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No Pictures, but Here's What's Happening

No pictures today as the computer is still out of order. It hasn't actually made it to the repair shop yet, but I don't really want to start to put pictures on the farm laptop. I would rather keep everything in the same space.
But, I do have a few fun stories and Joash quotes to share and some notes on what is happening Mataya's world.

 Yesterday, Joash was asking me a question. I don't remember what it was exactly, but it was something that either did not know the answer to or a question that didn't really have a "right" answer. I asked Joash what he thought. His responded, " I don't know. I will figure it out when I am older."

Last night at supper I said to Joash that Mataya and I were going to read the Bible for devotions. He said, "Mataya can't do that!" "Why not?" I asked, expecting to get an answer like she is too little or she can't read yet. But Joash confidently stated, "She can't turn the pages." True. That is very true.

Now Mataya has decided that it is time to learn to roll and that she must do it now. And when is the best time to learn. While you are in bed of course. When you are supposed to be sleeping at 3:30 am. She can get over just fine, but her arm gets stuck under her. And so once she gets in that position, she doesn't like it all and wails. So, night time sleep and naps times have been rather disrupted the last few days. Today finally, I swaddled her with both arms out and helped her fall asleep on her stomach. As soon as Joash could roll, he turned into a stomach sleeper, so it wouldn't surprise me if the same was true of her. So I am hoping this helps the process along a bit so we can get back to having good naps and nice long stretches in the night as well.

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