February Highlights

Hi. This month has flown by! We started it by celebrating Danny's 30th birthday. We talked about throwing a small party for each other since we both turned 30 within 2 months of each other, but didn't get around to it - no surprise. The night of Danny's birthday, 2/1, and into the next day, a blizzard dropped a total of 19 inches of snow in our area. We were snowed in on 2/2 until our very helpful neighbors used their snow blowers to get us out. We've also enjoyed a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Krafve two weeks ago.

About 2 weeks ago, Joy started to put two words together and has become more spontaneous with it recently. She also looks forward to going to work with me in the morning. She asks for the baby most days when she first wakes up.

Danny was away for four days at the beginning of the month. He went to Florida for a conference with one of his bosses. Thankfully it wasn't all work. They golfed one day and enjoyed exclusive seats at an Orlando Magic game one evening. Joy and I really missed Dad but made it through okay with one exception. On the last night Dad was away, Joy tried to squeeze between a table leg and the wall when she slipped and cut her nose on the only sharp piece on the table. There was a little blood but a quick recovery minus the scab.

Unfortunately, Joy has been sick this week. She came down with a cough on Monday, it got more serious Tuesday evening, fever started Wednesday, and fever on and off through Thursday (we stayed home from work this day). Danny is planning on staying home with her tomorrow.

Below is a 'highlight' video of our life this past month. It isn't anything too exciting, but captures moments of our daily life. God bless you and your family!

Hooray Packers!

What a game! We are still filled with excitement over the Packer's win yesterday. I really wish I could be in Green Bay today. It would be so fun to help welcome them home. We had our life group over for the game. We had a wonderful time and ate a lot of food!

What is the latest with Joy? I would say her interest in counting and spelling her name. She was given a block puzzle of her name for her birthday. As you will see in the video, she has learned to spell her name because of her interest in that puzzle. She doesn't fully understand what she is doing. I think she thinks of it as a song more than anything else. But it is still fun and cute. She has also been very interested in counting objects. She can count up to three objects but most of the time every object is two, two, two, and two. In the video below and sometimes during play, she gets three mixed up with 'y' or something else. Watching her learn and grow is so much fun. Enjoy.