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Oh yes I Did just Eat a Holiday Oreo

Even the Dog Adores Emi

Emi Had Her Four Month Checkup

Emi had her four month checkup this past week. Wow! I can't believe she is already four months old! She weighed 12pounds and 4 oz. She is 23 inches long. Her head was 42 cm. She is meeting all her milestones. She is trying to sit up. She is using her hands well. She is cutting teeth. She is babbling, singing, having tantrums and responding properly to stimuli. She has very good head control. She rolls over. She is just amazing to hear me tell it. Her immunizations went well,just a bit of soreness in one leg. She is very mobile. She sleeps well. Last night she only woke one time for about five minutes. Yeah!! I'm getting to sleep! By all accounts she is developing at or above average, what a miracle yet again!

My Two Heros

KADE-This is my Baby. Yes, he was the baby of the family for eleven years and by all accounts he still is. He’s my video gaming couch potato. He can beat any game that comes out in less than a day. We never get our money’s worth at Game Stop. Favorite breakfast-pancakes, lunch-chicken strips and french fries, dinner-spaghetti. Needless to say he has always carried a bit of ‘baby fat’. Two summers ago he began searching his future and determining what was important to him. He laid down the video games, took up p90x and lost ALL the ‘baby fat’. Realizing he was size deficient for football, he transferred schools, didn’t know a soul, and signed up for wrestling on the number one ranked team in the state. Not smart for the average kid. He was advised against it, told he would never last. He didn't win a match his first year. He had bruises from head to toe. He practiced 3 1/2 hours a day. He lost 4% of his body weight in every practice.  We were told by someone last night at the duals that anyone who could wrestle under the leadership of this coach could easily go through a boot camp of any kind.  I agree.This year he has won a few matches.  He no longer gets pinned in the first round.  Last night he went into extra rounds.  I stand in amazement of his accomplishments.

CHI- This is my other baby. He started wrestling this year. It is not his favorite thing to do. His real passion is working at the salebarn and sporting boots and a cowboy hat. But, he is gifted. He places in every tournament. Kade coaches him. Although Kade will stick with wrestling for the remainder of his high school, he does not wish his lot in life on anyone else and demanded that Chi start early. So at age four and weighing 37 lbs. he is a real bulldog. I am so proud of both my babies.