We hit some new milestones last week. On Thursday, I took
Nam to Gina’s house to stay until Sheila got off work. Gina was cooking supper
for them and Jessica. I left Nam there with her for a little over an hour. He
did great! He wasn’t scared and really enjoyed himself. I think we’ll be able
to do a whole day within a week or so.
Dennis and Ricky are going to try again to go on their road
trip this week. They plan to leave Wednesday morning and be gone until sometime
next week. I think Nam will do just fine while they are gone. I know he’ll miss Grandad, but it will give us some special time together. Right now, as long as Grandad is around, I'm primarily just a beloved caregiver. He showers all of his affection on Grandad. Maybe I'll get some more enthusiastic hugs and kisses when we are alone together!
Nam's language skills continue to improve every week. He is using more complete sentences and learning to vocalize more abstract ideas. He repeats almost everything that is said. If he doesn't understand something, he furrows his brow and holds his hand up to his ear. Sheila is really working with him on being polite, and he is getting very good at saying "yes, sir or ma'am" and "no, sir or ma'am." He has been obsessed with super heroes since we first met him, and he likes to play like they are "bad guys". So we are really working on curbing his enthusiasm over bad guys. When it really got noticeable was when we would read to him from his picture bibles, and he always wanted to see Pilate and the soldiers and other bad guys in the bible. So we are working on making our house a "bad guy-free zone". Little boys! Ha!
Ricky is feeling quite a bit better. He never did get in to
see a doctor. He has an appointment with a gastroenterologist toward the end of March. It will be
interesting to see what a colonoscopy will tell us. He was really feeling
rotten all last week. I’m glad he finally got some relief. Our only other option was to
take him to the ER.
Daddy and Bobbie were ready to go back to visit at the
Henrietta Creek congregation, so we took them over there yesterday and spent
the day. It was good to see everyone! Daddy and Bobbie loved being able to
visit with old friends. A group of us went out to eat hamburgers between
services. Another milestone: Nam sat
with the “big boys” during lunch. He is really enjoying having the boys at
church to play with. They have all been so sweet with him! He really likes the
older ones who show him attention. He talks about Parker a LOT!
Spring is definitely on its way! The grass is starting to
green up…especially in the Aledo area where they had the big fire. A lot of the
trees (especially fruit trees) are beginning to bloom, and all of them are
budding out. The rain that we’ve so abundantly received lately is getting
everything ready to take off, and the warmer weather is lighting the ignition.
Dandelions have been blooming like crazy for weeks now! It won't be long before the other flowers follow suit.
Enjoy the sunshine and milder weather! Fear not, O land; Be glad and
rejoice, For the LORD has done marvelous things! Do not be afraid, you beasts
of the field; For the open pastures are springing up, And the tree bears its
fruit; The fig tree and the vine yield their strength. Be glad then, you
children of Zion, And rejoice in the LORD your God; For He has given you the
former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you-The
former rain, And the latter rain in the first month. (Joel 2:21-23 NKJV)
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