Whatcha got cookin?

Clarissa is getting so big!!! She started solid foods last night. I didn't think I'd be so emotional about it. I just realized that she is growing up so quickly. It's hard to believe that she's already four months. Time has flown by so fast! She did well with her first solid foods. She had some rice cereal. Joey was never a fan of it. The only way we could coax him into eating some was with some apple juice mixed into it. Last night he was very interested in what CJ was eating and so he ate a little . . . and realized that rice cereal is just as disgusting now as it was back then! He had no interest in trying any of it tonight.

Speaking of Joey - he had the fluids in his ears checked, again, this last Monday and unfortunately his right ear did not clear on its own. It's not something that can be treated with antibiotics since the fluid is not from ear infections. In fact, he's never had any. (Knock on wood) The doctors believe this could be a cause of his speech delay and now we've got an appointment with an ENT specialist at the Children's Hospital based out of Boston. I'm just happy that they will be able to see him so quickly and that they are awesome doctors. A possible solution would be placing tubes in his ears. I know that if he needs them, it will be done. It still doesn't make it an easy decision, though. I don't want to imagine Joey in any pain at all not to mention the anesthesia. I'm so scared of that. I understand that this is such a common procedure, but this is MY child! I don't ever either of my children to be scared, hurt, sad, . . . you get my drift. If I could change places with him I would in a heartbeat. So, please remember to keep Joey in your prayers.

So Sleepy

Our slogan in the Truman household seems to be, "So Sleepy!" Keith was in CA last week and got used to the three hour time difference only to come back to the time change . . . so he had to adjust to four hours time difference. Joey is totally out of wack on his schedule, Clarissa will sleep in the most odd places, and me. . . well, I'm just stressing out over midterms! Ugh!

Anyway, we got Clarissa an exersaucer and she really loves it. Well, she actually really loves looking at herself in the mirror! She fell asleep in it this morning. Joey likes messing with it, too. He's such a crazy, little man.

I'm going to try to catch some z's before the day starts.

Our Week

Wow! What a hectic week it's been! Monday morning we had brunch with our friend Daiva and then went to the mall with her. Tuesday was a playgroup, Wednesday was Clarissa's checkup, Thursday was another playgroup, and today we had breakfast with our friends and then Joey's therapy session. I try to keep at least one day open to relax . . . but there was none of that this week!

To add to the craziness of the week my cell phone has officially kicked the bucket. So, in case you didn't get an email asking me for your contact information . . . I need that. So, shoot me an email! Dumb phone.

Anyway, here's a picture of Joey with his two friends Luke and Nicolas and Clarissa with her friend Grace. Grace is 7 weeks younger than CJ and Luke's younger sister. So sweet!

Four-month check-up

Can you believe she's four months? Well, not technically for two more days . . . but still! My baby is getting bigger! We had her appointment this morning and she's doing great. Of course, she is still small - but she's growing beautifully. She's actually about average for her weight. That is so funny since she's below average on her length. The doctor said that she was just a chunky peanut. That's my baby! She measured 13 lbs. 5 oz. in weight and 23 1/4" in length. She is starting to sit by herself, now. She actually showed off for the doctor today. Oh my . . . soon she'll start crawling!!! Time sure has flown by quickly.

I don't really have any new pictures to post of Clarissa, because Joey has suddenly become aware of the fact he looks so darn cute in pictures. Anytime I grab the camera he will smile for the picture and in doing so get in the way of Clarissa.

Most of you know that Joey's favorite book is Love you forever. Well, CJ now has a favorite book, too! As of last night it is The Three Bears. She laughed so hard last night while reading it which made Joey laugh at her. It was really cute and wish I had a picture of them. They are always so sweet when they lay in bed next to each other to hear me read stories to them. Clarissa usually ends up playing with Joey and Joey ends up kissing her. Oh gosh! They're absolutely the sweetest kids. Anyway, I hope you enjoy Joey's posed picture!

Is it really March?

We woke up to TONS of snow this morning. Isn't it supposed to be March? We are so ready for spring! This winter has seemed to be extra long this year. We're ready to go to the park and play in the sun. Instead we settled for building the scariest snowman ever! The poor thing really did look horrifying. What do you think?

All-in-all, Joey really had fun playing in the snow. He's such a cute guy!



Other than snow nothing really exciting has been happening lately. The week went by pretty quickly. Clarissa is just getting bigger and bigger. She goes in for her four-month checkup this week. CRAZY. I can't believe she's already four months. I'm really curious to see how long she is. Joey just seemed so much longer at this stage in life. Of course, I know that CJ was born a month early . . . but at three months we let Joey play in his bouncer and he was able to touch the ground. We placed her in it the other day and she was no where near being able to reach the ground. She also doesn't seem as interested. Joey is definitely our bouncer.

On a serious note, some of you know about Debbie having some medical problems. Please remember to keep her in your prayers. Just let the Lord heal her and for no serious problems to arise. Thanks in advanced.

First Pigtails!

I was so excited that her hair is long enough for pigtails!!! Well, it's not really quite long enough for all of her hair, but most of it. Oh my gosh - it's sooo cute! I tried getting a picture of her smiling, but she absolutely hates the camera and it's so hard to catch her smiling with it. Doesn't she look adorable? Doesn't Levi look happy?

Chatterbox

I told Keith today that I really can't take Joey shopping anymore, because he's really starting to "want this" or "want that." It's so hard to say no to him, too. So - Keith learned first hand what I was talking about this evening. Joey has had about a million oreo cookies, because he keeps asking for a cookie and he looks so stinkin' cute saying it. I grabbed the camera to record him, but when I asked what he wanted he told me, "grape." He says "grape" so cute - he really pronounces the "P." For a while he wouldn't prounce it at all so Keith would emphasize it and that's how he says it all of the time, now. Oh my . . . Joey's just sooo cute! Sorry it's so dark. We only use our camera to record and not our camcorder. We don't even know where our charger is to the camcorder.