Changes...

Bill texted me early in the morning and told me that Abigail was making her own egg. She insisted, obviously with assistance. She whipped up the egg and on the stove it went. Proud of her. She has such an eagerness to learn and to help.

Last week she was making cupcakes (in her little play oven) and had her oven mitt on and was bringing  over the finished product to Madison and kept saying "hot hot". She brings much needed laughter into our home.

Madison is doing amazing at sitting up and grabbing things! Her favorite toy is still her mickey extension! Her fine motor skills are awesome! She has gotten so good the last couple of days at reaching and picking up things over and over again. Bringing it all to mouth of course. :-) She has a little pail she loves to empty that are full of different shapes and stuffed animals. Lots of different textures. The past couple of days she has been into papers. I was holding her and sitting near the fridge and she grabbed the paper off the fridge. Sitting on the floor going through the mail she reached over and wanted to see what it was all about so took it out of my hand! :-) You go Madison!

Madison has been sleeping in her crib. The first few nights were fine, but now she is up every hour. It's really hard when you don't get any sleep. I had to take a day off this week because my hands were shaking, couldn't see straight, I didn't want to drive and I just couldn't think.Praying this sleep deprivation for all of us is a short season.

They are both sweethearts!

Big changes coming again to the Hanson household. Bill is returning to work on November 26th. We had to lay off our employee. A great guy who has a wonderful family. It's heart breaking having to do that. This economy is just crushing us as a family and nation. I was finally getting into a routine and now big changes. I pray both Abigail and Madison do well. Abigail struggles with changes. I will return to part time for 5 months starting November 28th. Bill's Mom will watch the girls 2 days and praying Bill comes home early so he can take over and it won't be full days for her. Very much appreciate the help! Neither one of us saw this coming. Praying this country turns around and goes back to Christ and families can achieve the "American Dream".