6 Months!

It has been six months since Dennis was born. It's funny how time flies. Dennis is unfortunately not feeling very well today but I guess he wasn't feeling too good six months ago either... coming out of my belly can't be a pleasant experience, so it is fitting. So, Happy Birthday Dennis!

Encore!

By popular demand, we have some more videos of Dennis.

Baby Wise

This past weekend I saw a lot of my friends. I don't see them very often because I moved into a different ward this past summer. I have had a hard time making new friends because I love my old ones so much and its not like we live too far away to see them. Anyways, while I was discussing baby issues (not sleeping through the night anymore) with them, one of my friends suggested that I read the book baby wise. So, this week I have been reading and implementing the principles into our lives... harder to do than anticipated... we haven't quite figured it out yet- but I guess we are seeing results in ways that I didn't expect! Dennis has been exceptionally good for his babysitter, he waits patiently for his meals (for her) instead of crying, he seems to be growing really fast. Today his was bigger than yesterday and way more advanced in his vocabulary. Check out this video.

Here are some of my favorite pictures of father and son taken recently... (I might make an appearance in this blog someday)

playtime

Dennis was playing on the floor and I left the room for a second and when I came back, I couldn't find him. He was hiding. See if you can find him in this picture... He is getting used to tummy time. It still isn't his favorite thing... but the more he does it, the better he gets at it... and the more fun he has.

He is so funny and he knows it. :)

He's always got something to say.

I love Minnesota!

So, my brother Randy and his wife Chrissy just recently moved back to Minnesota and I am sooo jealous! Especially when they make cool movies like this one to rub it in. I tried copying and pasting the video but that didn't work... so, hope they don't mind- Im sending all of you to check out this video on their blog.

http://randyandchrissykannas.blogspot.com/2009/01/merry-christmas-to-all.html

Oh and Happy Valentine's Day. :)

This too shall pass...

I had to tell this to myself last week. Without going into details, I can tell you that last week was one of the hardest weeks of my life--definately the hardest of my career. I felt very used, manipulated, and persecuted. Even though I did everything that I could to fix the situation, this parent still came to my class with a piece of paper and a pen to try to find fault in anything that I did.

Lessons that I learned:

1. How to pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you.

2. It's hard to love your enemies.

3. Just because someone is quiet doesn't mean that they are nice.

4. It's what a person does once they are offended or mad that shows their real character.

5. Some people don't know what it means to be Christian.

6. I have a pretty nice life. (I already knew this one.)

Today was the first day that I taught this student's class without her mother there... Oh how it felt nice. Hopefully, this nightmare is over....

Anyways... Here are a couple of highlights from this past week in Dennis's life.

This video Dennis eats his rice cereal all by himself!

Unfortunately, the next morning he screamed for an hour and a half... so either his stomach isn't ready for rice cereal or he is alergic... hmm... what do you think?

I thought that Dennis was wearing the cutest outfit today, so I took a couple of pictures. I LOVE dressing him. Some mornings we go through 3 outfits just finding what I want him to wear. He doesn't seem to mind unless it cuts into his meal time.

notice the matching huskey dogs. Buster and Bruno were intimidated to say the least.

I LOVE THIS BOY!