2013 has been a year of joy and happiness!
…And to get right to the exciting part of our year… we welcomed our
new addition to the family- Axel Julien was born on March 23! He has been such
a fun baby and has fit easily into the family. Ethan and Chloë love having a
baby brother and love on him constantly. Ethan cannot wait until he is big
enough to really play with him and Chloë is content just to sit with him on the
floor with books and baby toys, she is the nurturer and hugs him approximately
100 times each day!
In May Ethan graduated from kindergarten. It was so fun to see his
program at school and hear all their songs they worked so hard on. Ethan is
doing well in first grade, although it has been an adjustment being at school
all day and having a lot more expected from him. He is meeting his goals and
acing all his spelling tests. Plus now he reads all on his own and will be
starting chapter books very soon! We are so proud of him.
Chloë started kindergarten this fall and is having the time of her life.
She gets upset when there is no school or if she is too sick to go. She is
learning so much and has started reading books on her own. They are doing a
sign language program with the ABCs and it has been really fun learning along
with her. She will try to read almost anything she sees, she is definitely our
little book worm!
Axel is 9 months old and crawling all over the place. He loves to be
with people and is very social with the people he knows well but he is
definitely in the “stranger danger” phase. He has the sweetest little voice and
jabbers all the time- “dada” being his favorite word. Axel’s huge grin is
contagious- he can make everything better with his smiles and giggles! We are
enjoying watching him grow and seeing who he will become.
Travis took the leap out of the call center this year and got a new
job (with rocky mountain power) working in a warehouse. It is a much better fit
for him and he loves it so far. As a bonus he gets off work at 4 now so we see
him a lot more during the week! And as usual he always has a project going in
the garage, because what good is it to finally have one unless you put it to
good use.
I’ve been up to my same old stuff, taking care of the kids at home and
of course I always have a craft going. This year I have been doing a lot of
crocheting and Axel gets a new hat for each month older he is. It’s been fun
learning to make new stuff; Pinterest and HGTV always give me new ideas! My mom
and I also learned to make fudge and divinity this year, and I must say we are
pretty good at it- Yum!
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Love,
The Rhynsburgers
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