January

Hey Everyone!
January has been a very busy month. I thought it would slow down after the holidays. Obviously not. David has taken call at work now for a month so we haven't been able to go anywhere too far away. We did get to go with the Bonds to a concert featuring the Five Browns, a family of 5 children who all play the piano. They each had a piano and played them at the same time. Sis. Elaine and I really enjoyed it, but Bro. Thomas and David didn't have such rave reviews. I think the only highlight of the evening for them was when one of the brothers played a rendition of "Great Ball of Fire" using his feet as well as his hands and the ice cream treat afterwards!
I have cut down my hours at the hospital to strictly PRN. It is such a relief to have every weekend open. I am still taking call on Tue though until one of my co-workers gets back. Her dad has some serious health problems so she is having to stay with him until March sometime. It has worked out really well for me though. I am getting the hours I need in order to keep my liscense. Which is all I need. Cutting my hours has come at a good time, it is going to allow me to go to AR for 3 weeks in order to help my sister Stephanie prepare for her wedding which is April 19. I am so excited for her and her fiance Luke. Poor Katherine and Devon are going to be so confused, this makes 3 Lukes in our family!
Katherine has begun to potty train. she is doing pretty good. She told me she had to go and she actually made it to the potty for the first time this morning. I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel now. Hallelujah!! She is becomeing quite a little talker now, She is finally beginning to talk on the phone with my family. I know they really like it. They are not so interested in talking to me now, it's always can I talk to Katherine! :) She is so interested in reading also. She will sit for hours and listen to me read her books. She gets so excited when we pull up in front of the library, "ibarry?" "ibarry!".
Devon is becoming quite the little man also. He has mastered rolling and can now be found underneath tables and chairs pretty much anywhere he wants to go. He is also getting better at sitting up. He can sit for about a minute, then he comes toppling over. He is for sure a lot more layed back than his sister, he is content at the stage he is in. He doesn't have the overwhelming energy Katherine had at his age, for that I am most certainly thankful.
The Taylor farm has added it's first animal occupants. 2 dogs and two cats. The two dogs, one looks like a chocolate lab and the other looks like a black boxer/lab mix, started out free, but as of now they have cost us at least $350 in vet bills due to the fact they had ring worms and a staph infection when we got them. It has been driving Katherine crazy not to be able to play with them, but finally last week she was able to play. She loves them. The two cats are both toms so we rarely see them. So I hope our animal experiences in the future turn out to be a little less complicated.
Well ya'll have a great Febuary. Happy Valentines Day!

This last year has been one filled with lots of change.

Our son Devon was born on July 11. He is doing great. He is nothing like his sister looks or temperament. He is content most of the time and is not very demanding. At 4 mo. he weighed 16lb. 2 oz, whereas Katherine weighed 13 lb. at the same age. I think we are certainly going to have a big boy like his uncle Thomas and his great-grandpa Hill.

Katherine has really grown up in the last few months. She is a big help to me or at least she tries! She is always willing to help me in any way she can. She loves to entertain her brother and she is also very protective. The other day in Walmart a woman stopped to admire Devon. She saw his sock was about to fall off and she began to put it back on. Katherine looked at her with a frown and said "Stop!". After working with Katherine for two years she is beginning to get the idea of praying. She even decided to teach Granny a thing or two. Granny was holding her during a prayer, Granny looked over at Katherine during the prayer and Katherine caught her looking and promptly pushed her head back down and said "Bow your head.". At least we know she is listening.

We also sold our house in town and moved into the country! I am so thrilled. The house is 2 1/2 times bigger and we feel like we have room to grow now. The house came with 12 acres, of which 8 is an alfalfa field. (So of course now David thinks he needs a tractor... and a box blade, and a swather, and a square bailer, the list goes on and on). We were able to have David's family out for Christmas dinner. It was so fun to have the room to have guests.

January seems like it will slow things down a bit of which I am so glad. I hope ya'lls year goes well and God bless.

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