The Evolution of a Family

Gotta start somewhere

oak9397 — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:46:22 +0000

Yesterday Avery took his maiden voyage giving the post children’s story prayer. He did a good job giving thanks for daddy, mommy, grand pop and grand j, grandma and grand pa. You never know what they will say but he came through like the champ he is.

Cha-Cha Changes

oak9397 — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:07:58 +0000

We are still in the training business. Avery yesterday had to be given three new pairs of underwear because of BM in them. We thought that having Thomas and Friends underwear would help him to keep things dry but we are still looking for him to get that understanding too.

But yesterday Jayné pointed out that his frequency may be due to the fact that he is getting over a cold and his body is fighting it out through the back door. What a wise woman!! How lucky am I to walk through life with her as my wife and best friend and for the kids to have her as their mother.

The One

oak9397 — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:58:34 +0000

Yesterday after along day of being out and about, Avery who is still in training had a BM that he put in the pot. Jayné and I were so excited. A day to remember.

On the bus

oak9397 — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:21:42 +0000

The kids have been wanting to ride on a bus and have few times since last Friday. Here is a pic from today’s ride over to what Jaelyn calls “the conference.”

Early To Rise

oak9397 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:53:09 +0000

I am up early trying to get things dome because this is, and has been a in a busy week. The dynamic duo has been up with me almost stride for stride. Avery is leaning on my right arm as I type, pointing out numbers he recognizes on the keyboard, picking at my nose, singing, and saying “Daddy my toe hurts” pretty much simultaneously as I type!

Today 3.1.10

oak9397 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:03:02 +0000

Today we took the kids to the mall to get them out of the house, read to them a few book and let them play at the B & N train set. Avery especially loves Thomas. I am so unsure of how this became an interest of his but he even got a Thomas The Train book today that he wanted to read. And when it came his turn to play with the set he ran over there and did not want to leave.

Read a few good books today with them. One about germs, one about something else I forget right now. But really liked one that Jayne picked called Our Children Can Soar. Amazing illustrations! This book is basically an old baptist preacher’s whoop. Our ancestor fought so George could invent, George invented so Jesse could sprint…and so on till it gets to, Barack ran so our children could soar! Excellent book I would get it for the illustrations alone.

Thomas and Avery

oak9397 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:34:24 +0000

At 3:29 PM and we have the first signs of action.
YES!!!

Book

oak9397 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:12:49 +0000

Last night we were going over the memory verses with the kids downstairs in the family room. As soon as we started with Jaelyn’s verse Avery darted out of the room and we could hear him going up the stairs. By the time we finished with Jaelyn, Avery made his way back to the family room with his sabbath school book! He handed it to Jayné as if he wanted her to read.

Jayné and I looked at each other and said “Wow”. He just heard us going over a verse looked around and saw something missing an decided to go it from the drawer in our room where we keep the books. What a boy.

Most people would make some statement about this showing his spirituality. I won’t. I will say that this does speak to the pattern and schedule that both Jaelyn and avery have gotten used to thanks to Jayné. Which is a good thing that I hope will turn into more than just an event on the schedule as he grows older.

Avery Skates

oak9397 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:51:29 +0000

For the past few weeks we have been taking Jaelyn to a kids skate at a local skating rink. Avery has been watching and running around the rink with his shoes on. Today one of the teachers told us we can try him out and see how he responds to being on skates.

Once he got them on he was a natural! He was comfortable and really enjoyed himself.

“Rrr”

oak9397 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:12:06 +0000

Tonight Avery pointed to the letter ‘R’ and kept saying ‘Rrr’. Tried to catch it on video, it took a while but I finally got it. It is great to see him growing & recognizing things.