1.0 and 3.5

             Emory turned one year old last week! She is working on getting her sixth tooth right now and has taken 21 steps, but prefers to crawl still. At her one-year check-up, she weighed 18# 12 oz (25%ile), was 29 inches long (33%ile) and her head is in the 55th %ile.

 

     Grady turned 3.5 this month! He started playing on a basketball team.

       He really enjoyed the practices, but at the first game he was really scared when the loud buzzer buzzed. We had to go home in the middle of the game!

       For the next week, I simulated buzzer noises intermittantly around the house using my voice and an iPad app to get him used to the noise. At the next game, he was afraid to go, but I told him we would ask if they could not use the buzzer. (They offered to last time, but it was too late.) They agreed not to use the buzzer, but I think Grady was anxious the whole time. He came off the court a few times, but ended up finishing out the game. After the game, the coach took them into the "locker room" for a pep talk and to give them their "stars" for their individual achievement. Kids got the defense star and the offense star, but Grady got a white star for "Christ-likeness". He is following in his dad's footsteps who received the trophy "Best Christian Witness" on his high school basketball team. Like father, like son!