Joy in Our Journey: January 2010

Thursday, January 7, 2010

The year went by quickly.

So, we're not really blog savvy, but we are going to try. Christmas was a lot of fun. We actually got the rest of our stuff here and managed to find our Christmas decorations beforehand. I actually wanted to put up one of our nativities on our entertainment center but didn't find time. So, John let us put it up Christmas morning before we opened gifts. Now we are busy trying to unpack and get ourselves settled in before we leave again. It will be nice to not come home to a pile of boxes.

What Happened This Week?

December 2010
We don't keep this part up very well. Went to Japan for a visit a couple of weeks ago. Had an awesome time. John learned some new Japanese words. Lilly had tons of fun even though she tried to talk to a lot of people but they didn't talk back since they were Japanese.

June 26, 2010
Well, John is finally done with his scuba certification. Hurray! We went on all of the dives together and it was tons of fun.

June 7, 2010
So, Friday was Lilly's first day to have a teenage babysitter. I must say I was a bit nervous and actually cried a little when we left her because she was outside waving goodbye to us, and kept waving and waving. It was so cute. The next new thing is that her hair is finally long enough for one ponytail in the back instead of two pigtails. She is growing up so fast.

May 25, 2010
Lilly has started to learn to say prayers. She repeats the words now, but does some funny things. When we say, "Bless that we can be happy", she makes a little squealing noise. That's how she says happy. It is very cute. ;-)

Those Unforgettable Moments

October 2012
During scripture reading, Lilly repeats the words we say. Sometimes she gets it wrong, so we say it again until she gets it right to help her listen better. Some of her famous phrases are, "You are making my job hard!" or just the other day she says, "I'm speaking Japanese" to clarify why what she said was actually right.

December 2010
Lately Lilly does some really funny things. She has invented her own "sound" language. To say sleep she snorts like a pig or like someone snoring. So, when she asks if Daddy is sleeping she says, "Daddy, (snort)". It is really funny. Then she has her kind of growling sound for gekkos. If she wants to watch a movie she make this squealing noise. If she wants to eat she does this chomping noise. She makes us laugh hard every day. she is so funny. She can open the outside door now, so we have to keep it deadbolted so she can't get out when we aren't looking.

July 30
John was reading a book with Lilly. She pointed to the birds, and he said, "those are birds". Then she pointed to the bird house and he said, "that's a bird house". So, Lilly knocked on the bird house. (She knocks when she goes to any other house, why not a bird house?)

June 28
I was reading scriptures and Lilly started looking through my scriptures and she found a picture of John. So she holds the picture, waves at John's picture, and then blows him a kiss. The she put the picture away, pulled it out and did it again. It was really cute.

June 26
Lately if Lilliana falls down or gets hurt she runs over to have us pick her up. Then when you pick her up, she starts patting your back. It makes us laugh.

June 7
Sometimes during the day we find Lilly sitting up in her high chair. Every time she is hungry, she climbs in and then starts calling to us. Guess that is one way to communicate that you want to eat. ;-)

May 25
This happened a while back, but was really funny. John was holding Lilly and I heard him say, "yep, you found some hair in my nose, we don't pull that."