Odds & Ends around the Daigle Home

I used to do monthly updates, and I'm sure that'll happen again one day.  In the meantime, you'll have to settle for sporadic posts such as this one.

Andrew
Baby boy is 8 1/2 months now and doing wonderfully.  He's very healthy and has outgrown much of his fussiness.  Instead, he gives us these gigantic smiles all the time, so much that when my sister saw a recent picture of him on Facebook, she didn't recognize him.  I doubt she's ever seen a picture of him without an enormous grin. 

Izzy and Andrew before MOPS one morning.  Neither kid would smile, so this is the best we could do!  Photo courtesy of Alamond Photography.

Andrew eats ridiculously well.  Following the Baby-Led Weaning format of introducing solids has worked out beautifully for our family.  He's also starting to sleep better.  I started doing CIO (Cry it out) with him again last week, and the result has been a well-rested mommy.

Izzy
Izzy will be 3 in December, and she is fun as ever.  She has new sentences every day, and we never know what she's going to come up with next.  Last week, as I finished cleaning up water she'd splashed in the bathroom, she said "Good job, Mommy.  Aw, Mommy, you're such a good girl."

She's also busy as ever.  Lately, she has been in need of lots of prompt correction, which can be tiring, but it's totally worth it to have a child who obeys the first time.  Not that we're there yet!  We're definitely not, but that's the goal, and it's nice to see improvement.  I'm afraid she's on the verge of outgrowing her naptime, and this is what she did one afternoon instead of napping. 

Surely I'm not the only mom whose Bible looks something like this?

Isabelle sprained her ankle a couple weeks ago, and that was quite a fiasco, but as of yesterday, she's finally walking without limping. 

Gabby, personally
Lately, I'm really into breadmaking, so I'll write a post on that pretty soon. I also have a few sewing projects planned.

I'm doing pretty well, but I'm still a bit weepy at times. Sometimes I wonder if people are thinking "get over it already!" But I'm really not teary-eyed about sadness or grief (read the series of posts regarding Andrew's emergency lung surgery from 6 months ago if you're not sure what I'm referring to). For the most part, I get emotional when I reflect on the amazing things the Lord has done through the trial and its aftermath. He provided in so many ways, above and beyond anything we could've imagined. Even now, it astounds me to read other people's stories about their children with the same lung defect as Andrew. Typically, there are lingering effects, sometimes as small as taking medication daily for respiratory issues. For Andrew, there are none. He has not one single illness or problem related to CLE.
God is so good, but had He not chosen to preserve my son's life, with very little time to spare, God would still be good. He has already done it all on the cross.

As a Family
We've been much busier than we'd like to be.  I enjoy all the things we do, but it can be hard to keep up with all the weekly commitments we have and still have time for fun and rest as a family.  I've enjoyed my second grade AWANA class that I teach.  MOPS is going well and so is our ladies' Bible study.  Isabelle's favorite part of all these things is getting to see her friends and play with them. 

We've enjoyed having friends and family visit recently, and both Izzy and Andrew had a blast with their cousins last weekend.

Damian and I are looking forward to a much-needed date night without the kids this week.  A couple of awesome young ladies from our church's youth group ordered us to take a date night, and they're babysitting for free.  How sweet is that? 

Hope you and your family are doing well!