Random Stuff from Our Week

This past week it got COLD around here, and I pulled out my winter coat for the first time. I was quickly reminded of how much I dislike cold weather. I am sure there will be days in Africa where I will be dreaming of colder days like this, but right now I wish the warmer weather would stay just a little bit longer. :)

Eli was really excited to put on his new hat and gloves that I found him at Target. We bundled up one night earlier this week and headed out to get ice cream. Who says you can't eat ice cream when it is 40 degrees outside? Our family eats ice cream any day, any time. :) And we might have just used it as a bribe reward for Eli eating all of his dinner that night.

 Hailey is especially fond of ice cream!

Marc took Hailey and Eli in for their well child checks this past week. Hailey had her 12 month physical and Eli had his 2 1/2 year one. Marc had actually taken Hailey in for her shots a few weeks ago so she didn't have to get any of those this week. Their growth charts looked pretty similar. They are both 75th% for their height and 50th% for their weight. Hailey weighed 21 lbs. and Eli weighed 30 lbs. Hailey ended up having a pretty bad ear infection so she was started on an antibiotic. This is her first antibiotic! I think Eli had taken an antibiotic five times by the time he was Hailey's age. She has been so much healthier that he was as a baby. I nursed her 3 months longer than I did with Eli so maybe that is the difference.

We have been giving her antibiotic to her in a syringe. She takes it really well. We just say, "Hailey come get your medicine," and she comes right away. Today, I walked in to Eli's room and heard him saying, "Here Haywee. Come take your medicine." He was pretending to give her medicine with his play syringe and she was coming to him the same way she does with us. It was so funny that I had to take a picture. :)

Look how serious Eli is as he "administers" the medicine. Ha!

We ran by our old house today to say hi to our neighbors and take our renter some banana bread that I had made for her. She wasn't home but Eli was able to play basketball with the neighbor kids while we visited. We have had the best neighbors everywhere we have lived and we are already praying for who our neighbors will be in Memphis. When it is time to move we always find ourselves wishing we had done more to get to know our neighbors better. The medical group Marc will be working with in Memphis is very intentional on loving and serving their neighbors where they work and live so we are excited to get to be a part of that when we get back from Africa.

After that we headed to Target to look for some Christmas items that people can give the kids that we can take with us to Africa. Eli is SO good in the toy aisle. I have never had to deal with even one fit from him not getting to take the toys with us. I let him hold and play with lots of things, but he puts them back when I ask him to. I love seeing how our lessons on obedience with him are slowly paying off. :) He really is such a sweet boy. I think I came up with a few ideas for toys that we should be able to fit in our trunks! However, these trunks are filling up fast in my head, and I think we are going to be really surprised at how little actually fits by the time we start packing. :)

After Target, we went and grabbed some dinner at Logan's Roadhouse. We love that place, not because the food is anything fancy, but because we get in really fast and it is so loud that no one minds noisy kids. We had the best dinner with our kids and it seemed like the perfect way to end the day. Now, I need to go reset all the clocks. I'm sure hoping our kids know to sleep in an extra hour tomorrow!