Chris Roy Run Down

Just wanted to give an update on baby Chris. Man, he has started doing so much in the last 3 weeks! Oh, and let me tell ya this kid can eat! He has a 6 oz bottle around 7:30am, cereal and fruit about 9:00, another 6 oz bottle about 10:30, 1 jar of vegetables at lunch, another 6 oz bottle about 2:30, 1/2 a jar of veggies and cereal at dinner along with a 6 oz bottle, and for a night cap he has yet another 6 oz bottle about 8:00pm. No wonder his car seat carrier is getting so darn heavy!! He is officially enrolled in the Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program. The Occupational Therapist said that we wasn't far behind but she would like to see him use his muscles a little bit more. She is going to start seeing him every other week starting today. Of course Chris is now standing on his legs (rather well in fact) as well as trying to sit up on his own. I'm afraid I am wasting ECI's time?? We had his 7 mo. pics done on Thursday and the photographer asked if her could sit up for a few shots. I told her no that he could only sit if I help him. Well he made me the biggest liar out of me!! We got him on the floor and after finding his center of balance, that crazy kid sat ALONE for a good 2 minutes!! He is rolling all over the house and even pushing himself up on his arms and getting his knees under him like he is about to take off crawling! I have to really watch out because if something is hanging down off of the coffee table or end table like keys or a table cloth, he can reach up and grab it! He is getting into Ally's crayons as we speak... Get ready... the fun (and baby proofing) is about to begin!!

First Day Of First Grade

Well my baby has officially started the 1st Grade. She started on August 25th and she absolutely LOVES it! She was so excited to get up that morning. I walked in the room and she jumped up ready to go! Of course now that it is Oct. 2nd and she has almost 6 weeks under her belt, it is getting harder and harder for all of us to get up every morning. haha Ally has a great teacher who is wonderful with the kiddos. On the first day she was much more confident and not as shy as the first day of Kindergarten. She has 3 kiddos from her Kindergarten class in her 1st grade class this year and one of them is a little girl who she is pretty good friends with. That helped a lot. Her 2 "best" friends are in a different class together. She wasn't really happy about that but has decided that it is OK because she is going to invite them to her birthday party. She was very proud to show off Chris to all of her new friends. I did really well until I saw on the board that she gets to make a lunch choice this year and then the tears hit when I realized that this is now "real" school. She is officially a big girl! It seems like just yesterday that I was in 1st grade! So yes, mommy cried!! She is reading really well and has started doing spelling tests. She has made a 105 on the 2 tests she has already had. She has a homework folder that has homework that she has to do every night and a parent has to sign it ever night. Wednesday is really hard to get homework done because we have church all day long! By the time I get home we have 15 or so minutes and then we have to get back to the church. We usually have to play catch up on Thursday. She also has a Monday folder that the school sends home with her discipline grade for the week, memos, and requests for money (HAHA) in it. It also has to be signed and returned on Tuesday. So far this has been a great school year. I just pray it keeps going as well as it has been! There is this one little girl that gives her a hard time. We have talked about it and I told her that she just acts that way to get attention. Ally said 'Oh that's kinda sad." Here comes the tough lessons in life I'm afraid!!