So my body has just recently gotten over falling off a chair and almost breaking my ribs. My breastbone finally stopped hurting every time I put pressure on it.
I celebrated too soon.
Yesterday we had Julie de Azevedo come do a workshop for our stake (so good). On the way to the stakehouse (1 block away) I slipped and landed hard on my tailbone. I have hardly been able to walk. I can't stand up or sit down. Luckily Josh has been around to clean the house and make food for Joseph and I. I hope this doesn't hurt for too long, because being laid up is not helping anyone around here. Maybe I should just not go anywhere or climb on anything.
On another note, today in church the family that sat behind us has a little girl about 6 months younger than Joseph. She had a bag of chex snack mix and was sharing it with Joseph. Every time he tried to get her attention he'd say "baby, baby" I kept trying to explain to him that they are almost the same age and she is not a baby. Silly kids.
So today our Young Women lesson was on coming to know our Savior. We talked about people we know (famous people etc) and people we really KNOW. I thought a lot about how well I know my Savior. I know there are times in my life I've been closer to Him than I am now (mission for one) but there are also times I've been farther away from Him than I am now. I hope I can teach Joseph (and any siblings he may get) how to come to know his Savior.
It's quite a daunting task for a mother. But I know I'm up to it.
On another (yet totally similar) note. About a week ago I was in the kitchen getting breakfast for Joseph. I looked out the window and the world looked all white (I know, I know. There's snow on the ground). The trees were all covered in thick frost and the fog of the morning was just breaking. The sun was shining through the trees and it truly was a beautiful sight.
I know Christ lives and loves us. Why else would he bless us with something so beautiful?
So it's been a while since I blogged. I do have an excuse. It's not an excellent one but it does give a reason. Shortly after my last entry our desktop computer started slowing down big time and after about three weeks it crashed. We took it to my brother Jeff to fix it (he's a computer genius). Needless to say, it's still in ICU.
Since I haven't blogged since July, I should probably catch up.
Joseph is growing like crazy. He had his 18 month appointment in August (finally hit the 20 lb mark). The doctor asked how many words he could speak, I said around 30 (total guess). The next week I decided I should count and wrote down all the words I had heard him say. After 130 I finally gave up. I just wish he'd put some of those together. We're still waiting for multi-word sentences. He does say "thank you" and "there you go" but that's about it.
At the end of June I was called at the Laurel advisor in our ward. I love the Young Women. We have some really good laurels in our ward. July brought girls camp. That was an experience. Joseph spent the first night at girl's camp with me. Didn't get much sleep that night. But it sure was fun to see the girls play with him.
August my sisters came back from Finland. It was good to see them after 3 months of visiting Mom and Dad. It has been fun to see pictures and hear stories of things they did with Mom and Dad. They brought everyone back a moose from the Arctic Circle (the real one not the burger place). Mom gave them all a hug, so they could give everyone a hug from Grandma. Joseph sleeps with his (and his daddy's) moose. So he gets a hug from him Grandma Brown every night.
Also in August, Josh started a new job (finally regular paychecks) and school. We're hoping he'll be done with his Spanish degree in May. Then just one more semester to finish his social work degree.
So September and October were mainly filled with work, homework, school, and me and Joseph taking walks while Daddy was busy with other things.
November came crunch time as Josh prepared for school to be out. Thanksgiving was fun. And a well deserved break. We went to the zoo and got family pictures taken.
After the zoo we went to my brother's house for dinner. It was the first time to be together with my siblings since conference.
Once Thanksgiving was over, Christmas started. I made afghans for the people we had for Christmas. That means five afghans. I actually started them shortly after Halloween. The last one is not quite finished yet, but I ran out of yarn so I need to get more.
Joseph loved Christmas. he loves the snow, he loves snowmen and santa and reindeer (moose as he calls them.)
The weekend before Christmas we spent at my brother Matt's house. It's actually my parents that they are house sitting until Mom and Dad get back next year. It was so nice to spend a whole weekend with my siblings and nieces and nephews. Joseph had fun playing with his cousins. He's finally getting to the point where he can play with other children.
Christmas was wonderful. We spent the day as a family, just enjoying the spirit of the day. We are grateful for the spirit of Christ that has been in our home this year. We hope it will continue throughout the year and forever.
