Sarah Rise Weekly Updates

Last weekend Carl took Sarah out to ride her tricycle. At one point she was on a slight sideways slope and lost her balance a tiny bit. When she recovered her balance she said, “Close, Dinosaur, real close” which references one of our favorite books, Dinosaur vs. the Potty. I love her sense of humor… Read more »

This week involved Sarah opening, reaching, unfastening, and fastening all sorts of things, some of which were new, some of which were old, all of which point to her growing sneakiness and independence. She can now unbuckle the top part of her carseat. She was attempting to open the car door while the car was… Read more »

The beginning of this week was a rough one for me. Carl was gone all day Sunday and while I did have some help and some breaks, it was still a long day. In general I wasn’t handling it well when the girls would fight over toys nor was I very relaxed about all of… Read more »

Halloween was a success! In a mostly traditional way. Both girls were excited to wear their costumes all day (and Amy wore hers on Friday too). Thursday morning before preschool I felt very much like a mom as I sat sewing a ramshackle seam in Sarah’s costume so it wouldn’t fall apart. The snaps were… Read more »

This weekend we had Becky Blake come for our second outreach and it has gone wonderfully. It is lovely to see how much the girls both love Becky and enjoy learning the new things she teaches us. We are adding in new activities and expanding the routines we have been doing. I’m excited to have… Read more »

I am feeling grateful this week for Sarah teaching me to cook. I mean, really cook. I could do a few things before but it wasn’t really part of my skill set in the way it is now. While I still buy a few things for Carl, Amy, and I to eat on the side,… Read more »

Some weeks contain so much thought and fluctuation of feelings that I am amazed they are only a week long. Last Sunday Carl and I went to the Pirates game, which they won. The cheering was intense. As I listened to the crowd of some 40 thousand people cheering, sometimes for one man, I thought… Read more »

Sometimes the veil between feeling totally amazing and feeling like crying seems very thin. I am rather fascinated by this and I think it points out to some degree how much things are a choice. And it also points out how maybe I am still not quite looking at some feelings that lurk under the… Read more »

We had a lovely visit with my mom (aka Mom-Mom) this past week. When she arrived, the girls were in the family room and it was blocked off because that is how I do Becky’s music movement time. Sarah ran to the gate and looked at Mom-Mom and said “hello. I love you, Sarah.” Amy… Read more »

My “marathon” of being on my own (with Sonia and Carl out of town simultaneously) is at a close. I was very much not on my own and the whole thing went incredibly smoothly. (Luckily the nights went well.) I have such wonderful people surrounding and helping me. This past week my dad came out… Read more »