Getting stronger

Lizzy has been doing exercises to get stronger. Her favorite is to hold her legs tight and her head up to strengthen her stomach. Our home teachers today commented that it looks like she's training for the luge.

She does this all day long. She's also gotten very good at rolling from her stomach to her back. No matter how difficult we try to make it for her, it only takes a few seconds before she's rolled over.

In other news, we moved Lizzy into her own bedroom. The first night was kind of rough. But not really. She cried for maybe 15 minutes. We had to comfort her some that first night. The second night, she didn't cry at all and just went to sleep. So now she's sleeping eight hours a night, and her parents are very happy.

The new semester has started. It's going pretty well for me, but harder for Kristina. I haven't made any major changes to my class, so I'm very hopeful that this semester will be easier than last semester. Kristina has two classes instead of one, and one of those is on campus three days a week. But these are Kristina's last two classes, so we're both very optimistic that she'll survive.

We are very blessed with great babysitters. Kristina's plan was to have three of our neighbors watch Lizzy each one day a week. Our next-door neighbor was not in favor of this plan. She wants to have Lizzy every time. We feel bad to be such a burden, but she sees it as such a joy and privilege. So Lizzy will go next-door three days a week. We like the consistency, and they like having her, so it's a win-win.