Milestones

So last week we celebrated Justin's 26th birthday with a little football and a little conference (church). He got a lot of gifts, all of which he loved! He received some parts for his bike, which he was so excited he put them on right away. I gave him an Oregon Ducks shirt for him and Levi (he also put those on right away), and I gave him a BYU shirt too. He also received a nice new shirt to wear to work. Every gift has already been used. So he was thrilled. His birthday dinner of choice was chicken nuggets and tater tots, so at least that was easy for me to make. His cake didn't come out exactly how I wanted it to because I kept running out of frosting, but you can still tell what it is, and Justin liked it anyway.

Last week also started classes for Justin. Due to much prayer we were able to get Justin in all the classes he needed. We are so grateful that we did because if not it could have thrown a lot of things off. But he is still on track and good to go. He is taking Principles of Bio, General Chem, and General Physics. All 200-level courses, so nothing too familiar. He is excited, he has been waiting to start all his science classes, and this year will be those three classes the whole time. All his labs are on Tuesday, so he is gone on that day from 7:30 AM until 5:30 PM. Long day, but at least he doesn't have work on top of that. Speaking of work for him, he is cutting way back in hours now. He is only working part time (24+ hours a week). So we are actually going to really utilize the student loan and grant money. Also, when we were so excited about moving we forgot that Justin would not be making as much this next term, so in recalculating we realized we could not afford to move. We were a little disappointed, but moving will have to wait.

Also with Justin's classes started I am left without a car in the morning, and both Levi and I were used to having one. So now, when Levi wants an adventure I take him on the city bus up to my mom's work. He loves it! He is nothing but smiles and excitement the whole time. So its nice there is still something I can do with him that will keep us out of the rain and out of the house.

On another Levi note, we have begun potty training this week. Yesterday I sat with him twice on the potty chair (each time for almost an hour). He doesn't scream or complain like he used to, but just sits there and entertains himself. My mom got us an actual potty chair yesterday (we were just using the normal toilet), and I sat with Levi on it for an hour last night and an hour this morning. It is nice because he can be distracted by the TV while he is waiting to go pee-pee. Today it paid off as he actually went after the hour of sitting there. His reward is his ultimate joy, suckers! So I immediately gave him one and praised him, high fives and all! He seemed pretty pleased with himself too as he was bidding good-bye to his pee-pees. I have a feeling pooping might be far more challenging because he likes to be hidden in a corner when he is doing that. However, I do have bigger suckers for him doing that deed in the potty chair, so we'll see.

Well that's all from us. We've had a good week full of fun times and spiritual upliftment! Hope yours was wonderful too!