Post #401, pics, growth, prayer

We're still asking for prayer for R's fiance, "JT", as he is having a bone scan of some sort done today to see if the staph infection has reached to the bone in his leg. Please pray for healing for him and that he can come home as planned during Christmas so they can have their Dec. 27th wedding, as planned.

We measured and weighed J the other day. When he came home 3 months ago he was 4'9" and weighed 70 pounds. Now he is 4' 9 1/2" and weighs 76 pounds. He hasn't gained that much in height but he has filled out a little. I think most of his weight gain is in muscle. When he first came home he couldn't ride his bike up the little hill in the driveway. Now he can make it fine. He swam a lot at first too and that put some muscle on him. He's also playing basketball now too. His endurance has gotten better just in the time that he's been playing.

Now for some pics. They are in chronological order picking up from where I left off the last time I posted pics. We wanted a design or something on the edge of each of the spiral stairs because it was so hard to differentiate the individual steps. I bought some stencils but when I tried them on practice pieces they didn't work so well. I finally decided to free hand the gifts of the Spirit. I used polyshades to get a darker finish so they would stand out and mixed sand in it to help prevent sliding. Here is a pic of the finished product. I'm pleased with how they turned out.



The kids and I were home the other day when we heard a crash and the dogs went crazy. A huge tree limb fell on Elvis and dented his roof. Poor Elvis. T popped the dents right out with no problem.

J's first snow! He loved it. The first thing we showed him was how to get clean snow in a cup to make a snow slushy.

The first thing he wanted to do was to throw a snowball.

It was beautiful and stuck to everything.





J did a little sledding. Wait til it really snows and we can pull him in the sled behind the horse or take him to Uncle C's place and sled down their hill.
I snapped this in the driveway on the way to work. And yes, these pics were all taken using the toothpick as a shutter button.

J had another first last night. He participated in his school Christmas program. Their class read a story and J did his part, with some help, but he did it. This is at home after the program. He was so proud of his dress clothes and the tie that his daddy let him borrow. The boy likes to dress up. Then he likes to ask if he looks "gorgeous". Hmmm.

Well, that's it for post #401. Oh wait, no it's not. R's books are in. They are $16 each plus shipping (which we have no idea how much it is but we're working on it-in our spare time) and you can order one by emailing thebrunetteblond@yahoo.com It is a novel of 268 pages about a man, a woman and a horse. I haven't read the newest version but I'm getting ready to.