Back to "NORMAL"???

When I was pregnant with Dane our lives were a constant buzz of coming and going, I was serving God at our church and through YoungLives, our life was so full of family and friends, and life was, well...full. But for the past two years, we had to take so many precautions with Dane (which paid off!) that I almost forgot what our life was like before Dane! Well, I can officially say that we are back to normal, or a new normal, because we do have a two year old running around! Last Sunday we all got up and went to church, I had a full house all day (our own 5 plus 2 more kids), we played Wii, played pool and as I was in the kitchen cooking up a scrumptiously unhealthy (yet inexpensive) dinner of biscuits, sausage, gravy and scrambled eggs. I so enjoyed the old sounds of a full house of people enjoying our humble home...I felt so thankful to have finally reached this place one again! We are once again able to open our home up freely to friends and family, with out making them scrub down prior touching anything or having to leave their own kids at home. Chad and I are actively serving God at church and in our home where we are leading Jr. High youth group...which is going fantastic, because I know you were wondering! Yes, life is back to normal and the conclusion to this discovery: IT MAKES ME HAPPY!!! :)

As for the star of this blog, our little Dane is doing fantastic! He is officially released from physical therapy, and we are getting ready to have him tested for developmental preschool. IF he tests into the school it will most likely be for speech. Though he talking a ton, using full sentences and all that jazz, his articulation is could use a little work. As far as his health, he still needs a puff on his inhaler when he runs around, but we continue to see his stamina get better and better. He is so much fun these days, the other day he had been bugging us to put his TV show on, and when I finally turned it on...he jumped up and down and shouted "I LOVE YOU MOM!" like I had just given him the biggest and best surprise ever! Today we were at Target and sang Jesus Loves Me over and over through out the entire store, which made everyone smile when they heard him...of course I wanted to be like..."Do you know how amazing it is that he can sing this song??? It's not just cute, it's a miracle!!!", but I didn't of course say that, but I wanted to! Dane has shown an interest in drumming since I can remember him being old enough to bang on stuff, and now he has a drum set...not just a little kid, Fisher Price style drum set, but an official drum set (child sized of course!) This adds to the loudness of our home, but we have gotten used to...I LOVE to hear him playing! He also loves to play his harmonica and pretend to play the piano, he loves all things music...but he is still 100% boy and loves to dig in the dirt, jump in the mud, pick up ants even though he gets bit every time, and torment Molly (my Mom and Dad's golden retriever).

That's about it for now...I will try to do a better job of posting, but I can't promise anything! I am working more hours, and quiet time at the computer continues to be more of a challenge. I am on facebook, which I find easier to keep updated...because you can be in and out within a couple of minutes!