Jan 5 - 11: Weather Blues

This week started on a sour note: Gramma & Grampa Johnson had to leave and go back to the North Pole. I mean, North Dakota.  I'm not sure how the kids or I am going to cope without all the extra hands and playmates.  Erik celebrated the occasion by having a fever.  The weather has been playing fast & loose with us lately; we've had temps ranging from the mid-30s to the mid-80s.  We've had fun trying to convince Erik to dress appropriately for the cooler weather.  He only wants to wear tank tops and shorts.  There have been many mornings with weeping and wailing around our house and it gets worse when Erik joins in!  Ha, ha.  

Erik went back to daycare on Wednesday morning.  The part-time program was closed for 2 weeks over the holidays and then I kept him at home on Monday due to his fever.  He did pretty good but was a bit hesitant to be left there.  Elin was shocked to be at home with just me that morning!  She has taken to sobbing and crawling after me when I leave a room. She will cry for a little bit, crawl after me and then stop to see if I'm watching her.  If I'm not, she keeps crawling, but if she sees me look at her, she just sits there and cries in a most pitiful way!  She is getting much better at crawling and is venturing further out into other rooms.  I've found her twice underneath the kitchen table!!

Elin had her 6-month check-up on Thursday this week.  I had to take both kids to this appointment (I've always scheduled Elin's appointments while Erik is at daycare) and was really worried about how it would transpire.  Thankfully, Erik did very well.  The appointment was at his snack time, so he was pretty content to sit and eat the food I'd brought for him.  After that, a video on my phone kept him pretty occupied.  Elin's stats are below as well at Erik's stats at 6 months for a comparison:

Elin at 6 months 15 lbs 12 oz - abt 30th percentile
26 1.2 inches - 75th percentile

Erik at 6 months
18 lbs 0 ounces - abt 60th percentile
26 inches - 50th percentile

We were able to see more family this Sabbath!  My sister, Kirstin, and her family have been down here taking a week's vacation to visit Disney and take in some warmer weather!  Oops on the weather part!!  We spent a few hours with them at the Orlando Science Center, went home for naps and then drove down to Fort Wilderness to spend the evening with them.  Erik was very happy to see the "Get 'em" girls (a favorite game when they visited last was for Kent & Erik to chase the girls up & down the hall, yelling "Get 'em!!")

Erik and Elin have been playing together a lot this week.  I've been able to take a few pictures of them. 

Erik reading Elin a story

Erik and Elin playing his favorite game - "night night"

Erik trying to teach Elin how to clap

Erik cheering Elin when she put toys in a basket

Siblings

Progress on my 2014 goals:
1. Bible:  My favorite verse this week is Prov 3:1-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not on your own understanding.  In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path. This is the passage that we are going to use for Elin's dedication. 
2. Healthy Habits: Drink 8+ glasses if water per day. I had fallen off this goal a little bit during the holidays, but have refocused on it this week. I was surprised to be able to tell a difference. 
3. Fun:  Erik may disagree but the fun this week was going back to daycare!!  He still goes 3 mornings a week. He has so many activities there and his teachers say that he loves it. He fussed a little bit when we dropped him off this week but quickly recovered. Other fun things included a boys only trip to Costco (they surprised me & brought back a beautiful rug for our formal living room - yay) and a visit with the Elliott's. 
4. Projects:  I'm taking the easy approach this week and claiming the completion of 2 blog entries and our annual "Christmas" letter as my projects. I forgot to post the blog entry last week so had to catch up this weekend. Our Johnson holiday letter is finally complete and will be going out in the mail shortly!!