1 Year Check-up and More!

We went for G's one year check-up the week before last.  With the party and work I haven't been able to post vital stats.  He was 30 inches long which is about 60th percentile for his age.  He was 19 pounds 10 ounces which is about 25th percentile for his age. His head was around the 50th percentile though I don't remember the exact circumference.  He's following his own pattern it seems, and doing it quite well.  He will go back the middle of December to have a follow up ear check.  This is the third time we've gone in with a possible ear infection, so we may get an ENT referral.  :( We are against tubes or anything, especially since he never shows any symptoms of an ear infection. 

A has been doing well with playing with her brother.  They are even able to entertain themselves more and more.  The new toys from G's party help I'm sure as they got a blow up car with balls in it (think small versions of the ball pit balls).  They go to the airport, to the grocery store, etc. with A driving her little brother around.  I wonder if that will translate quite so well when it becomes an actual car. She too is growing and is already in 4T type clothing, seeming to skipped the 3T stuff. She is super skinny and that's a bigger issue almost simply because if there is no adjustable waist (even for skirts really) then clothes simply will not fit. As she has decided that she MUST wear pretty dresses (and a pretty skirt with a pretty shirt does work) to church and we go to church a couple of times a week, well, giving up is not something that she will naturally do.  She unfortunately has also decided to wear pretty dresses to school and that doesn't go so well with her teachers.  We've compromised and she will wear tunic type shirts with jeans and she seems to be okay. 

Despite all the toys, sticks continue to be a favorite pasttime of G's.  He will often not come inside, or try and sneak them inside, if it means dropping his sticks. We have quite the stick collection going by our door to say the least.  He prefers to have a stick in either hand and is kind of dangerous with them. He really likes banging things, so he may become the drummer that everyone says he has to be with his wild hair. 

Chris's semester is now over so it is a semblance of a normal life again for him.  Now if we could simply get him to remember his coffee in the morning, it would be even better. 

Work for me is busy as ever. We are expanding so very rapidly that it is difficult to keep up.  We have at least one person start a week, normally three though.  We've started a second shift and that's going well. 

G Stew anyone?

Finally gutted the pumpkins and she wanted to draw instead of carve this year...

Pomegranates have become our favorite snack.  They are great toys for the kids and they eat them well

Boy + Sticks = HAPPY!!

Shoveling snow Sunday before last at the coffee shop we went to

On a personal note though, we're looking at joining a church that is going through a denominational schism.  It is a good church that no longer aligns with its denomination.  The past couple of weeks have had conversations leading progressively from a "if we split" to a "when we split." We are uncomfortable with the denomination the church is affiliated with and it has been pointed out that we need to join because they will need our vote.  If we stay here very long I imagine it is where we would join, but we are having difficulty getting over the idea of joining the denomination.  Please pray for guidance and we figure out if we just continue to hang around there without joining as members, or go elsewhere.