October Updates

Baby Gary had his six month checkup the other day.  He's doing well and is 19 pounds 2 ounces.  Chunky butt. He's doing well with sitting up, but he falls over sometimes.  He likes sitting in his saucer and loves the johnny jump-up.  I bought him a kick and play piano and he seems to like that quite a bit - except that he pushes it away from himself, not meaning to of course, and then can't reach it.  I asked my doctor the last time I saw her about baby food and told her that I wasn't ready to feed him baby food yet.  She said usually people are eager to feed their babies food already, so she said it was totally fine to wait, as long as he seems to be getting enough and is thriving.  He's still definitely getting enough.  I just don't see the need to rush into it yet - babies were meant to just have milk until they could eat real food anyway.  Kind of weird, but the pediatrician told me the other day to start him on baby food, cereal first.  Sorry, doc.  I don't agree with you (we didn't see his usual doctor that day).

Caleb is doing really well in school.  He brings home his first report card today, so we'll see for sure. :)  He told me today at lunch (visited him at school for lunch) that he didn't miss any on his spelling test this morning.  Good job, buddy!  He seems to do well in most things, and I can constantly see him improving - especially in reading and spelling.  His best subjects so far are science and social studies, but for some reason they don't give letter grades for those yet.  He is in AWANA at church on Wednesdays and I love seeing him learn more about God and learn his bible verses.  A couple of weeks ago he and Gary went camping with Cub Scouts and they had a great time.  As much as he loves sports and I would love for him to play sports in school when he's older (maybe soccer like he did before), I think he learns so many more valuable life lessons by being in Cub Scouts.  And I think it has helped him to come out of his shell a little bit, too.

Here's Gary playing his piano...I need to get more video of both he and Caleb.

Happy Friday!