Spencer's vocabulary

Spencer's vocabulary has been growing by leaps and bounds! I can't believe he can say so many things!

Here is a list of the ones he can say to date:

yucky, Mommy, Daddy, da (Portuguese), no, ball, go, bubbles, doctor, cracker, cookies, Jodi, nana (banana), Nanny, stop, Grandpa, kitty, play

Hole in the wall . . .

So one day, not too long ago, I moved the laundry sorter in the laundry room to pick up a stray sock and found evidence (water, dirt, and drywall damage) of some unusual happenings. I called our handyman to come take a look at it. Together we thought it was just water damage but we didn't know from where so my job was then to be on the look out for more water and figure out where it was coming from. I was trying to do that but never saw water on the floor again. A couple months or so later (this last week), I decided to check on the spot. I moved the sorter again and found a mound of dirt, more drywall damage and more moisture! Now I don't know much about home maintenance but I know that water damage doesn't cause a dirt mound to appear in my basement so I called the handyman again to come check it out. He cut some of the sheet rock off and found a little bit of these:

I was not excited to find out we have termites! Lucky for us they haven't been there very long and the damage isn't extensive at all. Still going to cost money to take care of it but I am grateful the situation is not any worse.

Beware of the termites!

Spencer's first day alone in Nursery

The primary presidency let us put Spencer in Nursery a little early so that we could teach our primary class more effectively. I took him for the first time last week and stayed with him the majority of the time but today, I took him in there, stayed for a few minutes while he got himself involved (distracted) with toys and I left. When I picked him up, they told me he didn't cry at all, told them when he wanted more of something, and was a happy boy! YEAH! I expected them to come get me at any moment but they never did! Wow! I feel very lucky!

We miss you Rubia!

Rubia decided she needed a break and is spending the summer out of the country! She hasn't been gone even a week and we miss her terribly! Spencer misses her a lot too - they are best buds. We are counting down the days until her return. Rubia, we hope you are having a wonderful time but know that we all love and miss you!

Gymnastics

Eva is still doing gymnastics. We go every Friday morning for about 45 minutes. It is a good length - not too long for her and not quite long enough for me! :) They work on the bars, the rings, balance beam, parallel bars, and the mats. I don't know know yet which one is Eva's favorite but she excels at the bars. She has always loved tumbling and swinging around things, doing flips and somersaults so I think gymnastics is a good fit for her.

The day we took this picture, she was determined not to do what her teacher told her to do and just laid down on the balance beam. She got put on time out for it but it made for a cute picture, don't you think? :)

Antibiotics . . . can't cure everything!

So, we finally took Spencer and Adam to the doctor a couple of weeks ago. Eva and I were doing pretty well (or so we thought) but Spencer and Adam weren't getting better. The doc gave Adam and Spencer antibiotics and they started to get feeling pretty really soon.

I, on the other hand, took a turn for the worse and finally took myself to the doctor on Monday. I had two migraines in a week and my head felt like it was going to explode from so much sinus pressure. Well, I have a sinus infection and an ear infection. They gave me one of these (in one of it's variations):

It gave me an allergic reaction so they gave me one of these (also in one of it's variations):

So, I am feeling tons better but I still have a runny nose, a cough, and itchy eyes. I thought I couldn't have a runny nose on antibiotics but I think there is something else at work here. I think I may - even though I never have before - need some of this:

Easter 2009

This year was pretty low-key because all of us (but Rubia) were sick with varying symptoms but probably steming from the same source. Anyway, Adam stayed home with the Spencer and let me (and Eva) go to church to sing in sacrament meeting (with the choir) and teach our primary class (Valiant 9). Eva and I had a great time!

Because we were all sick, my mother, being the kind woman that she is, brough us Easter dinner! Wasn't that so nice! Yummy ham, potatoe salad, fruit salad, etc. Very yummy! Thanks, Mom! She couldn't stay and eat with us but we had Patricia, one of our friends from Portugal with us and we had some good times! Spencer decided to try eating with a utensil for the first time!

The Easter bunny didn't make it to our house this year but Eva and Spencer got baskets full of candy from Mom and Dad (who are still rationing out the candy!). Spencer doesn't eat much of it, and much to my surprise, the adults haven't really eaten his either.

Spencer demonstrated one of his new tricks on Sunday: getting stuff off the kitchen table by getting up on the chairs. Mom is really not fond of the new trick but hopefully he will get bored of it soon! :)

And, Daddy even got to practice the piano, which hasn't happened in a very, very, very long time!