You know the drill by now, no news is for the most part good news. Sorry for the lack of pictures this time around. I do have some, but will share later. Anywho, the news on the Goebel front is as follows:
Walker- He is now officially 4. He had a great birthday. The fact that we had to celebrate again with his aunts, uncles and cousins had him convinced he was now 5. I assured him he has 355 more days of being 4. His new one is "How tall am I going to be when I am 5?" He has settled into the school routine. He loves his teacher, which (thank God) is not me. He still has moments when he thinks he belongs on my leg, but they are A LOT less frequent. He has made some buddies too. It is nice to see him develop in a social setting.
Lauren- I am now her teacher. It is like night and day with those two. Walker acted out and was needy when I was with him. She acts out a little bit (more to test me than to get my full attention I think), but she is not near as needy. She plays with her babies, pretends to be the teacher or with her best friend of the day just fine and I can actually do my job!! She is still retaining any and all songs she hears to be practiced only at bedtime when the rest of us are trying to go to sleep. She is also still crazy about books. She pretends to read them to her imaginary class. Most days, she says her best friend is Walker which is kinda cute I think.
Brady- Well, Butch is still as big as ever. He is 27 pounds of stubborn boy. In case you are ever called to babysitting duty in our house take heed:
-He does not like to be changed, clothes, diapers, any of it. He will through himself back and fake a closed head injury just to get you to go away. The key is to turn on a Wiggles video (yes, I have another Wiggles disciple) and do said changing in front of the TV
-He is quite attached to the binky and the blanky. He will frequently hug you with his blanky. If your are getting him up from a nap, he will hand you the blanky so it is with him at all times.
-He must eat what ever everyone else is eating, so no sneaking snacks or he will go back to throwing himself down and faking another closed head injury.
-He signs like a madman. They have taught him at school (to my knowledge he is not deaf or autisic, so don't panic) please, more (I could have done without this one), all done and Thank you.
As for us, we are still married and we still know each other's name which is pretty big most nights (just kidding). We are loving our little family and trying to keep each other sane with humor and love. I have to say, Doug keeps his cool A LOT better than me, so I am learning.
Well, I will post pictures soon!!
Pam
