December 14

Not a lot to update, mostly thought it was time for new pictures! Will is growing like mad, he's around 13 lbs now. He's discovered his hands and can hold toys which he then licks, but can't quite manage to grab things on his own consistently yet. He's still keeping his hands in fists most of the time but can open them up when he wants to. He's decided he hates tummy time now. Still waking up 2-3 times/night for feedings. He's been increasing his volumes lately too. We got back blood test results saying his alk/phos levels are improving dramatically, which means his sodium phosphate, calcium carbonate and vitamin are working. His navel is improving and sometimes can be poked into a very floppy, wrinkly innie for afew minutes at a time. He's enjoying bath time now and no longer screams during the washing part though he still doesn't like getting out or getting dressed.

I've been taping Christmas cards to the inside of the front door, which is looking quite festive. We still don't have a Christmas tree, we're waiting for them to get price reductions right before Christmas, or I may end up cutting down a little tree from our property so at least we have something. Justin got a holiday bonus so we were able to get presents for each other and sent out cards to family which should be arriving soon. We also sent small gifts from Will to each set of grandparents (except dad, I have yours for when you're not sick), those were mailed today and hopefully will make it there quickly. We've had unseasonably warm weather, into the 40s, and most of the snow has melted. It's been overcast and raining a lot. We had a very windy day yesterday and our other carport got destroyed. We lost the first one this spring in a wind storm when it ripped down the middle, the same thing happened to this one. So now we have two big ugly useless carport frames, and it costs almost as much to replace the cover as to just buy a new carport. Blah.