The development of the American silverbacked gorilla

That would be Christopher.

He's definitely walking now! Enough to put him firmly in the "toddler" camp, finally! He often starts out walking, falls, then starts to scoot because he can move faster that way. But he's enjoying walking and chooses it more and more as his mode of transportation. One of his teachers said that he was walking around a little bit and then noticed she was watching him and he started blushing. But he gained a lot of confidence walking around on the playground at the campground where Mimi and Pa are staying this week (for John's Easter break). It's definitely been a lesson for me that he will not be rushed and will take things in his own time. Of course, his FAVORITE mode of transportation is still being carried by his Daddy!

Nettles Park

Enjoy!

Juliet's trophy (posted by Tony)

Do you remember the scene in A Christmas Story where the dad won a crossword puzzle contest and got a leg lamp for a trophy? Well...

Juliet ran in the Clemson Easter Bunny 5k at the Botanical Garden Saturday morning. While we were waiting at the finish line for our friends to finish the half-marathon, they announced the first-, second-, and third-place finishers of the 5k. Juliet finished 2nd in her age group (40-44)! She got a pint glass for a trophy...



On the way back to the car she described it as a major running award and herself as an award-winning runner. She also started making plans to add a running award wing to our house.

I'm never going to hear the end of this.

All joking aside, the boys, our neighbors, and I are all very proud of her!

OK, one more joke: we haven't found out yet how many runners there were in her age group.

Christopher has strep

Unfortunately, not an April Fool's joke... We are also officially in the process of being referred for ear tubes and possible adenoid removal... Everyone says the same thing when I tell them, "Poor little guy." I can remember going through this with John. Or maybe I can just remember the blog posts....