I had an appointment with my new dr today and came away still feeling like I know what I'm talking about! He is VERY pro-natural, and said my birth plan was one of the best he's seen lately! He also did not make me feel like considering a home birth is a stupid thing to do. I was (and still am) encouraged by what he said. :) Although I would still prefer a home birth, the fact that the money isn't there right now, and this dr did not say anything that would make me think that having him catch the baby is a bad idea, I feel OK with this compromise. I am still going to try convince Peter that a home birth is worth the money, but feel better, even if it doesn't work out this time. I feel at peace right now, and that's something that was lacking with the last dude.
We still have not found Skip back, but are not ready to give up yet. We posted a couple ads on craigslist, so hopefully, somebody, somewhere will contact us and give him back. The boys are missing him terribly and keep asking where he is and when he's coming home. It's really hard to not have a definite answer to give them. All we can say is I don't know, and sometimes that's enough, sometimes not. We feel we have done all we can in terms of looking for him, so now we keep putting up posters, and hoping we hear something.
Kimberly is trying more and more to walk on her own. She took her first uncoaxed steps this morning, and it'll be just a little bit yet before she is taking off all the time! I also put little pig tails in her hair, and she looks more like a little girl than a baby. She's talking a blue streak, and learning more words daily it seems! They grow up so fast!
Lucas has made it his job to clear the table after supper and does a great job! He puts leftovers in Tupperware, puts food left on the plate in the garbage and even wipes the table!! I am pretty impressed with my 3 1/2 year old's initiative! I hope he keeps it up and always helps out that willingly! :)
Daniel's new thing is that he can ride a 2 wheeler!!! He took the training wheels off his bike and off he went! No help needed, just took off! He and Caleb are now chasing each other on their bikes "like the Dukes mom" they tell me. However, we have had to take the bikes away because they don't stay off the road and we don't want them getting hit by cars. They were heartbroken, but hopefully they'll learn to obey and stay off the road.
Caleb is showing us that he can learn something quickly. When he talks, he'll try separate some words by the sounds in them and try to figure out what letters make the sounds. If he keeps this up, he'll be reading soon! I am continuously amazed at what he comes up with. I didn't think that he was understanding that different letters make the sounds in a word, as we have not really worked on that, but when he writes his letters I make sure he knows what sound that letter makes, so maybe that's where he's picking up on it? Little minds are like sponges, and they soak up EVERYTHING!
Peter has bit the bullet and made a purchase that he has talked about for a little while... A new work truck! It's a slightly larger truck, but definitely a great deal! He got it on an auction and was pretty pleased with himself when he "won" it for less than his maximum bid! I'm glad that he got such a good deal for something that we knew was coming up, but didn't need immediately. Because his old truck is still doing OK, he's going to take his time and customize the way it's set up so that it's easiest for him to work off of. The boys were pretty excited about it and the neighbor guy was drooling over it Saturday after Peter got it home. :)
That's about all for now... I have a headache and a few loads of laundry to get folded before bedtime, so I better get cracking. Tomorrow I'll have a few more to do and I'd rather do a few at a time than a mountain! :) Unfortunately, a mountain is not too hard to come by around here... Can't wait for the day the kids can learn to do their own laundry! :)
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