Cowboy Zebra

Maggie is so much better and may even be all over it now! Thank you everyone for your prayers. She has been symptom free all day, and hasn't needed a breathing treatment all day long. The doctors said when we left the hospital that she'd be contagious for another week, so we didn't go to church today in case she was still contagious. But I really think she's fine now and no longer spreading nasty germs!

The boys love going up to the altar for communion. This morning just before communion, Elliott was admiring a peppermint that he had helped himself to from the childrens pastor's office. I told Elliott to put it in his pocket, and so he did. But he kept pulling it out to look at it as we waited our turn to go up for communion. The rest of this story was relayed to me by my dad, who was next to Elliott at the altar rail. As Elliott waited eagerly for the bread, he held out just one hand. Pop told him he needed to put out both hands and demonstrated how to do it. Elliott hesitated, but then brought his other hand up. It was holding his treasured piece of candy. He looked at the candy, then up at Father Rob who was ready to give him the bread. Elliott then carefully laid down the piece of candy on the altar rail and extended his hand out.
Oh that we all will lay down our treasures at the altar to receive the True Treasure!

Ian just ran up to our front door with a sunflower plant in his hands and exclaimed that "a beaver must've ran up in our back yard last night and went chop chop chop and cut this sunflower down".

last night we were headed to a church function. I had given Elliott a cup of juice since he'd just woken up from a nap and he apparently drank it too fast. "I have tummy ache" he said. Then, "Me go hos-pi-tal". I told him he probably didn't need to go to the hospital for a tummy ache. "I know," he said, "I-cream!" (ice cream).

We heard thumping upstairs in the boys' room and discovered them doing this:

Today Maggie had her two month checkup and shots. I hate watching those! The doctor was impressed at how well Maggie could lift her head and chest up while on her belly and also how well she could track an object with her eyes. She said that Maggie was doing things that she would expect a four month old to be able to do. Our baby is so smart and advanced :)
Maggie is in the 50 percentile for weight and head circumference and in the 75 percentile for height. She weighs 10lbs 13oz and is 23 inches long.