17 Months

Caroline turned 17 months old today! She is cracking us up every day with something new. If she hurts you and you tell her she gave you a "boo boo" she'll say, "I'm sorry." How can you get upset then? We are continuing with the potty training. We're not really doing anything formal, but she'll usually go once or twice a day. She even went when we were at Kohl's yesterday! She is quite the monkey. The other day she pulled out her Bumbo seat and stacked it on top of her high chair then tried to climb to the top. On Sunday she stood in her music chair and wanted to get a better view out of the window, so she climbed on top of the paper shredder and fell off (that day she also consumed 3 bananas!). Yesterday, I ran in Home Depot to look at one thing, so I didn't put her in a cart. She wriggled down from my arms and next thing I know she's climing up that giant orange rolling ladder! I pulled her off of that and she immediately ran over to the fork lift and starting climbing up so she could make a break for it! She starts swimming lessons soon, so I'm hoping that will channel some of this energy! Mom and Dad went to Duke last week. Mom's bloodwork was fine. Dad had a few spots pop up on his lung and a few more lymph nodes enlarged, but the oncologist said we'll just keep on doing what we have been and check it again in 3 months, so we continue to be prayerful in regards to that. Kim is coming home this weekend as she has to meet with the ENT about getting her tonsils out this summer. We hope all will go well with that, too! Dickson, the college student from Africa, is staying with my parents this summer. We are hoping he can get a job for the summer so he can earn money to fly home to see his family next summer. I took him on an interview last week, so hopefully it will work out!