Little Terror

Our youngest boy will be the death of his parents at a very young age. We have often told ourselves that we should have had him first and then we would have stopped having kids, in fact, I think I would have talked Michele into giving him up for adoption. He is the most energetic young man. He doesn't need to take a nap and he can go for hours..usually long after we have gone to bed. He enjoys animals and watching movies. He usually has all the animals scattered from one end of the house to the other and usually we are kicking them out of the way. I usually try to kick them under something so that I don't continue to walk on them in the middle of the night. He usually has to end his day watching his "show". Any show will do, but he usually gets hooked on one and it lasts about two weeks. We have wore out two VCR's and a DVD player. I am glad that I clean out apartments once in a while and find one so that we can replace the one's he is wearing out. He is now in the stage of potty training and that has been fun. Mom " I need to go potty"... puts new diaper on. Mom " I need to go potty"... and this is usually within 3-4 minutes of being on the potty previously..but oh no..you have to put a clean diaper on him..not the one he has just taken off that is practically brand new, well in fact it is brand new. But at least he is making progress with this new development in his life. He also is talking alot now, more than we would like at times. He told me just this morning that "Grandma is sick".. this is his new way of trying to get out of going to the baby sitter's for the day. We are so glad that we have Cynthia and Gerald Crossley to help us with our "little terror". She is very good with Shad and we know that he is safe and protected when he is there. Shad is now three, terrible two's gone.. or at least we hope. We probably couldn't have asked for a better "little terror" to keep us on our toes. He also keeps his siblings on their toes too and we know that they love him.. Hunter fights with him and Sierra locks him out of their bedroom... but we know they love him. God knew what he was doing when he sent him to us.. it is a test of obedience, patience, and being able to follow commandments. We have to have this each day because if we didn't, Michele and I would both be locked up in the behavioral health centers... We love you Shad and we hope you grow to be the best man that our Heavenly Father expects you to be and with our constant guiding and directing, we think that you will. Oh here we go again... Shad leave your diaper on.. and please don't throw your toys at Hunter.. and don't step on Sundance and please do not touch your sister's Ipod... Love you Shad