Soccer , Football, 5 weeks, and More

It seems the time is flying by since Grant has been born. He is now 5 weeks old and we think he's growing a lot. He weighed in at 6 lbs. 7 ozs. on Tuesday - yeah! That actually means he gained 1 pound in 2 weeks. Only 3 1/2 pounds more to go for them to do his lip surgery. He has to be at least 10 lbs. so that is our first ultimate goal. Speaking of lip surgery, we were planning to go up to Kansas City to Children's Mercy Hospital Thursday (the 25th) for a cleft lip/palete team meeting but it was cancelled. So, now we are planning to go next Friday instead, the 3rd. We are basically getting a second opinion, as we have met with the plastic surgeon in Wichita already. We have heard wonderful things about KC and if we feel good about things when we go, we'll probably end up doing it there. I've heard that they would possibly do his palete at 10 months or so rather than waiting until he is one year old --- that would really help with my school schedule and put that surgery next June or July rather than right when school is starting. We'll let you know how the appointment goes next week.

As for the kids, Ryan had another football game 2 Saturday's
ago. This time they ended up losing 12-0. Oh well, we'll see how this week goes. I got a true close-up picture of Ryan in his pads so thought I better show off his "football look".

Tyler had his second soccer game last weekend. They ended up winning 1-0 and Tyler actually scored the goal for his team. I was taking pictures at the game, but was so excited when he was getting ready to kick it in for the goal that I didn't even think of pulling my camera up to take a picture. Oh well, the one posted is one of his many times dribbling the ball down field.

Lastly, our house is finally completely sided. Yeah! The lagoon is also dug. I believe more cement is going to be poured this week for the porch and the driveway back by the garage. Then in another week or so, they will begin working on the trim inside, hanging doors, etc. My goal is to go to Wichita tomorrow and try to get a good idea on carpet and flooring so we can make final decisions on paint colors for the inside. Let's hope I can actually be in a decision making mode and get something done.