Lauren will start school on Tuesday, followed next week by Awana's (Sunday evenings) and a ballet/tap dance class (Monday afternoons). I am so excited for her to join the Awana's program at our church and I'm hoping it will really reinforce the Bible learning we've been doing at home with her. I am also thrilled to have found an amazing dance studio that is christian-based. Their whole goal is to teach children to use dance to glorify God. Each lesson begins with a prayer and a reading from the Psalms about praising the Lord with dance. I think she will absolutely LOVE it!
As for Nolan, we tried cutting the dose of his Prilosec in half, in hopes that he was outgrowing his reflux and might be able to go without the medication. But, after a few days, he was really struggling and not eating well. So, the doctor recommended we put him back on the full dose. Initially, I was really discouraged by this. I didn't want him to be that child that was on medication for his whole first year. But, then during my quiet time one day, the Lord gave me a peace about it and showed me that I need to stop comparing Nolan to the baby Lauren was...and just enjoy the child he is - medical problems and all!
We have also started solid foods recently - his favorites being carrots and sweet potatoes (he even prefers them to fruit!). He is starting to sit up on his own, which makes it so much easier to take him places, and he just learned how to push himself up on all fours - yikes! I'm not quite ready for him to be mobile yet, so I'm a little nervous about this next phase. But, he is a lot of fun and a very smiley boy! Here are some recent pictures:
In his highchair eating cereal
Wearing the shirt that daddy bought him
