Family Update

Jonathan went to the doctor today for his three year check up. Thankfully we made it through a doctor's visit without anyone being sent to the hospital! He is just growing like a weed!!! At three years old, Jonathan stands at 37" and weighs in at 30 lbs. (He's in the 25-50th percentile for both height and weight.) His speech is really on a roll. He can even speak in small sentences now! He's at the age now where he's ready to start seeing a dentist. So we're looking for a good pediatric dentist. Our pediatrician gave us the name of someone we might check out. He acts like he can recognize some of his colors. We still don't know what he can actually see and what he has memorized, though. There's a 50/50 chance he's color blind. (My dad is color blind, and I carry the gene. Jacob also has a 50/50 chance of being color blind. Good times ahead!) My Nana has a test we can give him to check for it, but he may still be too young to be able to take it. Our pediatrician suggested taking him to an opthamologist; they might be able to do an early test for color blindness. She recommends waiting awhile on this though, because most kids don't really have their colors learned until the end of their third year. The poor guy also had a heppatitus shot today. He came out of that office with a sucker, a treasure from the treasure chest in the nurse's station, and a sticker from the front desk. Yes, he had quite a day!

Jacob is still trying to crawl. He hasn't quite taken off yet, though. I put him down for a nap the other day and laid him on his tummy like I always do. I could hear his pacifier drop, and then he started fussing so I went in to check on him. That boy had managed to push himself up into a sitting position (first time he's done that), and he was clear at the other end of the bed! Whenever I put him on the floor to play, he always ends up on his tummy. He'll start reaching out for something--moving towards it--and end up flat on the floor. He'll also get up on all fours and start rocking. (Jonathan did that right before he started crawling.) No, it won't be long now.

Tax season is finally starting to wind down!!! They're having a end-of-tax-season party at one of John's co-worker's homes tomorrow evening to celebrate. John is taking Thursday and Friday off so he can focus on studying for his CPA exam. Only 2 weeks to go until he sits for the next section. On Saturday I'm going to Midland with my mother-in-law. John's brother is getting married in June, and his bride-to-be's shower is Saturday! That's pretty much what's going on in our world right now. (Aren't we exciting?!?) Love and hugs to all our family and friends out there!!!