Back to the Farm

We interrupt this blog post for a cute baby picture, followed by a brief update:

This is Avery at about 16 weeks.  I took her in for her four month check-up shortly after and found out that she had dropped from 90th percentile in height and 72nd in weight to 35th and 33rd.  (In other words, her growth had slowed down considerably).  The Dr. felt that she needed more calories through the day and suggested supplementing with formula.  It took almost a week for her to take to it but she eventually started getting about 6 ounces a day.  I took her back to the Pediatric clinic yesterday for a growth check and found that she is back in the 50th percentile already.  She weighs 14 pounds now :)

We now return to our scheduled blog posting:

While the Lewis family was in town we went back to the dairy farm for some fun.  We ate and had ice cream again and then let the kids enjoy the activities.  There was a petting zoo:

Peek-a-boo:

A tractor train ride:

And some random cow statues for the kids to sit on and yell "MOO!" at the top of their lungs.

When we returned home we found a package addressed to Hayden by the front door.  It was a birthday present from one of his best friends, Joseph in Idaho.  He was so excited to get something from his friend and loved the Mater truck that he picked out.

The next morning Kensie and Hayden were playing "school," something they did a lot during the visit.  They would pack various things into Hayden's back packs and put on shoes and go hiking through the house to school.  This morning in particular they looked especially, ahem, stylish, so I took a picture.  Notice that neither of them have their shoes on the correct feet :)