Trip to Southaven and Foley...

We have had a busy last two weekends. Two weeks ago, Michaela and I went to Southaven to visit Aunt Audie. We had a great time. Audie will be going to South Korea to answer a call to missions in July for at least two years, so we are making every attempt to see her! Michaela calls her "Augoo." It is strange how they make up their own way of saying things. She can say Aw and dee, but she wants to say Augoo. Anyways, we had a great time up there. It is such a nice area up there although the population is growing at a really fast rate.

Then, last weekend we went down to Foley to visit my parents, grandparents, aunt joker, and cousin Zach. We surprised my grandparents in which could have proved to be a little bit too risky. They both just about suffered from a cardiac arrest. It was priceless. We just opened the door and let Michaela walk into the house. My grandfather is just about blind, so it took him a little while to realize what was going on. It is so great now because she actually calls people by their name and will run to hug them goodbye.

The climbing has begun. She has always liked to climb on stuff, but now it is getting ridiculous. Our stained concrete floors don't help the situation. I am all about letting your kids experiment and learn to be independent, but not at the expense of a trip to the emergency room. She is way too adventurous to say the least. Michaela is learning more and more words everyday. She comes out with stuff that just leaves us speechless. For instance, at Audie's house, she picked up Audie's bible and handed it to her saying "Bible." Then today, she picked up a book I have and pointed to the picture on the front and said "Jesus." The funny part was that it was a picture of Jesus. I believe I told her that a few weeks ago when she was looking through my books. Children pick up on everything this age. It reminds us of how important our example is.

I am really looking forward to warmer weather because Michaela loves to play outside and I know all of you parents can testify to the fact that it is much easier to take care of a child outside than inside where they want to get into everything and make as many messes as possible.