A New Milestone!

Novalee took her first real steps last night! She was leaning back against the couch when she saw an ad for Bambi II on T.V. She got so excited and took three steps toward the television. She can also get to a standing position on her own. She will be walking around the house in no time! Great job, Novie! We love you!

Honey Bunny

Next week we will be going to Houston for two weeks for Chad's chief training. Obviously, Honey can't come with us, so she will be staying with her Aunt Megan and her two little bunny cousins, Theodore and Dude. She will also be frequenting the Heartland Rabbit Rescue to do some mingling. We hope that she will bond and fall in love with one of the bunnies there. We think she needs to get married, so we are hopeful that she will find a mate while we are gone. We are so glad she will get to have some fun and maybe find love while we are away. Wish her luck!

Love This Quote

"What I mean by living to one's self is living in the world, as in it, not of it."
-- WILLIAM HAZLITT




I lost 10 pounds!

GO STEELERS!

Yay!

Two more pounds and I reach the 10-lb mark! I need suggestions on what I should reward myself with. What do you think?

Obedience

Chad, being the insightful man he is, decided to do our Family Home Evening lesson on obedience...for Emma's sake. As it turned out, she gave us the perfect example earlier in the day. She was supposed to be taking a nap, but she decided that she wasn't going to take one. So she leaned over her bedrail to reach for her Cinderella tea set, fell, and busted her lip open on the side of the storage container. She couldn't eat very well for the rest of the day because of the pain, and her lip is still black & blue. But she didn't stop there. At lunch, I told her that she need to sit on her bottom in her chair. While I was cooking, she got up on her knees and leaned back, which tipped the chair over. That hurt, too. And...this morning, I woke up to Emma repeatedly slamming her bedroom door after Chad told her to stay in bed until I came and got her. Frustrated, I reprimanded her and she told me she hurt her head on the door. The child is accident prone....disobedient and accident prone. We've told her that she needs to listen to Mommy & Daddy or she could get hurt. Obviously this hasn't worked. Any suggestions?