I have a house full of sick kids at the moment. Rosemary is reading over my shoulder and wants me to make sure I tell you that she is the only healthy kid in the family. It started with Joey on Wednesday morning, not being able to keep anything down. Then Felix started a fever that afternoon. They both seemed mildly improved on Thursday, but this morning Paul woke up miserable with a cough. Unfortunately it looks like our planned visit with Sean's parents this weekend will have to be postponed for a week or two.Felix had his 12 month well baby check on Monday (maybe the kids picked up something at the doctor's office?). He weighs 23 lbs 10 oz and is 30 inches tall. I don't remember his head circumference. I was trying to keep everyone else from climbing up the walls and running around. But his height and weight are around the 50th percentile, maybe just a little over.
They also checked his blood lead levels and hemoglobin, both normal, praise God. The remarkable thing about his blood test is that he didn't complain at all! Not a tear. Seriously, his big siblings were much more upset about it than he was. In fact, Felix was so calm about it that I didn't even realize the nurse had already pricked his finger. I guess that's what comes of being the youngest of four rough-and-tumble Bailey kids! A little prick on the finger is nothing to bat an eye at.
Please pray for my friend Kym. She is almost 25 weeks pregnant and dealing with complications of placenta previa. She's been hospitalized with bleeding a few times and praying that baby makes it to at least 28 weeks before he needs to come out. She's on complete bed rest. And she homeschools her other six children.
We've passed the one-third-of-the-way-there fundraising milestone! The next big milestone is having half of our adoption expenses paid and/or funded, which will happen when our fundraising thermometer reaches $12,810. We're $4,250 away from that point. That's a lot of money, and I'm looking forward to seeing how God will provide.
We have two components left to complete our homestudy. The one component (physician letters) is ready for us to pick up today, and the other component (Parent Planning for Special Needs Adoption class) is almost done! We're so close!
We are big fans of the game-making software RPG Maker VX Ace
, which Joey uses on a daily basis. He learns all kinds of skills through creating games, such as programming principles, storytelling, game design, keyboarding, math (with the progression of his characters' various levels, money, etc.), and collaboration with parents and siblings just to name a few.This is a program geared toward the general public, not specifically kids. Sean and I have enjoyed working on it alone, together, and with the kids. And it's on sale at Amazon, 57% off! Definitely one of the best software purchases we've ever made. Nab it now
while it's on sale!The kids and I are reading the book Mary Of Plymouth: A Story of the Pilgrim Settlement
. We love learning through "living books." Ha! I just noticed this book's publisher is named "Living Books Press"! The Amazon page says that it's for ages 8 and up, but both Joey and Rosemary are enjoying this one (and they're 8 and 6). It's historical fiction written from the point of view of a 16 year old girl who journeyed with her family on the Mayflower. She writes letters to her best friend back in England telling of her adventures which comprise the book. We'll be snuggling up and reading plenty today, what with all the little sickies about.
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