Jan 29, 2008

Ardell had a big day today. Mama Sproul came down to Moscow for the day to sit, only the snow changed everything. First we took Ardell to the Doctor for his 6 month well baby check up. 25 1/4 inches long, 14 lbs 5 oz and 16" head circumference. This puts him in the 25%, 5-10% and 10% respectively. Which is a long way from 3 lbs 12 oz and 17 1/2 inches long. Then we all went to have lunch with Daddy, and back home for a quiet afternoon of Ardell and Mama, only I was called and told that due to weather issue and road closures the office would be closed this afternoon. So I stayed home. And much to my enjoyment, Ardell rolled all the way over for Mama and Me. Well he rolled twice actually, from back to belly, and then I feed him carrots for the first food since rice cereal, and he ate the whole teaspoon. Daddy was sad to have missed the excitement and spent the evening trying to get a repeat, but Ardell wouldn't preform. These milestones make up for all the work to get here.
Happy Winter Wonderland.

Jan 22, 2008

I am finally getting some of Ardell's info down on paper and realize that I haven't sent most of you anything in months. Well, He is over 13 lbs as of Jan 3, 2008 and is about 25 in long. We have an official well baby check on the 29th of the month. He has not rolled yet, but is very close.

Robert has started, what we hope, is his last semester before graduation and I am working full time at the Hospital still. Robert and I have been working on a quilt series based on a sudoku theory ( I did marry a math major) We have 4 tops done and several more in various stages of the design process. It has been a blast to work with Robert on this. We started the first quilt after Christmas. Robert wants to see how many different sudoku there are based on a specific starting point and "set theory". Or at least that is how I understand it.

We hope that you will visit and let us know how your family is doing.

Love, Robert, MiMi and Ardell