Good Monday!

Yesterday we had a lovely brunch with Grandma and Grandpa Faulkner, Allen, Eryn and Addison. I can't believe how big Addison is getting! She is so funny and reminds me of Katya at that age with her leg "stepping" and cooing. Katya was in fine form as well and was quite silly. Unfortunately Craig had to work that night and had to leave early but Katya and I got to stay a bit longer.

Work at Widmer is going okay for Craig. Hard to get use to working so much, his feet and back are hurting him. He has been very tired because of working 5 nights in a row at the restaurant. It did not help that we had our neighbor's dog for a few nights and he woke us up multiple times by barking at things in the ally. We were super happy to help them out as they have looked after our dogs several times but are glad he is home now. Craig is working tonight but has tomorrow night off and is hoping to come home early from the lab.

Nothing real new with Katya. She continues to practice standing alone and walking with our help. She has combined two signs to make a primitive sentence, "yes please" which is pretty cute. She is getting harder to feed because she is pickier and throws all the food she does not want on the floor. I feel like she is not getting enough to eat but I want to be firm with what kind of food I offer her (i.e. not giving her less healthy foods because she won't eat the healthy ones). I have also learned that toddlers sometimes start eating less and that if they are hungry, they will eat. I love the rule of thumb we learned in nursing school to advise parents and that is "the parent says what (food) and the kids says how much if any."

Love and prayers, Brenda