Thanks be to God

Thanks be to God. The power of prayer is amazing. Padrino is still with us and we pray that he continue to gets better. Rewind to almost 2 weeks ago. We get a phone call that Padrino is in the hospital and might not make it through the night. We had plans to drive up north to the bay area for the Easter weekend the following day...but we immediately booked a flight when we heard the news so that we could be there for Padrino and the family. It was a stressful few days, but all we could do was pray. It was in God's hands. M-Kid had the best time of anybody though, hanging out with the R-fam and playing. Picture to the left is of us on the steam trains. The night before we left, M-Kid got his first real injury- he was bit by a little scruffy dog...in the face! It was very scary, but thankfully he healed up just fine. It could have been worse. Neosporin does wonders! In other news, M-Kid is 20 months! Wow, it seems so much closer to 2. He is talking a lot more, I can't even count his words anymore. He can basically repeat any word you ask him to, mostly just the 1 syllable words. He is working on 2 syllable words and phrases...still got some time for those. He answers questions with a "yeah" or "no" and is really starting to understand how things work. It is amazing! I am also currently working on numbers, letters, colors, and shapes with him. He is really into learning new things. I too, am learning a lot through the parenting process... about myself, about child development, and the importance of teaching them about how to live life.