Updates on us!

No pics... but I have lots of good ones - and videos! - to share at some point! :)

Zachariah:
* Had the CUTEST choir performance I've ever seen
* Memorized the books of the bible in 3 days - studied harder than I've ever seen
* Starting to read chapter books silently, rather than out loud to me
* Heard from another mom that he reads the other kids lunchbox notes for them at lunch (so sweet!)
* Also heard from other moms that he is a nice boy that a lot of the other kids really look up to
* Has a little group of friends he plays with in our "backyard" and I love it for him (football, hide/seek, etc)
* Got to be Star of the Week at school last wee = BIG DEAL.
* Going on his very very first *real* spend-the-night this week, and he is absolutely THRILLED
* Going to be in his very first Thanksgiving play this week, and is SO excited
* Still a morning person - and a freakishly happy one at that! Still goes to bed at 7pm and wakes up before dawn
* Does not like homework
* LOVES his friends
* Not crying before school anymore, but not totally loving it either
*Enjoys riding his bike everywhere, even just to get the mail



Selah Grace:
* Walking around when she doesn't realize it (can walk across our room easily), but drops to a crawl when she thinks about it too much
* Very ticklish under her arms and inner thigh
* Laughs like a tiger growl (So. Funny.)
* Loves the church nursery now, thanks to my sweet friend Ashley!!
* Still hates the car and now will cry if one of us isn't breaking our arm to hold her hand in the back (EXACT same thing Zac did for about a year.... yikes!)
* Wears straggly little pigtails that I just can't get enough of
* Says a very small amount of words, and mostly just answers "Yes!" when asked a question (need to videotape it.... so cute)
* Loves stairs with a false confidence but has no depth perception = accident waiting to happen
* Still LOVES her bed and will not sleep anywhere else
* Finally wears 12 month clothes and pjs
* Starting to really grow - we can definitely tell she is getting bigger
* Very curious and independent - will not ask for things, rather she will try her best to do it herself
* Loves to open and close, put items in and out, and explore areas that are hard to get to (behind the computer printers, all the way under the kitchen table or chairs, inside of drawers or cabinets, etc)
* Turning into more of a night person - prefers to stay up late and sleep in
* Very obedient - if we say "stop" she will usually stop whatever she is doing, if she puts something in her mouth and we say "yuckies" she will take it out and hand it to us



Baby Brother:
* Starting to move around
* Still nameless and it's driving mom NUTS!
* Has not an item to his name... maybe we'll find some time to get him some things in January. :)



Mom and Dad:
Too busy! But happy and in love, feeling blessed and thankful.


That's all I got! SO much to do this week. Things will hopefully slow down in January, but no promises on consistent blog posts until then!