words, on fire

We have blown through the last week or so of our lives. Lewis is making some progress on his verbal attempts. Here is a video of him with one of our volunteer therapists, Aimee Games. Aimee has a background in speech therapy and has done a great job motivating Lewis to speak. Having five kids of her own doesn't hurt either! Watch her in action here:



Lewis has been fairly consistent saying "duck" in his weird way, and also in saying "go." We know he has a long journey ahead in unlocking his voice, but we are glad he's trying.

Owen has been doing well also, and has welcomed his second tooth onto the scene.

Justin has been a workaholic putting in his full time hours at the paper, and 30 hours a week at Spencer's. We are all sort of exhausted, which is why I shouldn't have been surprised when I got a stomach bug yesterday after a lunch out with friends. Maybe it was food poisoning? I don't know. But regardless, I am happy that these things don't last long. I've had a pitiful diet of frozen waffles and plain rice along with Gatorade to try and keep me from getting dehydrated.

I was too tired today to take notice of a house fire just behind us. From Justin's pictures it was pretty bad, but everyone survived including their yippy little dog. It sounded like every ambulance and firetruck in town were in our backyard, but we are happy everyone is okay.