first quarter of 2008

Sara had been doing great here in 2008, (knock-on-wood) no real bad illnesses this year, though the tubes are still in her ears from over a year ago, which seems to be working well.

Lately Sara has started taking swimming "lessons" on Saturday mornings. She likes it a lot, but since it is the same pool the swim team uses, it is pretty cold and 20-30 minutes is enough for her. But she has big fun and talks about swimming all week long.

Sara is getting bigger, but the biggest change is really in her talking, she communicates very well we think.. and she is picking up new words all the time. Of course, her favorite words still usually have something to do with food, like "pasta", "rice", or "fruit."

The last 6 weeks have also been pretty busy around here with mom gone one and dad 3 times on "airplanes" but she has done very well, but is very happy when mom and dad are both home. We have also had a bunch of big snow dumps in that time period, so Sara has spent a lot of time watching Dad snowblowing through the front window. We have also been pleasantly surprised with growing interest and learning about potty-use... we'll see if it sticks, but other kids are learning at school, and she is not one that likes to be left out, so maybe it will.

Grandma D. came for a visit this week/weekend and that has been big fun, another person for her to read books with, and color, and paint and generally have fun with.

Other than that, all is well.