Family Updates

Turner is potty-trained.
You do not understand how wonderful it feels to be free of diapers. It's amazing.

Tanner tore his bicep and will have surgery this week. How did I manage to marry a man that continuously requires surgery? I feel bad for him. It seems like he's always being cut or stitched and put back together again.

Surprisingly, we didn't have any plans this weekend so we took Turner to see Toy Story 3. Turner was well behaved in the theater and despite what others will tell you, it wasn't sad and we didn't cry. He kind of lost interest after the first hour and I didn't blame him. The story line wasn't that exciting. I think the subject matter was a little to old for him actually. But overall, it was a good experience and we enjoyed ourselves. It will be some time before we take him to another movie though. Probably when it appeals to him a little bit more.

We watched fireworks on Saturday night. After about 5 minutes, Turner lost interest and wanted to go home. I'm beginning to think Tanner and I are assuming he'll like more mature things because Turner is now holding conversations, is better focused, and growing up so fast; but that isn't the case. He still loves pretend play more than television, he still wants to be carried and held at times, and he hasn't let go of the familiar objects of his babyhood. I have to remind myself that he is still very young and may not be ready for the things advertised / presented to kids his age. He'll get there, but I'm going to sit back a little more and wait for him to show us he's ready instead of making the assumption.

There are so many things I want him to see and experience, but I need to have patience. There is all of the time in the world for those things and I want him to enjoy them and take them in as they should be. Most of all, I don't want to raise a kid that is bored with every day life because we aren't 'doing' anything and I see that 'activities' are becoming a trend in our household.

Time to put life on pause for a little while.

Veronica returns from Afghanistan in 2 weeks! I don't have much to report outside of that fact that she is extremely busy, extremely exhausted, and ready to come home. We are all really looking forward to her safe return.