Ewan's current stats

Ewan had his 3 year check up with our favorite pediatrician-Dr. Mazurek-on Wednesday. He's looking good and the doctor and I agree that Ewan is a pretty fearless 3 year old. (could it be the walking around up on the examination table that did it?) He got to show the doctor his muscles and how strong he was. Ewan weighed in @ 36.6 pounds and is 38 3/4 inches tall, both in the 90th percentile. Now, Marcus @ 3 years was 46.6 pounds and 41 inches tall and Cale was 39.8 pounds and 38 3/4 inches tall. So, a little bit lighter, but still above average :-) And, extra bonus, we got out of the office with no shots!

let the little man eat!

Yea! for Liam! We (I mean me-Tracy) finally decided to give him some rice cereal on Sunday. I had been putting it off, mostly because once you start feeding solid foods, you can't go back. Maybe I wanted to keep Liam a "baby" a little while longer. (I know, he's still my baby, but just a little bigger now since we've started the solid food journey) Did Liam like the food? Hard to say, he definitely ate most of what was offered, but he mostly seemed a little confused that we were putting this food in his mouth. After this first attempt, we waited a couple days to try again (really, I kept forgetting to get the high chair out for Liam to sit in). Good news, we fed cereal to him again for lunch on Thursday and he ate about half of it. We're on our way!

Earth festival

We went to the nearby town of Atlanta for their Earth Festival. We had never been before and thought it would be a fun, if not interesting trip. Well, the festival, to us, seemed like a pretty big garage sale with food vendors. Andy compared it to a "scaled down version of the Decatur Celebration" (some readers will understand). And, the town of Atlanta needs a little bit of a paint job on most of the houses that we saw-just a smidge run down. There were tons of people there and the food was great because it was like the food you would get at the fair without having to pay the admission fee.

The boys got these "balloon yo-yos". Yes, we actually paid money for little balloons tied to rubber bands with a little water inside the balloon to make it bounce up and down better.

Liam is 5 mos old

Here's our "little" man @ 5 months old! He's so stinkin cute and not a day goes by that we don't say "Liam is such an easy baby!" Let me just sing his praises for a moment: Liam is a great sleeper, his schedule is a morning and afternoon nap and sometimes a late afternoon nap. We just lay him down when he acts tired and he will roll to his side, suck his thumb and go to sleep. No need to rock or swaddle him! He is rarely fussy and loves to watch his brothers, who, by the way, love talking to Liam and getting him to laugh. Like I said in a previous post, Liam is already getting into that pre-crawling position and would rather spend time on his belly than on his back. His hair is still red , but on the back and the sides (where the hair fell out) it is coming back in very light-maybe a blond? Maybe not. The other boys all have a stripe of lighter hair underneath their red hair. We will see. He's a big boy and I'm going to try to sneak a weight in @ Ewan's doctor's visit today. Liam is still being toted around in his infant car seat, his feet do stick out the bottom and his shoulders are almost too wide for the seat, but I cannot upgrade him to a convertabile seat until the little man learns how to sit up, probably around 6 mos old. What a cutie! We just love him!

so strong!

can you believe this! Here is picture from a few weeks ago. At 4 1/2 mos old, Liam can already get himself into a hands and knees position and rock back and forth. That's a readiness for crawling and I'm sure he'll start moving soon. He can already scoot himself backwards from his starting position. He's the first of the boys to do this the youngest (if that makes any sense). Andy says it's because we actually do the tummy time with him. Can I help it if Liam is the first of the boys to really enjoy being on their bellies as babies?

the 100 club

Cale made it into the "100 club"! You know, it's that exclusive club for preschoolers who can count to 100! :-) He was the first one in his class to do it, which is pretty impressive since it was only his 6th day of preschool for the year. He was so proud and got a certificate from Mrs. Andrea, his teacher, whom he just loves. The only way I can get Cale to do his preschool homework is to tell him that Mrs. Andrea wants him to do it. What a nice start to the year, and we're so happy that Cale is so excited about learning!

a soldier for the Lord

Here is Cale dressed up in foil to look like a soldier. The boys are learning about the armor of God in Wednesday night Bible class and Cale got picked to dress up in "armor". He was so proud that he wore it home to show Andy. Marcus was a little jealous, he wanted foil armor too! Maybe I've found an easy Halloween costume? They also are learning the Bible verse that goes with the armor. I was surprised with how fast the boys learned it. They were the only kids that had it totally memorized in one week!

"Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes." Eph 6:11