Golden

I've tried really hard to find some golden moments in life for the last little bit. They're tricky to find when you're otherwise very distracted.

Gabe went off to school and the only thing that sounded good to me was a baked potato for lunch. Thank heavens for Wendy's drive thru for LAZY people like me! This buddy of mine enjoyed his kid's meal with his shades on and bed-head wisp in full throttle. I assure you that eating lunch with this stud was all my pleasure!

During sacrament at church, I pass out multi-grain Cheerios for (me and) the boys. On Sunday Gabe turned to me and said, "I want some more Cheerios, please? The choice is up to you!" Thank you pirates of Peter Pan.

He's also was resourceful with his parroted phrases when he'd see our home nurse come out each morning. She'd walk in the door, and he'd announce, "Welcome to our home!!"

The SWEETEST thing my ears have heard come from Gabe recently. He comes up to me while I'm resting and asks, "Mommy, how are you doing?" It's so sweet to watch him pay attention to, and ask how someone else is doing. He's also learned what it means to console someone.

It's strange to think that there was once a time when the goober on the right was NOT a fan of the goober on the left. They do everything together. I love that the FIRST thing they do when they see each other after school is give each other a hug!

The other day I sat down for just a minute at the end of the day while our bedding finished going through laundry. My phenergan "coma" hit fast and I was OUT. Garrison tried to wake me up, "Why don't we get you to bed?" Apparently my response was, "We have no bed!" Garrison thought I was pulling a "Gabe," aka making up an irrational excuse to get out of something. Moral of this story is don't expect a coherent conversation with an exhausted me who has no way to communicate simply, "The sheets are still in the dryer."

 Nate's been doing amazing with his speech. It tickles our speech pathologist pink every time she comes. He just needs to figure how to articulate. Lots and lots of practice. It excites us. He's also picked up a lot of phrases. One common one includes playing dumb with I ask him to do something. "What are you talking about?"

Also exciting news is that we finally have a real piece of furniture in our front room! It's been empty, or only had old kitchen chairs to sit on for almost a year. Now we have a nice, big couch. We clearly benefit from handy-me-downs. It's super comfy and I secretly like to sit there just to watch cars drive by on our street. 

OH! And only three more weeks until we find out what we're having!