Change is good...

I love this song by Lanisa Keith “Run”. It’s all about Change and how God sees the silver lining, and we can’t. And that's GOOD! You can look her up in iTunes... great singer/songwriter!

There are lots of changes going on here in Hecknville. Our biggest change will be in Oct. 2009 when we welcome our baby into this world. We are all so excited. Dancer wants a sister and Auto wants a brother. The neat thing is God already knows... makes me smile, He has known for a long time. Many of you out there that read this blog, don’t know this, but Dancer and Auto are adopted. Chief and I were told we would never get pregnant. That was fine with us. We knew the second Dancer & Auto entered our lives we were meant to be their Mommy and Daddy, thus being parents through adoption. In fact, in December, I was talking to one of my friends about it, and I said

“ I’m so happy that I never gave birth and that I will never give birth”. God winked and smiled at me! Now, I’m pregnant! We are all so happy. We LOVE how Dancer and Auto are ours, and now we get to experience the birth of a child to us. WOW! We are SO blessed. 

We have many goals to met before Oct. I think I’ve narrowed it down to 5:

1. Potty train Auto
   
2. Have Dancer and Auto helping me around the house
   
3. Finish up the school year
   
4. Get through Summer
   
5. Think of a new name for this blog
   

Number 1: Potty Train Auto. How do you potty train a 3 year old (he will be 3 in a few weeks) boy that is not interested at all. Our friends put their 3 year old in “Wee Ball” this year and wanted Auto to join. At first he wanted to. Then he found out he could not wear diapers, and he told me “That’s all right, I want to play soccer!" Then one day last week he wanted to wear underwear. I jumped at the idea. I put him in his “Lightning McQeen” underwear. I ask about every 15 minutes, “Let’s sit in the bathroom”. He did, but did nothing. As soon as we came out of the bathroom and in to the kitchen, he went. And didn’t care that he was wet! Ugh! Please PRAY!!!! 

Number 2: I’m on a mission to get my children to dress them self, brush their teeth and hair, and make their beds. We started last week. They did very good, and it looks like we will meet this goal!

Number 3: Finish up school this year. Seems like I can, but it is a struggle. I’m so tired right now. We do school, but it is very “light” school. However, I tested both Dancer and Auto on the ABCs and numbers. Dancer received a 100% on both. She knows what they are, their sounds and can write them. Auto knows about 15 of his ABCs, with their sounds. With his numbers he knows 1-5. They both know all their colors and shapes. With that said, I think we're doing good.

Number 4: Get through the summer. It’s going to be a LONG summer. I just pray I keep them busy, and still get rest.

Number 5: Think of a new name for the blog. “Heckn” is put together with all our names. With a new little one coming, we need to change it. Maybe I will take

“Newman: Party of Five...” ;-) The Williams will need a new name also, they are growing to Party of 6. 

That is Hecknville in a nutshell. Lot’s of changes and that is GOOD! Until next time...