Tidbits

It became obvious this week that Eva now knows what she's saying when she says "Mama", so that is officially her first word! All four of my girls said Mama first; Jack's first word was Dada :)

I got the grade back on my final paper and got a 100! I got an A in the class and still have a 4.0 GPA :)

My cultures came back today and they were negative for infection, which is good! We are just dealing with kidney stones, which is better than infected kidney stones.

Eva figured out how to climb up the big slide in our playroom this week. Coincidentally, she also figured out how to fall off it.

Eva had her 9/10 month check up today. She is now 21 lbs 14 oz. Another two pounds and she will be quadruple her birth weight! She is standing on her own now and loves climbing on things. In fact, if she is given the choice of a clear way around something or the possibility of climbing over something, she always chooses the climb. She is very smart and can open pretty much any container. She has also figured out how to push things over so she can stand on them and reach higher. She is also very strong and has what Rob calls a "ninja death pinch". Even the pediatrician was surprised at how strong she was when she tried pulling his stethoscope away.

On our way to Eva's dr appt today, Jack announced that we were in Jacky Land. Jacky Land is apparently filled with cars, water towers, roads, windows, and trucks. Lots of beetle bugs too. He was thrilled when we came home and found a tiny beetle crawling across the floor. He decided it was a "kid beetle", just like him.

For those interested, goat does in fact taste like venison. Our farm started selling ground goat. They were temporarily out of ground beef, so Rob got goat. It's a bit too gamey for me, but he and the kids love it.

Megan came home from school crying the other day. She brought her dead cicada to school for some reason and mistakenly left it in a desk. When they switched classes, the girl who sat at her desk reached in to put something in it and found the bug. She screamed, threw the bug on the ground and stomped on it. Megan was quite upset. We had to explain to her that for some reason, there are girls who are afraid of large insects.