My Thoughts

Rebecca is amazing. She has improved so much with her walking. Today she was walking, fell down and got right back up to finish her way to her destination. I loved it. I was so excited. Usually she just drops and continues crawling. She’s been standing up for a while now. Soon after she learned how to walk actually. Maybe a few days or so after she was first walking she started pushing herself to a stand using my leg. Then I realize a day or two after that she could stand all by herself.

When I talk to Rebecca she seems to answer “ya” in the appropriate place. It surprises me every time. I told her to say “thank you” today and it sounded just like that. Really odd, or is she really trying. I just can’t tell. It seems she is trying. It seems she has “mama” and “dada” straight and she still says “dadadada” and “mamamama” and “babababa” to express her feelings. “Dadadada” when she’s excited and happy. “Mamamamama” when she’s upset. “babababa” , and the first two, just because she wants to talk I guess.

Meredith is trying really hard to read. I’m not consistent with teaching her out of our book, “How to read in 100 Easy Lessons.” She amazes me at the words she can read in our scriptures. She wants so much to please me. She can be so sweet and she can be so much trouble.

Emily is improving in her speech. I believe it has a lot to do with my working with her. The best has been getting my girls to sing. We learn new words and say them over and over again because we’re learning to sing it. “Father” was one of those words. She says it quite well now. There are many others.

I’m so proud of my girls. They’re beautiful and they make me laugh, and cry, and happy, and frustrated, and all of these wonderful feelings. It’s so great to be alive, to be with them, to stay home with them. They are my little miracles that keep me on my toes and remind me to enjoy life. They remind me of the purpose of this life and what I want in the next: To be with them forever.