Monday, November 30, 2009

Zach & Leah check-ups


Both Zach and Leah had their check-ups today with the doctor. Both are very healthy and on the right track. Zach weights 61 lbs and is 4 feet 1 inch tall. He is in the 96th percentile for both his height and weight. Leah is 23 lbs and 29 1/2 inches long. She is in the 86th percentile for her weight and the 63rd percentile for her height. The doctor said that could change, though.


We had pictures of the kids done over the weekend. We got Zach's 6 year pictures done and Leah's 1 year pictures done. We also got holiday pictures with both of the kids. It's been such a busy month for us. Ever since Halloween, Gretchen has been really busy.

We put the Christmas decorations up the weekend before Thanksgiving. Gretchen's parents came down to visit for Thanksgiving weekend. Then, her and her Dad went shopping on "Black Friday". That same day, we had Leah's 1st birthday party. We were able to squeeze in a date that night while her parents watched the kids. Then, we had pictures on Saturday morning and more shopping. Today was the doctor's appts for the kids.


The pregnancy has been going well. We're still scheduled to have the c-section on February 4, 2010. Gretchen failed her 1 hour glucose test and had to do the 3 hour glucose test 2 days before Thanksgiving. We haven't heard the results of that but are pretty sure she'll pass. She had the same thing happen when she was pregnant with Leah.

Gretchen has gotten all but 1 present completed and wrapped for the kids for Christmas. So, now on to baking. :) We'll try to update some pics and video on here as soon as we get a chance. We shouldn't be AS busy ESPECIALLY since most of the shopping is done. :)

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Happy 1st Birthday to Leah!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY
to Leah!!
She is such a blessing from God!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Many things happening...


Well... let's start with October. Corey went on a hiking trip to the Smoky Mountains in North Carolina from October 15-18th. He went with a group of guys from another church. He had a lot of fun! Gretchen and the kids missed him so much while he was gone. Then, he had 1 day off of work after he got back and then they had "shut down" at his work from October 22nd-29th. This was one of the hardest shut downs for him. They had a REALLY hard job they had to do and Corey worked 12 to 13 hour days every single day. He is still recouperating from it. While Corey was hiking and working so much, Gretchen decided to do school with Zach to try to get in as many days as possible before the baby comes. Since Corey was going to be gone and we didn't have any plans, it just made sense to go ahead and do school.

Then, Gretchen's parents came down from October 30th-November 3rd to celebrate Zach's birthday. We had Zach's 6th birthday party at the Children's Museum. It was a lot of fun and so many of Zach's friends came to celebrate with him! He was very excited and had a GREAT birthday! We can't believe he's 6 already.


For halloween, Zach dressed up as Prince Caspian and Leah was a spider. :) We went to our church's "Hallelujah Party" and then decided to take Zach trick or treating for the first time with some friends. He LOVED it!! We really thought a lot about it and decided that growing up, it was just about having fun with friends and getting candy. So, we decided to take Zach this year. It was fun but VERY tiring for us. Plus, we had to go through all of his candy to make sure it all checked out ok, if you know what we mean!!

Anyway, Zach had his last soccer game on November 5th. Today (Saturday) is his "soccer party" where they will go roller skating and eat pizza and give out trophies to all the kids. It should be a lot of fun. Of course, Gretchen can't roller skate since she's pregnant and besides.... someone has to take care of Leah. lol We're hoping Zach will at least TRY to go roller skating since he's never been before. We'll see!!

Other than that, the weeks have been filled with homeschooling, church activities and Gretchen has been giving a lot of piano lessons. She's got 8 students now and possibly more soon. Not to mention doctor's appointments. Gretchen failed her 1st glucose test and now has to go back for the dreaded 3 hour one. Plus, the baby is leaning on her sciatic nerve, which makes it very painful for her sometimes.

Gretchen is getting the itch to start "Christmas decorating". So, it looks like we might start putting up some decorations this weekend. We've got Leah's birthday coming up on Thanksgiving and Gretchen's parents coming back down for that. So.... there is lots to do!!