Stair Climber

Sorry again for the lack of posts in March!  Wow, did that month fly by quickly!  In only one and a half months Clay and I will be home for Taylor's graduation!  Yay, Taylor!  We are so proud of you!

Much has happened in the last month:

Taylor came to visit us.  It was so incredible to have her here and it went by way too fast! 

I passed my Praxis II test and am now highly qualified to teach middle school and high school mathematics! 

We almost bought a house.  It had a beautiful view and lots of room for our family to grow.  But the seller was unwilling to let us bring in friends to inspect the details of the place.  Sounds pretty fishy to me so we had to pull out of the deal, but the prospect of owning a house was very exciting.  

Ryan and I started running.  More importantly, I started running!  This is something I really thought I would never ever do.  And the best part is I feel so good afterwards!  It has been three full weeks of hitting the gym after school and running.  I am now up to two miles, which is not much for your everyday runner, but amazing for me! 

Clay practiced hard and is now a proficient walker.

He has also started talking and signing!  He says "Hi" while he waves and "Dada" whenever Ryan is around.  He also signs more when he is eating and wants more food!  He is also very good at indicating what he wants by pointing and chatting. 

Clay can climb the stairs.  This is frightening.  Up until today he found it thrilling to walk to the baby gate and shut the door whenever we had left it open.  However, this morning he decided to explore while I was getting ready in the bathroom and Ryan was making breakfast in the kitchen.  I came around the corner to talk to Ryan and saw Clay standing halfway up the stairs playing with the remote controls.  I dropped everything, hurdled the end table, and scooped him up.  Thank God nothing bad happened.  We will have to be more careful about keeping the gate shut. 

Well those are the important details of March.  Next post I will include some photos of our little man.  He is growing up so fast!