The Riley Family

Will has all 4 of his first molars coming in - and they are just about in! He skipped his canines for now, but I guess those will come later.

We have put away the highchair and brought out the booster with a seat belt for Will. He seems to really enjoy sitting right with us at the table, but he does make a mess! And he still loves to play his game of feeding Scout :).

It has been a very rough week. We finally got over the bad colds (ok, just realizing it was the flu, since fever, chills, etc) BUT... on Thursday early am Jack and I woke up with the stomach flu. We were feeling better Friday, then Saturday early Kate and Jack woke up with the stomach flu again! Will has been a tiny bit under the weather, but still in good spirits, so that has been fine. We have washed load after load of laundry and disinfected everything in the house... hopefully this will be the end of the sick!

Here are some pics from the last couple of weeks . You can see Will's nose scrapy :(

We can see the top of Kate's new big girl tooth! But looks like her other central incisor might need to fall out first to make room.

We didn't make it to class today since everyone is still too sick for gymnastics, but Coach Rena just called to say Kate should move up to Mites 3 for the next session. Great work, Kate!

At the doctor yesterday they weighed Kate, and she is still only 34 pounds! It seems like Will is even going to pass her up pretty soon! She is still in a 5 point harness, as kids are supposed to be until 40 pounds. I think we will move her to her booster (she has one with a back in Paul's car) when she is 5, because Dr. L said it would be ok since she is tall enough - over 40 inches. It is just funny to see her weight listed as a 2-3 year old on the Tylenol bottle!

Will caught a cold last week, and of course past it on to Kate and Jack. We ended up taking K to the doctor yesterday as her cough was bad. She has a bit of bronchitis, and hopefully her meds will help her feel better soon. The boys still have the cold, but seem to be improving on their own.

Will lost his first battle with the sidewalk last weekend, and ended up with a big scrape down his nose :(. He isn't used to walking outside, and he refuses to wear shoes. Although now we are back to winter weather after our week of early spring, so we probably won't be out much anyway!

Will had his 1 year well baby visit a few weeks ago, and he weighed in at 23 lbs 8 oz and 28 3/4 inches long. He was nearly a pound heavier than Jack at 1! The weight is good though, and it allowed Dr. to say we could skip the traumatic blood tests for iron and lead.

Here are last week's pics , including more pics of K's tooth.

Will has dramatically changed his sleep schedule this week, and has been sleeping in until 6am all week! We are enjoying the later hours (although Anjie has lost project time). We will see if he keeps this schedule, or changes back to his early morning habit!

Our school district just announced next year's school calendar. Kate's first day of kindergarten will be August 20, 2009. Classes will end 5/28/10 if no snow days.

Kate lost her first baby tooth this morning! We are preparing a note for the tooth fairy, but have decided that Mommy can keep her teeth, since the tooth fairy probably has enough already. Before and after pics soon.