The Cahill's

While the highlight of my day is when Brian walks through the door, my two little companions make many bright spots in-between times.

Ivy is a determined little critter – she may be second born but she’s doing her best to keep up. Merely weeks after mastering the crawl she surprised us by pulling up to a stand – all on her own in the other room. She loves this new form of motion and practices everywhere.

And again, while Lance claims the title of “potty trained”, Ivy follows close behind. While there was a period of time where the effort didn’t seem worth it, both kids have passed over a hump and the training has paid off. No dirty diapers at this house!

With Ivy following in his footsteps, Lance continues to forge ahead into new talents and skills. Just the other day he tried his hand at cooking. He is growing in awareness and his ability to communicate his thoughts. When driving by Brian’s work Lance queried “Daddy? Daddy?” And when we went house hunting without his sister he questioned her empty seat every time we got in the car.

He likes to experiment with new objects and is starting to mimic his environment. Last night Lance and I played make believe for the first time, praying over and eating plastic food. Another time I was singing a song off a kids CD we listen to and he started “singing” another song from the same CD – head, shoulders, knees and toes – with some accompanying motions; boy was I shocked!

Of course, learning multiplies itself in the form of many teachers. Don’t think I’ll have to teach my last kid anything!

Some guys manage to pull off a picture perfect bit of romance on days like today….

Last night Brian set his alarm to go off an hour earlier than we were supposed to get up this morning. He was going to sneak out and make Amy breakfast in bed – such a romantic guy.

…and sometimes events conspire against them.

However, Amy had similar plans and prayed that God would wake her up an hour early so she could make Brian breakfast in bed. Accordingly, Lance cried out an hour and a half early, waking both parents up before he drifted back to sleep. Amy lay still till she thought Brian had fallen back asleep then slipped out of bed to commence her plans. Still waiting on his alarm, Brian was dismayed that Amy was out and about and got up to confront his wife. “How  can I make you breakfast in bed if you’re already up?” he inquired despairingly. “But that’s what I was going to do!” Amy protested. After a good laugh they commenced to make breakfast together.

….And off they went, hand in hand, more in love than ever.