Happy 20th Birthday Rob!

Hey Rob it's your 20th birthday. I'm wondering if you can guess which famous philosopher said this, "Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have."

Hope year 20 brings you much joy in the Lord. We are blessed to be your parents and appreciate your pleasant and helpful attitude. Love from~Mom & Dad

Happy New Year

Andrew loves the snow. One of his brothers decided to be silly and put him on the dogs leash. Not for long though. Andrew didn't seem to notice he was so busy playing. It was pretty chilly but he still needed some coaxing to get him inside happily.

Leah got an Easy Bake Oven for Christmas from Grandma Janice & Grandpa Norb. She wanted to bake a cake for her Daddy.

Andrew loves the happy birthday song since big brother had a birthday. A few days later he made himself a cake out of playdoh and then asked for some candles. Of course it took me awhile to figure out what he was asking for. When we lit the candles his eyes just lit up with glee. He sang happy birthday in chinglish for the rest of the day.

Update on Andrew: He has come such a long way already. He went from being very shy and fearful of strangers to saying hello to everyone he meets. He just loves to show visitors everything he knows. He is starting to repeat words frequently and knows several vital words in English. Like potty, night night, hello, bye-bye, family names, pet names etc. He also has a bit of a firery side to him and can throw quite a tantrum when he is out of sorts. In the beginning he would have days here and there where he cried off and on all day and couldn't really be consoled. We seem to be having less and less of that but it still happens. He sleeps soundly all night but won't nap. He is picky about food but wants to eat constantly. His favorite things to do right now are play outside, take a bath and watch a video. Yesterday our 2 older boys took Andrew & Leah to a movie and Andrew did great. He sat quietly through the whole thing unlike his big sister :-). He would not have enjoyed something like this just a few weeks ago. It is such a blessing to watch him settle in. He is a typical 3 year old boy so needless to say Mom is more than ready for bed at night.

~Heather