I'm back!!

As luck would have it, several weeks ago the kids broke the power cord to our laptop, our only computer. No power cord, means no comp. And they're expensive! So we were without our computer for a while. But all is well now. We got a check that we weren't expecting for a few more months and were able to buy not only a new power cord, but also a car!! It's a 94 Suburban, runs great and was a great price. We're so excited to finally have a vehicle. And I'm so happy we didn't get a minivan. I cannot stand how little cargo space minivan's have. It's just horrible. For now we actually have the back seat folded flat so we have even more cargo space and since we only need the one row of seats. The front bench is a 40/60 split, so we're thinking after the baby is born we'll fold the smaller portion flat to keep it easier to get into the back seat. So it'll bascially be set up like a minivan then, but with lots more cargo space of course. We had so much fun the day we bought it. We were able to go out as a family and really enjoyed ourselves. We've not been able to go anywhere as a family unless we walked, and living in a tiny town, there isn't much you can walk to. Of course the biggest problem is affording gas, but we've decided that we will basically continue to live as though we don't have a vehicle. DH will still ride his bike back and forth to work, and we're pretty much only going to leave town on grocery shopping days, but we'll make them fun :) And it'll just be nice to get out of the house as a family.

In other news, Canaan is night trained! I've thought for a while that he might be able to do it, but I just haven't been ready to try it out. So one night there was a miscommunication between me and DH and Canaan got put to bed without a diaper. He actually got up to pee in the middle of the night. So we decided it was time to go without diapers at night. He didn't have any accidents until he was diaper free for over 2 wks, and then it was b/c he had been up too late the night before with no nap so he was overtired. I'm so excited to only one in diapers day and night.And since we only use disposables at night, that just cut our diaper use in half! At least for 6 months or so, lol.

On the pregnancy front, things are going good. My morning sickness is pretty much gone and it's so nice to be back to myself again. All the sickies are out of the house, finally. I ended up having to take Genesis to the emergency one Sunday b/c she had a bad ear infection. I'm pleased to say though that this our first ear infection ever, in any of the kids. A few days later I got it and it took a good two weeks before it was completely gone for me. But we're all good now. The house is clean, meals are getting cooked, school is getting done and DH is happy.

Speaking of school, the kids are doing great. Genesis gets her time first. We've got a color/shape sorter thing that she does every day. She has other options but that's what she always chooses, so I let her do it. I tell her the color as she puts the shapes on and she's starting to repeat them back to me. After she gets all the shapes on she usually plays for it a little bit longer and then she starts coloring. Meanwhile, I start with Canaan. He doesn't know hardly any letters, so we're working on that mostly, and then he has a few other toy type things that he gets to choose from where we solidfy colors, shapes, counting to 5, etc. Then he likes to color, or I've got some tracing sheets he likes to do. Last is Asher. We're only a few weeks into the K program we're using, mainly b/c a lot of weeks we only did school once a week, lol. But now we're doing school 4 days a week and I'm trying ot get it up to 5, but the first day of hte week is always so busy cleaning the house after having dh home for 2 days. Anyways, Asher is doing good but I knew he would b/c we started with stuff he already knows. I'm really looking forward to in a few weeks when we work more on reading words. He can sound words out, but he has no retention or comprehension, so we'll be focusing a lot on that. He is learning a lot about science and God though. He's learned how Jesus is like the sun and is the light of the world and how we're like the moon and reflect Jesus' light. He also learned about the phases of the moon, how the Earth, the moon and the sun rotate around each other and create day/night etc. This week we're talking about leaves and how we need God in our lives just like leaves need the plant they're attached to. Sometimes he zones out when I start talking too deep (or start getting too long winded!) but he's really remembering and understanding a lot.

I think that's a pretty good update of our household for now.