplanner. No needs for a Palm Pilot when I have my Leah. Jake surprises me quite often. It seems as soon as I begin to be discouraged thinking that he hasn't absorbed anything that I've taught him he'll surprise me by suddenly comprehending things like a light bulb just came on in his little head. I've worked with him on his colors, numbers, and alphabet for what feels like ever now and finally over this past couple of weeks he just "gets it". He has recited his alphabet clearly and slowly, identified his numbers correctly, and is doing so well with his colors. Noah's new abilities seem to be acquired faster than I can keep up. He seems to understand so much that we say to him. We ask him questions and he'll answer us with a shake or nod of his head. He knows many words, but currently his favorite is baby. He loves babies and I'm not quite certain if he realizes that he actually is one of them or not. I'm also very proud of Jason. He tries to do well in his schoolwork and is now having to juggle school and work again plus try to give us some attention in that mix. The kids and I sure do miss having him around like we had for the past year but I sure do love seeing their excitement when their daddy walks through the door or calls us. I feel so blessed.