Changes

Well, that is what has been happening here lately. Monday Ryan met the Smit grandparents and got the rest of the parts for the futon couch that is a hand-me-down from my sister. So, Tuesday I put that together and we hauled the dilapidated, possibly previous mouse-infested couch out. As part of our parting with the old one, Ryan tore the bottom fabric cover off to see if we lost anything in it that we couldn't live without. Guess what he found. My dad's wallet! I think it had been in there a while as the driver's license expired in 2004. Got that sent back to him yesterday. Anyway, now we have a new couch; one which Ryan thinks is great because he can stretch out almost fully to take his morning naps instead of being in the fetal position.

Yesterday we picked up a new bed for Laina. She is getting so big that her toddler bed seemed small in comparison, so we got her a twin captain's bed (one with the drawers underneath) since her room is fairly small and already is as full as I like them. She says she likes it. Currently she is taking her nap on it, so it must be bearably comfortable at least.

The final change lately is that all of a sudden last week Laina went from being understandable 5% of the time to being understandable 80% of the time seemingly in a day. Something must have clicked. It sure is fun when you can get some idea about what is going on in their head.