A few new things....

A few new things to report and of course something I forgot to post last week.

Michael update:

• He is rolling his tongue over his bottom gums and we do feel more teeth starting to break through.
• He is sitting from a laying down position. The other day, we were practicing and he pushed up with his arms and swung his feet under him. It was great to see him comfortable moving like this!
• He started to growl, probably my fault - but it's better than the alternative of high pitch squealing. We LOVE his little noises! (He started this last week)
• His hair is really starting to come in thick now ~ daddy is jealous!
• He is just over 17 pounds but is 27 inches, so we will have to do the whole installation of the new car seat soon.
• Michael LOVES bath time and toys. I think he'd sit and play with the water and toys for hours!

 Emaleigh Update

1. Emaleigh seems like she's been teething for a month now. She has bulges where her eye teeth are thinking about moving in and she's had a low grade fever off and on for 2 weeks now. It's making her pretty miserable. I just wish these teeth would come in already!
2. Yesterday, Tiffany told me about a little episode with Emaleigh. She's pretty feisty so it really didn't surprise me, and yes, I would have disciplined her like Tiffany did (by telling her no), but it would have been hard not to laugh (quietly). Tiffany told me: M and Em were sitting in the floor facing each other playing...Michael reached over to grab Emaleigh's pacifier out of her mouth and she gave him the most serious look, sat straight up, pulled her arm back... and just smacked him right in the face! Now we know that Michael is terrible about taking toys from her and we actually started separating them more when playing(forgot to tell Tiffany) because she's a hot head. I've NEVER seen her get mad like this about a toy... but we're talking about her pacifier (you will hardly EVER see Emaleigh without one)
3. She is having a hard time getting into a sitting position like Michael, but we try to help her. She knows what to do but she can't because her right leg and left her foot are not flexible enough (or too thick)  to get it under her easily.
4. She is about 16 pounds and is really gaining some additional fat in her right leg. Ugh... how much is thing going to grow? I'm hoping for more length!
5. Insurance Insurance Insurance ~ this is on the top of the list of worries. I never thought that "we" would be affected by health care woes. I'm not sure Obama's plan will help us just yet, I'm still researching but she will have coverage so there is a HUGE weight off of my chest!
6. Thank you so much to everyone for the contributions, prayers, support, and guidance. Obviously this is just the beginning but just to know that we have all of this support, is amazing.

Here is the picture I took down and replaced with a newer one: