9 Months

Well, Jack is there. 9 months old! Stats are 28.5 in tall and 20 lbs. Renae was actually a little lighter and a smidge taller at her 9 mo check. But what's weird about it is Jack is not chubby. Not like Renae was. We have been pretty busy the last few weeks! Grandma and Grandpa Schweitz came for 6 days. It was so great to have them. The kids got sick the day they got here, of course, but we still had a great time. We went to the beach, to the wildlife preserve, to Chick-Fil-A (Beth had never been!!), to tour Josh's office/the base, Wormsloe Historical site, LOVES Seafood Restaurant, a LOT! Jack of course took FOREVER to get over his cold...if you saw my facebook you not only saw pictures of Dad and Beth's visit but you saw updates of our Dr. appt madness. When I first took him in they did an RSV test and he ended up getting an IV for an hour because he was dehydrated. Two days later we went into follow up and found out that it wasn't RSV but that he was doing much better. He's still shaking the last of it, but after 2 weeks of sick he isn't nearly as miserable. Josh and I had our informational meeting about Growing Kids God's Way today. 5 couples came! We are excited to start the class again, it's such wonderful material. We are thankful that our church is letting us lead it since we are still fairly new to the church. Renae is growing up so fast! She loves puzzles and is getting really good at them. Her vocabulary is getting bigger and bigger- night and day difference from a month ago! The other morning she was watching me put in my contacts and ask if I was putting bubbles in my eyes. haha. Savannah continues to be very beautiful. Though my opinion of it changes very often. Savannah is unique in the fact that we have the tall forest pines, palm trees, cacti (cactuses?), magnolia trees, and of course the live oaks with spanish moss everywhere. It's beautiful. Everything is green again with flowers and pollen galore. And sand gnats. Oh wait, they never went away. Between the squitos and sand gnats I might never go outside. I can only let Renae walk out of the stroller on really windy days because otherwise her meandering start/stop technique gets us all eaten alive. So on calm days I strap her in, too, and basically jog while avoiding clouds of gnats. But we still enjoy it. Beach/coast weather is great! AND, ready for this!??! WE ARE NOT MOVING THIS SUMMER!!!! We get to stay in Savannah till the summer of 2013!! The first summer in 5 years we haven't moved! We can't believe it. WONDERFUL! Woop Woop!