One Thing - 12/18/13

What a day! It was a full day from start to finish, but it was a good day. We started by heading to Omaha as a family. Lydia had her 15-month well visit. And, Jonah needed a couple of booster shots that we weren't able to do at his last well visit. Lydia's check up went well. She is 25lbs, 4 oz, which places her in the 91%ile for weight. And, she is 31 3/4 inches tall, which is the 87%ile. She has been fighting a cold for about a month. One of her ears is infected, but since she hasn't had any symptoms for it we will wait it out and hope it clears up with her cold. She needed 2 shots today as well. Initially Jonah was going to have Lydia go first. But, the nurse talked Jonah into being the brave big brother who would show her how it was done. He thought that was a pretty good idea. Jonah took the shots without a tear or really even a grimace. Then, he held Lydia's hand while she got her shots. She got super mad like she usually does, but it was so sweet to see Jonah trying to comfort his sister!

After the appointment, we headed to the Olive Garden for lunch. For the past few years, we have gone to Olive Garden as a family just before Christmas. Mike and I get the soup, salad, breadstick lunch. The boys both did amazingly well today. They ordered what they wanted, ate salad and breadsticks, and managed to eat most of their meals. Toward the end of the meal, I commented to Mike how nice but how strange it was that we didn't really need to help them or direct them during the meal. It feels like we are moving into another stage of life with them. 

Everyone napped for at least a short while this afternoon. This evening, Jonah's awana program held a spaghetti supper for the families. Silas and Lydia were excited about going to awana with Jonah! Mike had to lead youth group at our church so we had to leave and weren't able to stick around for parent night. 

While reading our town newspaper this evening, this is what I found:

The picture Jonah drew as an entry to the newspapers drawing contest was printed in the paper. He wasn't one of the winners but had his picture published anyway. He was so thrilled! When Jonah was drawing this picture, I asked him if he was going to draw faces on the children. He said "no, Mommy, they don't have faces on them because they are running toward the tree to hand out the gifts." Makes sense, huh?!