The Latest

Jack had his 4 month appointment a couple weeks ago, here are his percentiles:

Weight: a whopping 18 pounds 5 ounces (91st percentile)
Length: 27 1/2" (97th percentile)
Head Circ.: 43 cm (60th percentile)

Here's Toby at 4 months:

Weight: 15 pounds 2 ounces (75th percentile)
Length: 27" (97th percentile) That's the same!
Head Circ.: 41 3/4 cm (25th percentile)


His doctor said that he is just perfect and healthy. And I guess he is ready to start rice cereal. It seems WAY too early for him to be eating solids...with Toby at this age I felt like he was so big and grown up already, but with Jack I feel like he was born yesterday and he's just a little ity bity 18 pound baby. It's so weird how different it feels with the second. I guess I'm just wanting Jack to stay a baby forever...I bet this is how boys become 'Mamas Boys'. Uh oh, I better watch myself.

Another big milestone is that Toby had his first day of 'school' yesterday! My friend Monique posted a link to some Christian curriculum that she had bought for her little guy, and I checked it out and thought that it would be great for Toby. So it finally came last week and we gathered all of our supplies, and started Monday. It was so fun for him, he kept telling me "I yike school, Mama." I'm not going hardcore with it, but it just is giving me more ideas on where he should be developmentally, and neat ways to challenge him. We worked on our colors, shapes, and learned all about Jonah and the big fish, and he's memorizing his first scripture.

'Obey the commands of the LORD your God.' -Deuteronomy 6:17

Jacks Dedication

Last Sunday Jack got dedicated at church. It basically means that we made a commitment before the Lord to give Jack back to Him and make a commitment to raise Jack according to God's Word and God's ways. It's not a baptism, but just more for Jamie and I to make a promise to do everything in our power to raise him (and Toby) in a godly way.

I think he did pretty well, considering that he spit up on me twice before we went up there, I was certain he would be the first baby to spit up on Pastor Brett...could you imagine? Haha. But he did great, and Toby did too, minus the slight glaring at the whole church congregation.

Riding On Clouds

This morning I was blabbing on to Toby about how excited I am for Jesus to come back, and I said that we get to ride on the clouds up to Heaven with Jesus (my theology may not be 100% correct). I kept on talking and talking and I asked "Are you excited too?" He surprised me and said "NO!" with this frightened and worried face. I asked "Why aren't you excited Toby?" And he jumped up onto the couch and pointed out the window and said "It's cold!" Ha ha...I just love how his little mind works. So I reassured him that we won't be cold and he then got a relieved look on his face and said "O-tay Mama."