I was hoping to catch up on all my blogging before sickness hit our home again, but alas it was not meant to be. Thankfully, Chase recovered very well after coming home from the hospital. He finished his antibiotics and everyone was doing well until Bryce started showing signs of a cold today. The cycle never ends. Anyway, I better get a little blogging done while I can.

Bryce has had the most significant life changes lately. About a month ago he started to take his first hesitant steps. He slowly warmed up to the idea of walking and he has become a full-time walker over the past two or three weeks. Up until a week or two ago he only walked in straight lines, but since then he has mastered the turn and is making his first attempts at running. He's anxious to develop these skills because he wants to run away. Not from home - just from certain situations. For example, he hates brushing his teeth so when he knows it's time to brush teeth he quickly turns around and runs.

Speaking of brushing teeth, Bryce has been acting whiny recently. He's usually a calm, happy baby. A few days ago I dug around in his mouth to see if he had some more teeth coming in and found that he has one cuspid and three molars coming in. No wonder he's cranky.

He's also been talking a bit for a while now. He likes to say "daddy" and if you ask him a question he'll say "yeah". He said "graham cracker" last week, but I haven't been able to get him to repeat that stunt.

In other new, a few weeks ago we were having family home evening and were talking about anger management (not for any particular reason). I asked each of the kids what makes them mad. Chase answered, "pushing." Next I asked Mason the the same question. He answered, "Chase."

Finally, I made a 2RBC blood donation on January 20. I found that the United Blood Services web page only tracks number of donations, not the number of units. As a result, there are 15 2RBC donations that may or may not be reported on the web site. And I'm too lazy to call and ask for more information about it.

In a perfect world I'll blog some more. Or not.